Location: Logrono, Spain Introduction: When it comes to food and wine, a tapas crawl in Logrono, Spain makes us very happy. We’ve been to Spain several times before. Thus, it wasn’t on our original world travel menu. But, every now …
Location: Tours and the Loire Valley of France Introduction: The Loire Valley is another popular tourist destination but it doesn’t feel like one as the popular tourist sights are spread far and wide across the lengthy valley. We settled in …
Location: Bordeaux Wine Region of France Introduction: The wine regions and vineyards of Bordeaux seemed to go on forever. Given that some of the wines of Bordeaux are the most expensive in the world, we were concerned that we might …
Location: Avignon France Introduction: We drove up into the Rhone Valley for an Easter weekend stay in Avignon, a walled city with a fascinating medieval history. It’s located on the Rhone River in Provence. The Rhone River Valley is one …
Location: Marseille, France Introduction: Now that we’re in Europe, we have a lot more flexibility with our travel options and we’re being opportunistic on where the deals are. We found an unbelievable deal to fly Ryanair from Sicily to Marseille, …
Location: Italy Introduction: Here’s a lighthearted view of our travels through Italy. We had a lot of fun putting it together and hope that you enjoy it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m4JLU8koJU
Location: Sicily, Italy Introduction: We came to Sicily to learn about their wines and see where Rich’s grandparents grew up. We had no idea how beautiful Sicily is. The coastlines were constantly changing and always impressive. The interior of the …
Location: Positano, Italy Introduction: The road from Amalfi to Sorrento along the Mediterranean Sea is world renowned for its scenic beauty and quaint resort towns built on the steep cliff sides. We visited early in the season before the large …
Location: Rome, Italy Introduction: There’s no place like Rome. We guess you could say that about a lot of places. There’s just something especially captivating about the Roman civilization and wandering around Rome stirred up our imaginations. There’s also no …
Location: Florence and Siena, Italy We’ve longed to visit Tuscany and we finally got our wish. It was everything that we’d hoped it would be and a perfect place for us to slow down, hang around and soak up. We …