Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.
St. Augustine is the oldest, continuously inhabited European settlement in the United States. The was founded by Spanish explorers in 1565. It become part of the United States in 1819. In that time is was the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years, then it was the capital of British East Florida for a…
We spent just over two weeks in Jordan on an amazing roadtrip through the country. When researching our trip to Jordan we found a lot of itineraries that were for 5 to 10 days. While Jordan is a relatively small country, we decided to spend a bit longer and take our time exploring Jordan. I…
After spending several months in Albania, it was time to drive back to England. We travelled through several Balkan countries, as well as Italy and France. There was so much to see and enjoy, including visiting a number of Christmas markets.
We were driving to Split from Dubrovnik and decided to take a detour to Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The drive to Mostar added about 1.5 hours on the way to Split, plus time taken to cross the border. The drive through Bosnia and Herzegovina was stunning. It’s a beautiful country and hopefully we can visit…
Stari Bar, or Old Bar, is a town in Montenegro with a history going back 2,500 years. Today, you can visit the abandoned town and walk through the ruins of the old town. Unfortunately, most of the buildings were severely damaged during an earthquake in 1979, so much of the ruins you see today have…
The Old Olive Tree in Mirovica, Montenegro claims to be one of the oldest olive trees in the world and is believed to be the oldest tree in Europe. It’s estimated to be more than 2,000 years old – and it still produces olives. Today you can visit the old olive tree and enjoy its…
I’m not sure why, but Ben and I have been into space lately. Strange (for us) but I’m totally getting into it. We started watching “For All Mankind”, which is a very interesting show and got us looking up facts about the space race. Fast forward a couple months and we found ourselves in Florida….
For Christmas 2021 we booked reservations to The Great Christmas Feast in London – a Charles Dickens dinner. I am a huge fan of Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol, so even though I didn’t know what to expect I was very excited and looking forward to it. Unfortunately, the night of our scheduled dinner…
A Quick Trip to Athens to visit the Archaeological Sites I’m so excited to say that we finally made it to Athens to visit the Acropolis. Yes!!! I’ve been fascinated with Greek mythology for some time, and we’ve been trying to do a bit of travel around Greece for several years to see the famous…
We have been basing ourselves out of Saranda, Albania for the last few months and have been staying across the water to the island of Corfu. We have patiently been waiting for the ferry between Saranda and Corfu to start again. Finally, after nearly 18 months (due to covid), it reopened a couple weeks ago….