AC La Linea

In case you are catching up on our trip: Gibraltar Climbing the Rock Marbella, Spain We stayed at AC La Linea.  It’s a chain of hotels throughout Spain, Portugal and Italy.  The hotel itself was very nice, well priced and had a free mini bar. Sorry about the messy photos.  I couldn’t get a photo [...]

5 Hours In Marbella, Spain

Day 1 of vacation Day 2 of vacation Day 3 was spent in Marbella, Spain.  It was a 1.5 hour bus ride up the coast. I knew it was a beach town and it wasn’t going to be hot enough to lay out but we figured we might as well explore since we were close [...]

Climbing The Rock

You can read about our first day in Gibraltar here. The best way to see all of the Rock of Gibraltar is to take the cable car up to the top and then explore it on foot.  At the base of the rock there are a ton of “tour guides/taxi drivers” trying to persuade you to take [...]

A Weekend In Gibraltar

I gave a hint to where we spent our weekend here and if you guessed Gibraltar then you were right! We wanted to get away for the weekend and go to a plane neither of us have been to so we decided on Gibraltar.  Our hotel was in La Linea, Spain but it was a 10 [...]

Paris On Purpose – Hitting All The Tourist Spots

First Post: Eiffel Tower at night Second Post: Palace of Versailles Third Post: Being a Tourist This is the route we took on Saturday to make sure Jen saw all of the spots before she left Paris.  We started at the Sacre Coeur where there were performers, singers and picnics everywhere.  Oh and the church is [...]

Paris On Purpose – Being A Tourist

First Post: Eiffel Tower at night Second Post: Palace of Versailles I came up with the perfect walking route through Paris to see most of the major sites and I want to share it with you incase you are heading there soon! Start at the Eiffel Tower. Climb to the top. Cross the river. Climb [...]

Rallies In Pisa

On Feb 13th women all over Italy (200 towns and cities) held a march calling against the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, to resign over a sex scandal.  We were lucky enough to see (and film) the march in Pisa.   You can read more articles about it here and here.

Pasta Machines

I know it’s hard to believe but there were pasta vending machines in Florence. Lots of variety, cheap and fast.  I really wanted to try it but I was too grossed out. Would you have tried it?

New Additions In Florence

So much has changed in Florence since I was there 6 years ago.  Here are a few: This is te lobby of my old apt.  It never looked so nice! My old school is now a beautiful hotel.  The school was so run down and rickety that we kept our jackets on in class because the heat [...]

Florence, Italy: 6 Years Later – Day 3 in Pisa

In case you missed it: Day 1 Day 2 We flew out of Pisa airport so we hopped on a train from Santa Maria Novella to Pisa for the day so we could explore the city. Here’s a video of the view from the train going from Florence to Pisa. It was raining in Pisa for the [...]