• 2 days in Athens, Greece

    April 10, 2014 - By 

    I’ll admit that I hadn’t heard the greatest things about Athens, Greece.  Dirty, crime-ridden, crowded and scary were just some of the adjectives I’ve heard over the years.  So when we decided to go to Greece, we knew we’d fly into Athens but only allocated about 36 hours in the…

  • 6 Wonderful Days in Paris

    April 8, 2014 - By 

    I’d promised Mara I’d take her to Paris when she was really young.  With us going to Europe it became a no-brainer to go to Paris. We rented a flat in the 1st Arrondissement which was walking distance to the Louvre.  Our flat was a 1 bedroom with a pull-out…

  • Day trip to Gibraltar

    April 2, 2014 - By 

    Well, it’s certainly been a full day.  We moved out of our Almunecar house this morning and drove down to Southern Spain so we could hop over to Gibraltar.  There’s not a ton of things to do, but we went to the top of the rock, moseyed around town, and…

  • 2 Days in Seville

    March 12, 2014 - By 

    After our 2 days in Marrakech, we flew back into Seville airport and stayed for 2 nights to check out the city. Unfortunately, it started off in the house of pain, as we left the airport at midnight for our 20 minute drive to our hostel, The Grand Luxe Hostel,…