We spent a great week on the west coast exploring three amazing cities: Vancouver, British Columbia, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon (more posts to come!). We took a bus from Vancouver, where we had been for a conference, to Seattle. We rented a car to have the freedom to explore the city and later take [...]
During the COVID-19 Pandemic our travels were put to a halt, we were fortunate enough to be able to plan a get-away to California in between multiple state lockdowns in November 2020 to spend some time in Napa Valley and San Francisco. A couple weeks after our trip the state shut down again, so our [...]
While planning your first trip to Napa it is best to research the wineries prior to visiting. There are hundreds of wineries to choose from, so this seems like an impossible task. We all had friends who made suggestions based on their favorite wineries in the area, and as you would guess, they all had [...]
Day 1 On our first morning of the road trip we woke up early to start our 6 hour drive from Florida to Charleston, South Carolina. Our first planned stop was to visit the Angel Oak, which is about 30 minutes outside of Charleston. This is thought to be one of the oldest things in [...]
Boston is such a historic and beautiful city. We spent a long weekend here with some of our friends over Labor Day one September. The food was amazing, the weather was great, and the company was even better. Day 1 Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum (11 min walk from the hotel). This was a [...]
As a huge history nerd I had always wanted to visit America's first nation’s capital city. So much of our history began in Philadelphia, including the signing of the Declaration of Independence, so I was eager to visit. Finally one autumn, I booked us flights and we spent a long weekend in the "City of [...]
St. Augustine, Florida is not only the oldest city in Florida, but the oldest European-settled city in the United States. This is also one of the first places that sparked my travel interests as a child as it was the first historic family vacation we took (as Floridians, we typically visited Orlando and Disney World). [...]
Barcelona! Such a beautiful horizon. Like a jewel in the sun. – Freddie Mercury, from the song “Barcelona” We ended our two week Mediterranean vacation in Barcelona after a stay in Naples, Rome, and a Mediterranean Cruise. We thoroughly enjoyed every city we visited and cannot wait to return to experience more of Italy and Spain. [...]
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” -Gustave Flaubert Our Italy and Spain tour continued! On our last morning in Rome we walked to the Campo De’ Fiori market near the Piazza Navona where you can purchase produce, flowers, spices, and souvenirs to bring home. At the [...]
"Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city." -Anatole Broyard After a few days in Naples, exploring the Campania Region of Italy, we took a 9:00am train from Naples to Rome. We caught our train at Napoli Centrale and arrived at Roma Termini. The travel was super easy and only took a little [...]
Postcards and Airplanes 