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
A lot of international flights to Spain go to Madrid so you may find yourself in this large Spanish city for an overnight stop at some point in your travels. For us, on this recent trip to Spain, we were headed to Sevilla but had to fly to Madrid from… 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
Whenever we travel, one of our favorite ways to get from place to place is by train. It’s something I wish the West Coast of the US did better, because in Europe and other places in the world it’s so convenient and the pros almost always outweigh the cons: you… Read more
Our final day in Madrid we caught the train to Sevilla around 4pm, so we spent the remaining time taking in alleyways that surrounded our hotel, wandering through Retiro Park, checking out the famous Metropolis building and ending with a long Italian lunch in the sun. We started at our… Read more
We only had 1 overnight in Madrid at the lovely ME Madrid but since it was so centrally located, we still got to see a lot of the city. Madrid had a very different feel than Barcelona, it’s more ornate in a way, more traditional. I find it hard to… Read more
Oh España…where do I start? Let’s just say I fell hard for the country and it will for sure not be my last trip there. The thing that makes it so interesting that we felt this way is that Spain was never high on our list. When people would… Read more
This post has been on my mind for a long time and after always getting numerous questions about how we pack for 11-12 day trips in carry-ons, I thought it time to show you a behind the scenes of me actually packing for a real trip. I filmed this… Read more
First off, even though it has nothing to do with this post, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Since I’m Irish, I feel the need to shout that from the rooftops! And moving on, before we get full blown into trip posts from our adventure through London, Spain and Portugal, I… Read more