We frequently get asked to give specific recommendations about small and unique boutique hotels along our travels. While we mostly orchestrate our travels around home exchange (with our house in Granada, Nicaragua), we succumb to occasional infusions of boutique hotel…
Arguably the most memorable single item of “progress” made by the Obama Administration in the realm of foreign policy will be the radical shift, much belated as it is, away from an absurd decades old embargo on Cuba. . A…
We arrive in Seville by bus from Portugal in just a few hours. We have two sequential home exchanges, giving us almost a month in this Southern Spanish city. We have been here once before many years ago, but only…
Lisbon is a very pleasurable discovery…. The city offers a bouquet of urban visuals. Every outing throughout the many neighborhoods of the city reveals more layers of architectural or graphic expression, which we are thoroughly enjoying. Here are our Green…
The Algarve Coast of Portugal is synonymous with sun, sand and sea for most people. We are here in the middle of winter. This is one of our favorite “tricks” in our travels ~ by going counter cyclical to the “seasons”,…
It is no secret that both Ben and I are active animal lovers. We both notice, enjoy and engage with animals often. We also miss our own dogs and cats and befriending other ones along our journey, enriches our travels.…
Going back to places you love after being away for a long time is almost always an interesting experience. We both fell in love with Essaouria many, many years ago when we came here early on in our relationship and…
Angelina Jolie?? Whaaat? Those of you who know Ben well, know that he is rather enamored of Angelina Jolie. Always was. Not only for her beauty, but also her life’s work as an ambassador for refugees as UN Goodwill Ambassador.…