Our Travels – Cagliari, Italy Our last port of call was Cagliari, Italy. Cagliari is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia. This was a surprise stop, since […]

Our Travels • Toledo Spain After a wonderful lunch in Tarragona, we packed up the car and headed out for Toledo.  Since our road trip was going to take a […]

Our Travels – Palermo, Italy Our next port of call- Palermo, Sicily! Palermo is an ancient city with a very modern vibe. Since it’s founding in 734 BC by the […]

Our Travels • Naples, Italy Day three of our Mediterranean journey dawned beautiful and bright.  It was still chilly, somewhat to my disappointment, but the excitement of our next destination overrode any […]

After a wonderful day in Marseille, France, we awakened to our next port of call -Savona, Italy. This is actually the Costa Serena’s home port. After a bit of research, it […]

Strolling Down Memory Lane in Kyoto, Japan Ever since I watched my first episode of Big Blue Marble in grade school (I’m telling my age, I know), I’ve believed it […]

  Windmills of Mykonos Dating from the 1700s, the Windmills of Mykonos are an iconic symbol of the Island of the Winds and a reminder of their industrial past. Originally […]

Ávila, Spain is one of the most well preserved walled medieval cities in Spain.  It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985. We arrived just after sunset into the […]

New found Appreciation for the Tourist Train! After a whirlwind tour of France, Italy and Spain, we have developed a new appreciation for a touristy, cliched standard in many European […]