Camping and Hiking in Peneda-Gerês National Park in Northern Portugal
Alena and I decided to split up for a week of solo traveling after visiting Porto for a few days. We had always planned to have some time alone on our trip to experience different things and get some individual travel time. She decided to train back to Lisbon to enjoy the city. I planned…
Photos and Fun (and as always food) from Lisbon, Portugal
We spent about a week in Lisbon exploring the city and its hills, churches, beaches, azulejos and delicious foods. Knowing zero Portuguese and very little about the city we managed to see quite a bit and found some amazing experiences to share. (This is the view from the top of the Monastery of Sao Vicente…
Wine-ding Our Way Through France – Photos from Fontainebleau, Loire Valley, Bordeaux, Carcassonne, Provence and Fréjus
“A person with increasing knowledge and sensory education may derive infinite enjoyment from wine.” – Ernest Hemingway Our road trip through France from Reims in the north east of France, down to Bordeaux on the Atlantic coast then further south to the French Riviera was filled with beautiful sites, great meals, fun new friends, silly…
Our Visit to the Champagne Region of France – Reims and Verdun
After leaving Paris via our rented car and surviving the parking garage fiasco (read this post to catch up on that Experience) we headed to France’s Champagne wine region and the city of Reims. I really wanted to explore some of the famous wine regions of France and Alena loves champagne so this area seemed…
Exploring Paris by Foot and by Food
I write this post while sitting in a wine bar in Bordeaux, France. Two amazing glasses of Medoc red wine in front of me waiting to be tasted, and as these posts take a while to put together I’m sure a few other wines will pass over my table as well. Alena and I have…
Akwaba Obruni: Photos from Accra and Cape Coast Areas
Our first day in Ghana we went to the University of Ghana in Legon, Accra. Alena studied there for a semester in college about 6 years ago. We even went back to her old dorm and ate a snack at one of her favorite campus spots. After walking around campus in the blazing sun, we…
Ghana – Northern Region + Mole National Park
We again awoke early for another travel day to fly from Accra, Ghana to Tamale Ghana, and then a 3 hour drive to Mole National Park. We originally booked a flight on StarBow Airlines, but one of their planes crashed and they have suspended all flights. So we had to take African World Airlines, which…
Dubai Photo Journey – Visit UAE
Heading out on our 4 month trip, we started our adventure with cocktails at SFO airport before our long flight to Dubai. We had a few days in Dubai before setting off to our adventures in Ghana. Dubai was an odd place as I detail in my “Thoughts on Dubai” post, here are just the…
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