Food, Wine and Art From Umbria and Tuscany, Italy
After regrouping in Rome for a couple days after our trip south to Pompeii, we rented a car to road trip through central Italy for the final week of our travels. We were told by our hosts that doing a loop through the region of Umbria, a few hours North-East of Rome, then continuing North-West…
Alan’s Birthday in the Alentejo – The Breadbasket of Portugal
We spent 4 days (including my Birthday!) exploring the Central Alentejo from the city of Evora. We saw endless fields of wild flowers, massive castles, ancient monoliths, bone temples, drank fine wine, swam in Europe’s largest man made lake and ate so much amazing food. The Alentejo is an unassuming destination that does its best…
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…
Our Coastal Road Trip in Southern Portugal – Sagres, Lagos, and The Longest Natural Park Name in History (Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina)
After our time in Lisbon we rented another manual car and headed south to make our way through the Alentejo coastal natural park. (I tried to rent an automatic smart car, aka basically a clown car, but had EuroCar cancel our reservation the night before 🤨, so back to shifting our way through the country-side…
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…
Learning to Drive a Manual in Paris – A Trial by [Almost] Fire
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I am 26 years old and I have never truly driven a manual car. I know it’s pretty sad but I’m sure I’m not the only one and I hope this story helps others like me and entertains the rest of y’all! For a little background knowledge, I am not completely divorced from the knowledge…
Highway to Hell: Ghana Style
When we planned our time in Ghana we left a few days open as a buffer in case something happened or if there was some place we wanted to visit. At the last minute we decided to use those days to make a trip to Cape Coast to see Kakum National Park and the Cape…