This summer we went to southern Africa and we went on some safaris and the first safari lodge we went to was Chobe national park. Day 1: We arrive at the airport and get picked up by a Chobe guide and we get taken to the lodge on a safari Read more…
This year my family and I went on a big trip to five countries in Africa. In this blog post I will focus on South Africa and Zimbabwe. When we arrived in South Africa it was late at night so almost the first thing we did was go to bed. Read more…
As I was researching our summer travel plans back at the beginning of 2023, I was looking for an easy add-on to our normal summer trip to Scotland. I was eyeing Norway or France for potential vacation spots. Then, one thing led to another, and we ended up with a Read more…
I have so many blog posts to write and I’m so far behind, so I decided to see if ChatGPT could save some time. I provided it with our itinerary, gave it another blog post of mine to use as the “writing style” and asked it to write the post. Read more…
While in Greece, if we were going to see old things, we might as well see REALLY old things! That was our logic anyway, so we made a trip to Mycenae, the home of a civilization that pre-dated the Greeks and peaked in the second millennium BC. To do the Read more…
During our trip to Greece, one must-visit spot for us was Ancient Olympia on the Peloponnese peninsula. Especially exciting was visiting right as Olympic fever was ramping up for the Summer Olympics in Japan. We definitely felt the Olympic fever (and no, it wasn’t COVID 😉 ) Ancient Olympia We Read more…
After doing a bit of island hopping, we took a ferry to the mainland of Greece and got ready to visit our fill of ancient Greek sites. The kids had been reading Percy Jackson and taking classes on Greek myths, so we were ready to go! After arriving at the Read more…
After our few days on Santorini, we headed on the Blue Star Ferry (the big, slow ferry – I would go as slow as necessary to avoid sea sickness!) for a two-hour ride to our next stop, the island of Naxos, Greece, the largest of the Cyclades island chain. With Read more…
We left Spain for the final time, and planned to head back to the United States for a visit before moving to England. The best way to get from Spain to Atlanta was through…Greece. Yup. That is thanks to COVID. But I don’t hate it because it finally got us Read more…
It is with great sadness that I report that after nearly four years, we have left Spain. This has been an absolutely amazing journey, and we have enjoyed it so much. Alas, reality calls, so we are moving on to…well, that is a story in an of itself, and when Read more…