Travel

Arriving in Paris instantly felt like a dream come true.  Truthfully, I had been dreaming about visiting Paris in the Fall for years, and finally, it was here.  I had this picture in my mind of what it would look like – the glittering lights, the falling leaves, the beautiful buildings, the food, the wine […]

Sometimes plans are a lot better on paper than they are in practice.  And our plans to “quickly” visit Athens for one night was definitely one of those cases.  We knew that we didn’t have a lot of time in Athens, but we were determined to make the most of it.  We had timed out […]

Sometimes I can’t help but say, “where did the time go?”  And during our last few days on Paros, I’m pretty sure that I was saying that a lot.  Where did the past month go?  How did all of this time slip through our fingers so quickly?  Can’t we just hit a “slow motion” button […]

Here is what we have learned about Greece so far: things move at their own pace.  And when I say that they move at their own pace, what I really mean is, pretty much everything in Greece runs late – buses, reservations, boats, planes…heck, even dinner starts late. Since I have worked hard to be […]

Let me start with the truth…I get motion sickness…really easily…sometimes even when my husband is driving the car.  So I am probably not the best candidate to take a sailing tour, but, I am also the kind of person who is willing to try just about anything once. the crystal clear turquoise waters at the […]

The beautiful isle of Santorini.  It has one of the most picture perfect landscapes, and is probably one of the most widely recognized destinations from its windmills to its blue and white painted cliff-side homes and hotels. the quintessential Santorini and Greece photo We saw the pictures, we saw the postcards, and that is what […]

Italy has a lot of quirks.  Well, I guess that everywhere does, but I just feel like Italy has a lot of funny little things that make you kind of tilt your head and think, “huh.”  For us, riding the bus is definitely one of those head-scratchers. We had a very simple plan, take the […]

Reflecting on travels of the past versus our traveling today, our travel tastes have definitely changed.  Not in the sense that we love to travel (that passion is as strong as ever), but more so how we like to travel.  We used to have a long to-do list for each day of our travels, packed […]

For our last night in Lecce, we signed up to take a cooking class with Cooking Experience.  As I’ve mentioned many times before, cooking classes are one of our favorite things to do when traveling, and we were definitely not going to miss out on the opportunity to learn how to make some Puglian classics. […]

Remember the musical, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”?  Well, a funny thing happened on our way to Lecce…we both got sick.  And unfortunately not just the sniffles – full out wheezing, hacking, loads of snot, chest colds.  (We were probably the least desirable people to be next to on the […]