Sabie is known as the "city of waterfals" and for good reason! We took a day trip with our favorite guide Trudie to two of the beautiful waterfalls and some beautiful caves. Our first stop was Lone Creek Falls. After a long drive along some dirt roads with wonderful scenary we arrived at the park [...]
Since I was a small child, I've always been amazed at the exotic animals in the zoo. So, when we decided to travel to South Africa, a safari was at the TOP of my list! With no time to waste, on the second day after we arrived, we headed out to Kruger National Park, one [...]
We were exhausted when we got to Joburg... a 20 hour journey with Covid restrictions everywhere and missing luggage had just taken it's toll. When we arrived at our AirBnb in the Newtown area we were pleasantly surprised that it was so nice! It had a gorgeus view along one entire wall of windows that looked [...]
Sometimes when you're traveling you want to see all of the sites, explore the magnificant beaches or sit for a drink at a beach front restaurant. Sometimes though, you just have to work. So it was for us in Olhao... we had a wonderful time in Sintra but basically got no work done and we [...]
On our way back from Lisbon we had to switch trains in Albuferia. Curious, I looked the town up and read: "Albufeira is the largest, liveliest and most energetic of all of the resort towns that line southern Portugal's beautiful Algarve coastline." That sounded pretty fun and so we hopped off the train and stayed [...]
So.... We moved to Portugal! I've been wanting to go to Portugal for years and specifically to the Algharve region, that sunny, slow, southern coastline with it's beautiful beaches, jagged cliffs and seaside towns. We settled in the Eastern Algharve in a small fishing village called Fuseta, just east of Faro. It was a wonderful [...]
When I first told my children that I had decided to travel Europe for the year, they told me that I had lost my mind! "Sell your stuff and quit your job ... why??!!" I understand that it made absolutely no sense to them. I had taken a "leap of faith", which was very unlike me. [...]
If you're ever in Granada then you must see an authentic Gypsy Flamenco show.... knowing this, we booked one at Cueva de la Rocio and we were super excited for it. We had decided to return to the best Hostel in Spain, El Granado and as we walked in to register we were informed that [...]
As many of you know, my son Jake is a U.S. Marine. We found out some fantastic news recently! He is being deployed to Sicily but has a month long stop over in... wait for it.... Seville, Spain! We were super stoked when we found out because we were in the middle of planning our [...]
While we were staying at the El Granado Hostel we met some fellow travelers who had just come from the south and raved about Nerja. As we were on our way down to Malaga, we decided to stop and check it out! From Granada, we drove along the beautiful A-7 highway through southern Spain and wound [...]
We love staying in Hostels! Something about the community of world travelers all sharing food, drink, music and conversation on a sunny rooftop terrace just does the soul good! We were on our way to Malaga to pick up Rachel's daughter and so we booked the Casa Al Sur Hostel and it was fabulous! We arrived [...]
Once in a while while you're traveling in a foreign land, you just want a taste of home..... it's not that you're not enjoying the new culture, food, language and people.... in fact, it's fantastic! But...Cheeseburgers! It's just comforting at times to speak your own language, eat familiar food and relax. We love traveling but it's [...]