Eating our way around Greece: Crete and Athens

Hello faithful readers! Here is the long-intended first installment post on our trip to Greece.  I could wax poetic about the incredible beauty of the Greek Islands or the history-filled grains of dust scattered all over the striking ruins of the Athens Acropolis....that’s easy to do! And there are millions of travel articles, guides, and other …

Scottish adventures

As promised, here is a post dedicated to the few adventures we've taken recently outside of Glasgow. We also took a trip to the amazing Cairngorms National Park last April, so you may see my post on that here. Firstly, the Scottish countryside is completely full of three things: 1) great natural beauty, 2) impressive …

Caminho Portugues: Days 1-3

  After a delightful 1.5 days exploring Lisbon, G and I took the train to Porto to begin our 2nd camino journey! So far so good. Portugal is beautiful! I ate shellfish...and I liked it! First time for everything. We chose to do the coastal Camino because why not. Day 1: Porto to Matosinhos (via the …

Camino del Norte: Days 4 – 8

Hola amigos! We have delved deeper into Basque Country, and I have now mastered exactly one phrase in Basque: "eskarrig asko" which means "thank you." Here's the scoop.... Day 4: Orio to Zumaia, 16.8 km. We stayed in a 400+ year old monastery, San Jose. It had a beautiful garden and I got to eavesdrop on …

Camino del Norte: Days 1 – 3

Hola! I am writing this blog post from the bucolic albergue above the town of Orio. This is my current view: So far so good! We are not moving as fast as I'd like because apparently I am out of "hill-walking" shape. Oops. Nothing like walking over mountains with a heavy pack to get in …

Great Scott!

When trying to come up with a clever title for this post about my trip to Scotland, I thought of this "Great Scott" business, but I wasn't 100% sure what it actually means. So I asked the internet. I guess it is appropriate as a title here. The very best part about this particular trip …

Corsica part 2: Bastia

Continuing in Bastia... I arrived late, nauseated from the train, and sweaty from my hike....super cute look. It was hot and much more humid than Ajaccio or the central mountains. My roommate at the hostel was a very friendly woman from Toulouse who invited me to join her the next day. She had rented a …