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 [...]
Streets of Napoli “Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply – fascinating.” -Lilian Whiting We started our Two week Mediterranean Vacation in Naples, Italy where we stayed for three nights, before making our way to Rome. Our first impression of Naples, [...]
“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” - Pat Conroy What better way to bring in another year of life than to spend two weeks exploring Italy and Spain with your best friend? [...]
If you plan to spend some time in Paris, I would encourage you to rent a car and spend some time in the countryside. There are so many beautiful cities you can visit, we stayed near Mont St. Michel and Bayeux which were two great choices. Mont St. Michel is located near several really interesting [...]
"By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show."Samuel L. Jackson The three days we spent in London were so fun and filled with fantastic food, great sights and history, amazing architecture, and too many fun memories to put down on paper- or even remember for that matter! My [...]
"There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more." Lord Byron I feel like the theme of this trip was "we'll sleep when we're dead!" (I [...]
"O, my Luve is like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June. O, my Luve is like the melodie, That’s sweetly played in tune." Robert Burns Other than Paris, I haven't fallen in love with a city I wanted to move to immediately- until I visited Edinburgh. The sweet classic charm of Edinburgh [...]
Postcards and Airplanes 