I don’t know about you, but in Oregon in the Winter it’s cold and dreary, particularly so this week and while I don’t mind the rain so much, I am looking ahead to future warmer months and Summer travel! As a teacher, I travel the most during my Summer break… Read more
After canceling so many trips this year due to COVID, the one trip that broke my heart to cancel was our trip to Europe planned for this coming October. We were going to be heading to three of our favorite places in Europe (London, Paris and Spain) to celebrate our… Read more
There is something magical about Europe anytime of the year, but I’d been dreaming of lavender fields in the Provencal Summer and wandering streets in Spain, stopping for tapas in the Summer evening hours for years. From sipping Rosé wine to café con leche, from churros in a tiny back… Read more
More What to Wear posts for more destinations here! When packing for our quick trip to Provence and Paris, with a stopover in Barcelona on the way, I knew I wanted light and airy clothes for the warm Summer temperatures. And while we got really lucky and temps stayed in… Read more
When our plans got changed a bit a week before our trip, re-routing us through Barcelona instead of London, we were actually really excited about going through Spain for a night. We fell in love with Spain a couple years ago and were so excited to return to one of… Read more
Last year when we were looking at our travel schedule for 2017, we knew this year would be a little different for us in terms of our usual travel dates. We usually travel over Labor Day in early September to use the holiday, though this year Nick really wanted to… Read more
As we’re in Europe for vacation right now, I got to thinking about ways to cut cost if you really want to visit Europe. I often hear that many people don’t travel across the pond because it’s expensive, and while it definitely can be, there are a lot of cities… Read more
I love a good hotel. And when traveling, the best hotels are often ones that have incredible views of the destination in which they are located. As I’ve traveled the world, I always love finding the best hotel rooms with iconic views in cities all around the globe. There is… Read more
I often get asked, “Your trips look amazing but if I’m on a budget, where would you recommend?” My first question back is always, what sort of budget? Because in all truth, Nick and I travel on a budget too, it just might be different than yours. And while it… Read more
Now that I’ve finished all the recap posts from our trip through Spain, I hope you’ve fallen just in love with the country as I did. It’s an incredible place and my love affair with Spain, I feel, has only just begun. Spain is one of those countries that… Read more
Sometime months ago, Nick saw something about a restaurant called Tickets in Barcelona. It was a world renowned chef who gave up his popular restaurant for something different, a fresh start. He then opened a new tapas bar in Barcelona called Tickets, themed like a circus and as it… Read more
I’ve been a Gaudí fan for a long time, since before I was in architecture school, since before I changed my major to Interior Design, since before I really even knew design was in my future. His sense of whimsy in his designs are always inspiring to me, a… Read more
I love a good market when traveling abroad, a seller with mounds of bread and cheeses or huge heaps of spices. I love wandering the stalls, picking up small treasures to bring home like cinnamon from Morocco or a small snack like baclava from London’s Borough Market but in all… Read more
By now, it’s no shock to anyone how much I fell for Barcelona after professing my love for this special city a couple days ago and on our first morning there as we started exploring the city, it was clear right away that the love we had for it was… Read more
Barcelona often gets a bad wrap. There are stories and experiences that many of us have heard over the years about this famous Spanish city and while I fell head over heels in love with it, a lot precedes a visit to this city, so here are the things… Read more