Now you can’t read a travel article about Iceland without it mentioning the Golden Circle. This collection of geological phenomena stretches for about 300km in a ring near Iceland’s west coast with easy access from Reykjavik. It is a great way to see an incredibly …
Have you ever had one of those moments when you see something so strikingly beautiful that you have to take a step back and pinch yourself to make sure it’s real? If you have, I hope you’ve stored that memory (and maybe a photo) away …
Oh Spain, how we will miss you! What an interesting three weeks (flashing back to Oviedo) with travel around Asturias, Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid, Córdoba, Granada, and Seville. I am writing this from frigid Scandinavia (with no orange trees in sight) but thought it would be …
It probably goes without saying that Spain, like Italy, has some of the best food in the world. Paella, ham, cheese, churros, seafood…I’m drooling just thinking about it all! Some of our absolute favorite memories from Spain revolve around the delicious meals we shared together, …
After a wonderful, train station farewell from our family in Spain, we were soon on our way to southern Spain. Here we would spend the next six days (two nights for each stop) in Córdoba, Granada, and Seville. During the ride we noticed how quickly …
Before we knew it, we were saying goodbye to Africa and were back onto European soil to continue our exploration of the Prado homeland. Over the next two weeks, we were determined to thoroughly enjoy living on Spanish time, eat as many tapas as possible, …
If you read our individual Morocco posts, you probably already know that our 8-day tour across the country was full of ups, downs, big wins, big challenges, and a lot of personal growth. It was the furthest outside both our comfort zones and, therefore, was …
Sadly, Hertz was fresh out of camels left to rent for our morning trip from Chefchaouen to Fes, but again we made do with our 17 seater tourist van. We drove from the mountains, to the forests, to the plains in what seemed to be …
Ready to put the rather underwhelming time in Casablanca and Tangier behind us, our small group piled into the van with our guide Mohammed and headed for the mountain town of Chefchaouen (pronounced: chef-chow-en). This is known as the “Blue Pearl” of Morocco, which will …
We came in thinking Morocco would be unlike anything we have ever seen. Short story, it WAS. On this journey, we ventured for the first time to Africa, our fourth continent, (only three to go!) and to our first Muslim country. It was so interesting …