After returning to Mykonos Town from climbing around the ancient ruins in Delos under the blazing sun for nearly three hours, we were hungry and ready for some more Greek wine to quench our thirst! There were cafes and little tavernas lining the port and beach, but if living in Europe for three years now …
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Champs de lavande is French for fields of lavender and I have long wanted to see the famous fields in all their blooming, blue-violet glory! The lavender blooms late June and is harvested around mid-July, so we’ve carefully planned to be there in the height of the bloom. We’ll be spending 3 nights in the …
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Mykonos’ most famous resident is a pink pelican named Petros! As the story goes about how Petros came to be Mykonos’ official mascot, a fisherman found a wounded pelican offshore in 1958, brought him ashore, and nursed him back to heath. Somewhat of a grumpy bird, the fisherman named him Petros, which metaphorically means old …
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I love mythology. I was enchanted as a child when we learned about mythology in grade school. I’ve read the child friendly versions of the myths and I’ve read Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. I could envision Medusa with her hair of snakes reducing men to stone with a single look. My imagination danced to the …
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Streaks of white punctuated by blue domes cling to the top of cliffs, looking down on the lagoon where we’re anchored. A few other islands surround us. These islands are remnants of what was formerly one big island before an enormous volcanic eruption collapsed the center of the island and it was swallowed into the …
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I am not a morning person. I never have been. I used to drive my parents nuts every morning when it was time to get up for school. And I drive Tim nuts now as he tries to get me up and moving. So imagine his surprise when I was up and raring to go …
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We saw an array of cute dogs on the island of Santorini on our recent Greek Isles cruise. Unfortunately many of them are strays, but we were really excited to learn that the Santorini Animal Welfare Association (SAWA) ensures that stray dogs are neutered and spayed, vaccinated, and de-wormed. You can even adopt these wonderful, …
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We’re freshly back from our cruise to the Greek isles on the Norwegian Jade. Over the next week or so, we’ll post about each of our ports of call, how to save money on shore excursions, where to get away from the crowds, and even some tips on what kinds of souvenirs to bring back …
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Picture this. You’re sitting on a little terrace, one so exclusive there are only nine tables, right on the Grand Canal. As you sip on some local wine, tourists on passing vaporettos crane their necks to see who might be special enough to dine on that little terrace of a Venetian palazzo. I’m at L’Alcova Restaurant at …
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Liechtenstein, all 62 square miles of it, sits entirely in the Alps nestled between Switzerland and Austria. We stopped for a visit in Liechtenstein’s capital, Vaduz, which its residents fondly refer to as “Staedtle” (Little Town). It was a Monday, and unfortunately literally nothing but the tourist information office was open. But Vaduz was still …
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We’re Jennifer and Tim and we love traveling! We are just one ordinary couple who have found that travel brought us closer together, taught us patience, the art of compromise, and how to truly appreciate the diversity of this extraordinary world. So far, we've visited 37 countries, lived in the United States and Italy, and Tim has lived in Korea. And we do it all while both holding down full time jobs. Read more...
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