The final stop of our 3-week-long vacation in the Iberian Peninsula was Madrid, Spain. What a beautiful place! However, the city was not kind to us when we first arrived. Keep reading to find out more... the top of the National Library of Spain in Madrid The flight from Lisbon to Madrid was just a … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #6 (Madrid, Spain)
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Iberian Adventures #5 (Portugal: Lisbon and Sintra)
It's interesting how much can change, or stay the same, over the span of twenty years. The last time I had been to Lisbon was nearly twenty years ago, when I studied abroad there. Back then, I was younger, not married, and had not a care in the world. I was immersed in my heritage, … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #5 (Portugal: Lisbon and Sintra)
Iberian Adventures #4 (The Azores Islands: Terceira)
Hello! If you've been following my blog, thank you for returning. If you are just now discovering it, welcome. We're halfway through a series of posts showcasing a trip I took to Europe earlier this summer with my family. I apologize for the delay between each post; school has started back up again which means … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #4 (The Azores Islands: Terceira)
Iberian Adventures #3 (The Azores Islands: Pico)
Hello, readers! For today's blog post, which is part of a series, we'll be exploring the Azorean island of Pico. This is the "youngest" of the islands, having been created only about 300,000 years ago. As you (hopefully) read about last time, my family and I were on the small island of Faial. We had … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #3 (The Azores Islands: Pico)
Iberian Adventures #2 (The Azores Islands: Faial)
Hello and welcome back! We're continuing our short series on some recent travels my family and I took to the Azores islands and the Iberian Peninsula . The next Azores island we visited on our vacation last month was Faial. Compared to São Miguel (the island which I wrote about last time), the island of … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #2 (The Azores Islands: Faial)
Iberian Adventures #1 (The Azores Islands: São Miguel)
How is it that this place feels so familiar? That question was one of the first things that popped into my head when our plane landed on São Miguel, one of the nine islands of the Azores. I had never been to the Azores before, and so it was unexplainable how at-home I felt right … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #1 (The Azores Islands: São Miguel)
Disneyland Fun
With more and more people getting vaccinated and more places reopening, summer traveling is picking back up. As for us, we recently went to Disneyland! I had actually wanted to do this trip last year, but the pandemic put a halt to everything. Anyhow, it worked out better for us to go this year because … Continue reading Disneyland Fun
San Francisco, CA
California has all sorts of beautiful cities, no doubt about it, and San Francisco is definitely one of them. Magnificent parks, amazing food, a variety of cultures, awesome nightlife, lots of sports teams, interesting history... There's just so much to see and do in the "City by the Bay." While I have not been to … Continue reading San Francisco, CA
Monterey, CA
Summer's always a good time to travel, but since that's not wise this year, summer will have to be a good time to write about traveling and share some of my photos. I wrote a fun series of travel posts a couple of summers ago, so be sure to check them out. You can find … Continue reading Monterey, CA
Summer Traveling
Summer break is winding down. In a couple of weeks, my husband and I will be back to teaching, my daughter will be back to school (Kindergarten, here she comes!), and my son will be back with his babysitter/nanny. I try to make our summers spent together as fun as I can. This summer, we … Continue reading Summer Traveling
Moxie and Mishaps 