A lot of people traveling Southern Italy go straight from the Amalfi coast to Sicily. We couldn’t miss Calabria. One of the main reasons we travel is for the food and Calabria is known for taking the spicy Italian food up a notch. We are fans of “Pasta Grammar” on Youtube where a Calabrian (Eva)…
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Paestum and troubles…
It has been a challenging couple of days for us but we are still smiling. It started with my first Italian haircut. My man Antonio and I had a little communication problem and he cut it a little short. I guess it it should grow back but at this point in my life I can’t…
Naples, Sorrento, and the Amalfi Coast
There is a lot of stuff do in Naples and the Amalfi coast so we scheduled 8 nights in Sorrento which is close to many different attractions. We could explore Sorrento, train to Pompei, train to Naples, boat to Capri, or bus to Positano and Amalfi and the other towns on the coast. We had…
Hvar, Croatia
The 3 Big things that stuck out for me about our 3 days in Hvar was the beautiful views from our room, the beautiful views from the fort, and the beautiful views on our boat ride. So lots of pics in this blog and I hope it doesn’t get TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read). We…
Split, Croatia
We have booked a lot of Airbnb’s on this trip with a focus on location… compared to size or amenities. This has led to some incredible experiences of actually living in the ancient walls of old towns but also being a little cramped. Our place in Split actually had 2 bathrooms but both of them…
Rovinj, Croatia
Because of the limited bus schedules we were forced to only stay 2 days in Ljubljana but that means we got 4 days in Rovinj instead of 3. This worked out well. We were anxious to get to the Adriatic Sea after spending a few weeks inland. M thought that this place reminded here of…
Rainy Times in Ljubljana, Slovenia
We had planned 3 nights in Slovenia after leaving the capitol of Croatia- Zagreb. Unfortunately, we are now in offseason bus and train schedules and we couldn’t get a bus or train to our next destination on Wednesday, so we would have to leave Tuesday and only have 2 nights in Ljubljana Slovenia. Our Train…
Zagreb, Croatia
The day before leaving Budapest, I started not feeling so well. Just a little cold, but I needed to take it easy for a few days to get better. M also got it a couple of days later… But, we only had 3 nights in Zagreb so we were worried we wouldn’t get the total…
Budapest, Hungary
We are still getting used to the idea of slowing down our travel. We are used to doing 3-4 attractions in a day so we can say that we have “seen” a city in 2 or 3 days. We had 7 nights in Budapest so we changed that to 1-2 attractions in a day which…
Vienna, Austria
Vienna is our first stop on our long fall Europe trip. We had a week here, so we were able to take our time seeing the sites and getting over jetlag. Usually, jetlag doesn’t bother me, but this time I had a hard time sleeping when I am supposed to be sleeping, and staying awake…
Bratislava, Slovakia
We have been in Vienna for a few days and I have a lot of pics to share but we aren’t done with Vienna yet. Yesterday we took a day trip to Bratislava and that needs to be shared now, even though my blog posting might be out of order. We took a 1 hour…
Travel Planning- Our Way
We have friends that often ask us how we are comfortable to be traveling internationally and doing all the planning by ourselves. We never use travel agents and generally don’t like group planned tours. M has done a couple of Rick Steves tours and she liked the social aspect of traveling with different people but…
Home Free or Homeless
I haven’t written much lately because it feels like that we haven’t done much lately… but that isn’t true. We have done a lot. Maybe because we haven’t done anything cool or significant lately… but that isn’t true either. Looking through my phone I found a lot of cool pics so I can share those…
Ride down the Coast in May?
I have been wanting to try bike touring for years and we had a few open weeks this month so decided to give it a shot. I have done Seattle to Portland, and Seattle to Vancouver but both of those were just 2 day trips. M had no interest in being on a bike that…
Yelapa- The Isolated Mexican Beach Town
The last stop on our 2022 Mexico tour was 4 nights in the small beach town of Yelapa. We had been going full bore tourist mode during our few days in Mexico City so we wanted a few days to do nothing before we went home to Beacon Hill – Seattle. Yelapa does not have…