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When we picked Spain as the destination of our ninth wedding anniversary, we knew Montserrat had to be on the itinerary. It’s an easy daytrip from Barcelona via train but we opted to book and experience with Castlexperience Wine Tours based on online reviews. We stopped in their Barcelona office one evening after dinner and... Continue Reading →
The home of Salvador Dali and a filming location for Game of Thrones – these are great reasons to visit Figueres and Girona, right? We decided to make a day trip to both during our weeklong trip to Barcelona. We took the train first thing in the morning to Figueres arriving just before 9:00 a.m.... Continue Reading →
Amazing architecture and delicious food are two things that come to mind when I think about Barcelona. Oh, and Cava too! Barcelona was our first stop on our 11-day Spanish adventure to celebrate our ninth wedding anniversary. We flew Norwegian Airlines directly from Ft. Lauderdale. The overnight flight was great (especially since we decided to... Continue Reading →
One of our very best friends has raved over the years about the wonderful time he had in St. Barth's so when he invited us to visit the island we jumped at the chance. We took a quick flight from Jacksonville to St. Martin before jumping on a small plane for a 15 minute flight... Continue Reading →
Tampa was on the shortlist of places we thought about moving before ultimately deciding on Jacksonville. Our first visit was in 2013 and we bounced around spending time in Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. We visited again for my birthday in 2018. One of our favorite stops during our visit was the Florida Aquarium. We... Continue Reading →
We typically go on vacation each year for my birthday. For me, it helps to lessen the blow of getting another year older. For my 32nd birthday we headed down to Key West for a long weekend. We flew into Miami and took the two-hour scenic drive down to Key West. I came across a... Continue Reading →
Our first trip to Miami didn’t quite go as planned. We landed checked into our hotel, and then, the area was hit with a category 2 hurricane. We decided to try our luck at visiting this area again after moving to Florida. South Florida was part of David’s work territory initially, so we took advantage... Continue Reading →
The Florida coastline boasts some of the most beautiful beaches in the U.S. This is particularly evident on the west cost of the state. After living in Jacksonville Beach for a few years we decided to make a weekend getaway to the other side of the state. Our first stop on our weekend adventure was... Continue Reading →
Melbourne wasn't on our original two-week Australian itinerary however, with a category 5 typhoon headed straight for Cairns, our hopes of diving the Great Barrier Reef were destroyed. We made the best of if, switching our flight to Melbourne instead. We stayed at the Quay West Suites which made it easy to walk to nearby... Continue Reading →
There are so many different kinds of experiences you can have in New York. One of our favorite trips included a visit to the High Line in Manhattan and The Hamptons on Long Island. We typically fly into JFK and take the train to Long Island to visit my sister’s family. We’ve visited many times... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite wineries, Molly Dooker, is in the McLaren Vale wine region of Adelaide. It’s a family run business and Sarah and Sparky really incorporate their family life into all that they do. We were lucky enough to not only visit this winery during our trip but we also got to do a... Continue Reading →
We’ve been to Nashville several times over the years from scouting it out as a place to potentially move to attending one of our best friend’s wedding to celebrating a dear friend’s birthday. Some of our favorite places to visit include Yazoo Brewery, Hattie B’s for the ultimate in Hot Chicken, and Kayne Prime one... Continue Reading →
Stonehenge is one of the greatest mysteries of modern civilization. We knew we had to make a trip to visit this wonder during our weeklong visit to London. While this was only an overnight excursion, this was one of David’s biggest highlights of the trip. We rented a car and headed out of London in... Continue Reading →
We visited the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica in November of 2017. One of my very best high school friends was getting married and there was no way we could miss it. We flew from Orlando to San Jose taking a puddle jumper ultimately to Tamarindo. The regional airline, Nature Air, is unfortunately no longer... Continue Reading →
We headed to Aruba in the spring of 2017 for a much needed Caribbean beach getaway. We booked a weeklong stay in a condo on Palm Beach. The goal of this trip was pure relaxation so we didn’t have much of an itinerary planned before we arrived. It was great having a condo for this... Continue Reading →
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