Traveling often seems like a long list of to-dos even before you leave, from the pre-trip planning process (book flight and hotel, call credit card company, stop the mail, cancel paper, make arrangements for…
Year: 2015
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Ashford Castle: A Real Irish Castle
Ashford Castle is an imposing castle in Ireland on Lough Corrib. It sits on a massive estate of 350 acres and is the center of an upscale hotel, garden, and recreation complex (including the Lodge at…
The Lodge at Ashford Castle
Ashford Castle towers over its impressive gardens and green golfing fields. After a two and a half hour drive from Dublin, we were greeted at the gate by a man in a traditional green coat and black top…
Three Days in Dublin: What to Do
Our two week trip to Europe with the family starts with the flight over. Our main target is Ireland. From Florida, we connected first through Kennedy in NY and then Paris. After the overnight flight to…
Teide Observatory – To Infinity and Beyond!
I’ve always been fascinated with the stars. I can spend hours and hours just staring at them, admiring their beauty and wondering what might lay out there. Tenerife’s Mount Teide National Park is not only home to…
Visiting Europe’s Largest Lava Cave in Tenerife
Having recently climbed to the top of a volcano (Mount Teide in Tenerife, Canary Islands), I was curious about lava flows. So when I heard that Tenerife had tours of the longest lava tube cave…
Teide Sunset and Stargazing in Tenerife
If ET was ever going to phone home it would be from the top of Mount Teide at night! The view from Mount Teide is a breathtaking sunset followed by an extraordinary sight of stars. Tenerife is…
Codorniu Cava Winery Tour
One of the treats of visiting Spain is drinking Cava, a sparkling white wine, the Champagne of Spain. And while Cava is made through-out Spain, the best Cava comes from the Codorniu vineyards in Catalonya. It’s…
Climbing Mount Teide – Spain’s Tallest Mountain
Tenerife is a fascinating island with much more to see than just its beautiful black sand beaches along the southern coast, and its historical towns along the northern part of the island. In the…
Festival of the Crosses in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
The Fiesta de las Cruces or Cruz de Mayo (In English “Festival of the Crosses” or “May Cross”) is a holiday celebrated on the third of May in many parts of Spain. I was very lucky to be in Tenerife this…
Miniature Sagrada Familia by Gaudi – Colonia Guell
Allow me to tell you the fascinating story of Colònia Güell and how it came to house a miniature Sagrada Familia designed by Gaudi and like the original, unfinished. A short ride from Barcelona to…
It’s Rum Time! Puerto Rico and Its Rum
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Rums of Puerto Rico for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. While I have many fond memories of Puerto Rico, the tour of…
Lucca Italy – Tuscany
On one of our first trips to Europe we decided to follow a friends recommendation to stay in a little-known town called Lucca Italy. Arriving by train, we were astonished to see a Renaissance city complete…
Visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
One of the highlights of my trip through Israel and the Stations of the Cross was my visit to The Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It is said to be built on the site where Jesus…
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