This post is part of a series called First Taste of Africa (2026) We can’t leave Marrakesh without talking about the food. Morocco stands in the very crossroads of Africa…
Touring Marrakesh
This post is part of a series called First Taste of Africa (2026) Marrakesh can feel overwhelming, especially if it’s your first time in: Africa, a country with a State…
The Red City: Ancient Cultures and Modern Sensibilities
This post is part of a series called First Taste of Africa (2026) There are some aspects of Marrakesh that feel like Venice, although the two cities are vastly different….
Tours By Locals, a review
This post is part of a series called Spain Winter ’25 A long time ago, when we first started traveling to Europe, we discovered an excellent tour guide company, Context…
Touring Toledo
This post is part of a series called Spain Winter ’25 When putting together our (fairly last-minute) trip to Spain, we got excited about maybe doing some day trips out…
Marvelous Madrid
This post is part of a series called Spain Winter ’25 We have been pinky-promising each other that we would take our Portuguese-language class seriously; it’s important for our future…
Sé de Braga
This post is part of a series called Jar of Wonders Last year around Christmastime, we put together a house-gift to ourselves. It’s not very fancy, in fact it starts…
Old Town & “the Real Mary King’s Close”
This post is part of a series called Edinburgh – Autumn 2025 As Lisa told you in our last post, we were recently(-ish) in Edinburgh. This was, in fact, no…
Going Ga-Ga over Goldsworthy
This post is part of a series called Edinburgh – Autumn 2025 As we have said from time to time, one reason we retired and moved to Europe was to…
Photo Round Up: Alaska (plus)
This post is part of a series called Alaska Cruise (Plus) As a finale to our series on Lisa’s trip to Alaska, here is a collection of images from the…
