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Jason and I recently spent 3 weeks in July living in Madrid, Spain while Jason taught for Auburn University’s Global Programs in Europe. His students had first been in Rome for 6 weeks taking classes and then had a week off to travel during the 4th of July Holiday. On week 8 they landed in …
If you’ve been following along on our Instagram page, you’ve seen that we have been highlighting parts of our National Park hopping trip we took summer of 2020. Since my travel journal from that trip is buried somewhere back in Missouri and we are currently in Spain, I’m going to do my best to take …
In an earlier post we talked about the reason Jason likes Scotland: Scotch. We talked about the three main ingredients, single malts v. blended varieties, and peated v. non-peated versions. And like we said earlier, once you know the answer to a few key questions and how much you want to spend, it’s hard to …
As we’ve said a few times before, when we travel, we like to do so a little differently than most folks we know. Yes, that means a bit more work on our end, but the payoffs are well worth the effort, as we get to see parts of countries that others don’t. To be sure, …
It’s no secret we like to travel. But when folks ask about our favorite places and we almost immediately say ‘Scotland,’ plenty of people ask: ‘But why Scotland, of all places?’ If you ask Tasha, she’ll rattle off information about castle ruins, ancient peoples, dramatic wild landscapes, folklore, and on (and on). Jason’s answer? Scotch. …
And so, we saved one of our favorite places in the world for last on this journey. Welcome to Ardanaiseig Hotel on the banks of Loch Awe. We have stayed in this area every time we’ve been to Scotland and can honestly say we look forward to the calm, the wandering, the amazing food, and …
Last we left you, we were on a smaller ferry, scraping the bottom of the hull along the shallow channel from the Isle of Harris to the Isle of North Uist. We made it! We drove off the boat in search of our next stop – Langass Lodge. Langass Lodge was a bit of a …
Welcome to the Isles of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Yes, they look like just one island but the landscape here is insanely varied from North to South, East to West and yes, even just around the corner. We opted for three days in this magical land and ended up looking …
Only have one full day on the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye and are more the outdoor type? These are our recommendations: Edinburgh to Skye – Get the Car On our most recent trip to Scotland we started with a bit of a wild itinerary. The plan was to fly into Edinburgh and drive to Skye …
In an earlier post we told you about a recent trip we took to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In this post we’ll talk about a more recent trip to Cancun, Mexico, particularly the process of getting in and back out of Mexico. Let’s get started. Whenever possible, we fly out of our small airport in …
