“4 Jaw-Dropping Experiences You Can’t Miss on Your Visit to Jordan” We embark on an exciting journey to Jordan, a country filled with historical and cultural wonders. Petra It is known for its beautiful rock-cut buildings, like the Treasury and the Monastery. It used to be the capital city of the Nabatean Kingdom and is now a UNESCO World Heritage...
Exploring the Hidden Gems of the Asian Side of Turkey: An Authentic Adventure Awaits! Beypazari After renting a car in Istanbul and driving to Cappadocia, we make a detour in Beypazari, which is famous as the carrot capital of Turkey. We enjoyed a warm welcome in our hotel room with a lovely view. Beypazari is a charming rural village that is very typical in its...
Very early arrival at Istanbul airport with a slight feeling of chaos at the border. Crazy crowd at the border…. After settling and resting in our Airbnb we decide to immerse ourselves in the atmosphere of the capital. First exploration of the city in the rain. The Galata Tower Looking for a restaurant along the Bosphorus. Note that the owner of the pizzeria is not...
The kebab and turkish ice cream experience. Istanbul is a city with a massive history and culture. Their kebabs are delicious and possibly one of my favorite foods. There are many different types to choose from such as lamb, chicken and beef. They usually will have something called a mixed kebab which is my favorite, because they combine all of the meat with many...
Short stopover in Madrid to discover the Spanish capital and also to see two old friends before flying to Istanbul. The busy streets of Madrid have an air of the capital.. Cathedral de Sta Maria la Real de la Almudena. Palladio Real. Little break at the plaza Mayor. Not sure if it’s a bench or an art piece?! It is time to change of country and almost of continent…...
Burgos We decide to stay few more days for severals reasons: The children need to catch up on school, my parents are coming to bring us the suitcase containing the rest of our things that we will send by post to Santiago and Janet is not feeling very well, surely because of fatigue… In front of the Burgos cathedral, where did Zola go?.. We do the COVID test just in...
El Camino De Santiago I have liked sooo many stuff and disliked stuff too. I thought the first day was the hardest , but little did I know it was going to be way harder the next day. That day was unimaginable, uphill for like 7 hours , but I learned a French song to keep my mind off walking. On our way up we saw a lot of animals...
The Camino Frances is a 790 km/490 mi pilgrimage route from St. Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela. The first 2 weeks were in France with family getting our bearings together and just enjoying the moment of leaving the states. Did that really happen??? Incroyable! Saint Jean Pied de Port We started the Camino de Santiago...
Dernière semaine en france passée dans la commune de Villebois Lavalette en charente, pour finir les derniers préparatifs et régler les papiers administratifs. Dans un cadre bucolique rempli histoire dont la ville principale est Angoulême capitale française de la bande dessinée.
First step of our long journey… Fontenay-Trésigny (Near Paris) and “ La Provence” (South East). With its unique French scents of freshly baked baguette and scent of newly turned soil, it was the perfect place to recover from our long trek across the pond. Until the last minute, just before taking the taxi, we were still packing up and...