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The Ultimate Guide to Finding A Great Riad in the Marrakech Medina
Marrakesh’s Medina is everything every guidebook says it is: a vibrant, teeming and wild assault on the eyes, ears and nose. Hustlers, touts, tourists, merchants, mopeds, cars, and even donkeys pulling carts of fresh vegetables somehow make their way along the narrow alleyways, as Moroccan grandmothers totter along seemingly oblivious to the chaos around them.
It’s this chaos that makes Marrakech’s riads a perfect, calm place to escape. Check out our guide to finding the perfect retreat from the chaotic city streets and souks.
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Travel Blogs | Travel Philosophy
Have You Ever Wanted to Hit the Road? A Little Inspiration From Adam Shepard’s One Year Lived
What makes one person decide to take a chance, and travel around the world for a year, while another decides to stay at home and forgo that opportunity?
We take a look at Adam Shepard’s new book, One Year Lived to get his take on life and travel while looking back at our own reasons for travel.
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Family | Travel Blogs
2 Kids, 6 Bags And a Flat Mule: Baggage Woes!
Luggage, every traveler’s bane and many traveler’s only worldly possession. Do you own it or does it own you?
I take a quick peak at how our luggage has evolved from our simple backpacking days 10 years ago up until we had kids and then the mountain of bags we traveled with right after.
As the kids get older, is there hope on the horizon for us? I hope so….
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Europe | Travel Blogs
Rome for the Weekend
Ah Rome – the Eternal City. So much history, so much romance, so much culture. You could spend years exploring the Italian capital and still not uncover every nook and cranny, every hidden gem. But unfortunately, most of us will not have years to while away in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. However, all is not lost, because complex and layered as it may be, Rome 101 – the real must-see places of the city – can all be done within a weekend.
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Europe | Travel Blogs
Falling in Love with Porto in Photos
We arrived in Porto exhausted and chilled to the bone.
But three days later I found myself not wanting to leave. Follow along as I show you, through our camera lens, why I fell in love with the city.
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Europe | Travel Blogs
Walking the Cold Walls of Avila and Enjoying the Sunshine
From it’s mountainous plateau, Avila, Spain is a sight to behold. With gigantic walls nearly a thousand years old, the city is a veritable fortress of churches and convents. It’s also darn cold in February. Avila was the first stop on our road trip from Madrid to Portugal and the city didn’t disappoint. Check out our take on it and wonder aloud with us what we were doing there in sub zero temperatures just one week after leaving the warm tropical beaches of Mexico.
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Europe | Travel Blogs
The Little Things We Love about Spain (And What Drives Us Crazy)
It’s the small details of life in a new place that really fascinate me. I love to find out how the locals live; where they shop, what they eat, how they get around.
Find out what we’ve discovered about Spain that we love, and what drives us crazy.
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Europe | Family | Travel Blogs
Fun Family Activities in Madrid
With nearly a week in Madrid to spend, I was a bit worried about what we’d find to do in the city with a seven and four year old. Would we be resigned to a week of checking out amusement parks and playgrounds, or is it possible to enjoy the art, architecture and history of a European city with kids in tow? Well, we definitely found out…
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