Chocolate Cake in Portugal

After a glorious month in Spain, we said “Adios!” and rolled into the Algarve, Portugal’s southernmost region. We spent a few weeks in this area in our first year of European travel, so we were somewhat familiar with places along …

Sunny Spain – Part II

When we left off our previous post, we were still enjoying the beautiful city of Granada. The food, markets and architecture were amazing. Before leaving and continuing our trip through Spain, we saved the best part for last – the …

Change of Plans

We are barely out of the gate with our 2023 travels and already we have made big changes. When I outlined our plans in a previous post I mentioned that at this time of year, weather dictates our plans more …

End of year travels

We have been back in France for nearly a week now from our trip to the ranch for the Christmas holidays. As usual we had a great time with family and friends, but there is just nothing like coming home. …

Scotland’s NC500

We arrived in Cairnryan in Scotland by ferry well after dark and made our way to the parking lot of a different ferry line where we planned to park overnight. This is the same place Steven and I stayed in …

Our European Thanksgiving

We interrupt our late summer travel posts to bring you one in real time – Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! This year we will be celebrating our fourth Thanksgiving holiday in Europe and I can hardly believe it! I love to look …