Month: September 2018

Croatia seems to be part of the European Union, but not really. They don’t like to take the Euro and there are no “open” borders. Since landing in the Azores almost 40 days ago and traveling to and through 6 countries, we have not had to show our passports or any other identification, no borders. […]

We didn’t know what to expect of Ljubljana nor how to pronounce it. It was just a convenient stop on the way from Venice to Zagreb, Croatia. It was a very nice find. One disappointment occurred on the bus ride to Ljubljana, while almost into Slovenia, we drove through Trieste, Italy. Trieste and it’s Adriatic […]

The flight ✈️ from Monaco was quick and easy, the bus ride to Venice Island was even shorter. We walked the 18 minutes to our Airbnb and Terri counted the 78 stair steps to the fifth floor where our unit was located; there was no elevator in the building. Our host, Christina, was a kind, […]

As we were walking to the train station in Montpellier, Terri made the comment “I really like traveling on trains, they are clean, comfortable and always on time in Europe.” That jinxed it! This was also our first attempt at having to take multiple trains to reach our destination. Upon arriving at the train station, […]

An early rise to catch our high speed train to Montpellier: adios Spain 🇪🇸, Bonjour France 🇫🇷! Neither Terri nor I were sure why we decided to stop and stay in Montpellier, France. Although, it did make for a convenient spot, time-wise, being between Barcelona and Monaco. Our train stopped near downtown giving us a […]

This was our second trip to Barcelona, our first was a quick trip a few years ago after sailing around Majorca, so we already new that we liked the city. We wanted to be near Las Ramblas and had booked a hotel for the 3 nights. The hotel room was much smaller than our typical […]

The bus ride from Fuseta to Seville, (Sevilla – how the Spanish say and write it), was easy, uneventful and cheap. I was happy to turn in the rental car, for me, it is always somewhat challenging driving in foreign countries. Taking the bus is definitely the cheapest way to get around in Europe, short […]

Southern Portugal’s Coast is especially beautiful; from rugged cliffs with huge caverns to long sandy beaches, it appears that the Algarve coast has it all. After an easy drive (wide highways!) of 3 hours south, we made it to our Airbnb a little early and decided to explore the town. That took about two minutes […]

Ok, I’m getting behind in these posts, as I write this we are on a bus from Faro, Portugal to Seville, Spain. It’s time to get caught up! After hiking the Castle of the Moors in the morning, we drove to our new Airbnb in the neighborhood of Graca, Lisbon. The streets here are crazy-hilly […]