Last year the family and I spent some time in the Rioja Province of Spain, near Logroño, during our Grand Tour. We expected to taste some great wine, and we did, but there was much more to the area than vineyards. Our stay was at the cozy Casa Verde (highly recommended, Spanish website but they will chat with you in … Read More
Years ago, Bruce and I had planned a trip to Prague but life had other plans for us, so naturally, we had to make sure it made the list this time. Over the years, I’ve received mixed reviews of this Bohemian Capital but nevertheless, I wanted to be the judge of it myself. Prague did not disappoint. I can see … Read More
It is no secret that we LOVE to travel and want to see as many places in the world as possible. We tried last year but only managed a smidgin, that being 25 countries. I daydream of our next destination and change my mind fairly often as it’s so hard to choose! But the Faroe Islands caught my attention. That’s mostly … Read More
Not knowing much about Iceland, we booked only a week there. In retrospect it should have been at least two or three. We had a blast every day, thanking ourselves for getting a car, but the single best thing we did in Iceland was the day we spent hiking up to and sitting/soaking in the Reykjadalur river. Simply heaven. The walk … Read More
If you are here, I take it you’ve decided to check Japan off your bucket list and have a trip of a lifetime. There is no better way to get around Japan than by train. They are fast, spacious, clean and unbelievably prompt. The average delay of a bullet train in Japan is just matter of seconds! Seconds!! Can you … Read More
I spent two weeks in Prague and during our stay we visited a few museums and did a lot of outings. Two of them were my favorites. Noah’s Ark Noah’s ark is full of stuffed animals, small insects, weird fish and sharks. They had every cool animal, fish or mammal you could think of. They even had a stuffed wolverine … Read More
After days of bouncing between various cities, it was time to slow things down a bit. Two weeks in Krakow was exactly what we needed. We rented the perfect Airbnb! Our place was about a 10-minute walk to the main square, the grocery store and a green market just around the corner, and minutes from Vistula river with its romantic … Read More
