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2024 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide
Welcome to our eleventh annual smart home holiday gift guide! We don’t know how you feel, but for...
Our Antarctica Cruise on the Viking Polaris
We explored the Antarctica Peninsula on a 13-day Viking Expedition Cruise...
A Week in Provence
We spent a relaxing week in Provence, from our home base in the hilltop town of Bonnieux...
Tasting Wine and Truffles in Alba, Italy
From Bologna, we traveled to the northwest of Italy, to Piedmont. On our last trip to Italy in...
Bologna: Europe’s Oldest College Town
I’ve always enjoyed visiting college towns – from Ann Arbor to Madison, to Cambridge, both...
Two Weeks in Siena
We traveled to Italy and Provence in the fall of 2022 and it was great to get back to more normal...
Coimbra and Fatima
The next day, we said goodbye to Olga and Fernando and headed south to Coimbra, just a short ride...
Porto and the Douro Valley
After our long week cycling in Alentejo, our taxi came to the farmhouse to take us to the train for...
Exploring Alentejo with Portugal’s Best Cycling
After our first few days in Lisbon, we headed out for the centerpiece of our trip, our bike tour...
Two visits to Lisbon
We began and ended our Portuguese journey with Lisbon. We started with a few nights to get...
20 Days in Portugal
I’ve been dreaming about traveling to Portugal for years. I bought my first Lonely Planet guide...
New Zealand Wineries: best regions to visit for Pinot Noir
We visited many New Zealand wineries during our 30 day trip. We discuss our favorite regions and...
How to Find Penguins in New Zealand
When we first started planning our trip to New Zealand, I wasn’t thinking about seeing penguins. I...
Three Days in Auckland
We end our New Zealand journey with three nights in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city...
Rotorua, New Zealand – More than a Smelly Tourist Trap
We spent three nights in Rotorua, home of amazing geothermal attractions and Māori meeting grounds...
Three days in Wellington, New Zealand
We spent three days in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city and tacked on a perfect wine weekend...
Abel Tasman National Park
After our TranzAlpine train journey, we picked up a rental car in Greymouth and drove up the...
Christchurch, New Zealand
Our New Zealand journey continues north from Oamaru to Christchurch, the largest city on New...
New Zealand Penguins and Steampunk
New Zealand penguins were one of our primary reasons for visiting. We saw plenty during our stops...
Otago Central Rail Trail
We love cycling and have put many miles on our road bikes here in Northern California. When we...
New Zealand: Milford Sound and Beyond
From Melbourne we were able to fly directly to Queenstown, in the South Island of New Zealand, to...
Our 10-day Australia Itinerary
Our Australia itinerary included Sydney, Jervis Bay, Canberra and Melbourne, 10 days by car and...
Our 40-day Australia and New Zealand Tour
We share our experiences and what we learned during our Australia and New Zealand Tour, to help you...
Rome: at home in Italy’s Capital
Last fall we made our fourth trip together to Rome. It’s nice to come back to a city that we know...
Siena, home of the Palio
Siena, the home of the Palio, has held a special place in our hearts since Mark lived there in the...
Wine Tasting in Tuscany (via Siena)
If you’ve ever tasted wine in Napa or other wineries in the US, you might think you are ready for...
Lucca: wrapped in a wall of culture
We love Tuscany and everything about it, the landscape, the food, the wine. Recently we got a...
Three Days in Cinque Terre (via Genoa)
We love Italy and we love the outdoors so we have been looking forward to visiting the Cinque...
Milan: Easy Travel and the Last Supper
We have both traveled to Milan for business, together and separately. Milan is in the north and the...
Smart Apps and Travel Tips for Italy in the Fall
Last fall we traveled to Italy to see a few new places and revisit two of our favorites. We share...
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