Our initial plan was to spend 1 week hiking the Camino de Santiago. But after a week in the Moroccan heat, the plans needed to change immediately. A week long road trip in Galicia, the north western corner of Spain was sounding a whole lot…
I studied abroad in Madrid in 2009, and had the most incredible time. I made friendships that will last a lifetime, lived in a foreign country, learned a new language, ate obscene amounts of food, and fell in love with Spanish culture. I went back…
Pucusana Peru. Not on everyone’s top 10 Peru list, but that’s exactly what put it on mine. After a jam packed 2 week trip crossing many of Peru’s top ticket items off the list – Macchu Pichu, Lake Titicaca, Lima, etc, I was craving a…
The Algarve, Portugal’s southernmost region, is simply paradise. Imagine small fishing villages, hugged with huge cliffs, and long stretches of beaches broken up with small secret coves and caves. If the Caribbean style flat, palm tree lined beaches don’t do it for you, this region…
After a solid 23 months, almost 2 years, away Dave and I have finally gotten back to Europe. Our last European destination was Iceland back in July of 2014 and just a couple days ago we landed in Lisbon, Portugal and 4 months of traveling…
Vienna is an incredible city. We spent a full week there and could have spent even longer. It is charming, romantic, architecturally gorgeous, and just a wonderful place to spend a few days. We stayed with friends for most of our stay but not to…
Iceland was the last destination of our round the world trip. After 30+ countries and almost 2 years away we were heading home. While Iceland was never on the original itinerary since our flight back from Italy allowed for a layover in Reyjkavik to be…