by leandra | Dec 5, 2023 | International Travel, Travel
Since we wanted to explore multiple spots and didn’t want to rely on a travel provider, we needed to arrange ferries to get between islands, plus either a car or a bike to get around each island. Ferry Trips When booking the ferry tickets in advance I used...
by leandra | Dec 3, 2023 | International Travel, Travel
Villa Bella (Mahe) Our check in was easy – the owner was waiting for us and showed me around while Eric unpacked the car. There was an additional tourism fee that needed to be paid in local currency (25scr pp/night) so I’m glad I went to the ATM! The internet...
by leandra | Dec 1, 2023 | International Travel, Travel
Altogether, we took a total of 7 flights going and returning from the Seychelles. Three of those flights were standard Southwest Airlines flights to position us to Chicago, or get us from New York to North Carolina. Below we recount the ‘fun’ flights, i.e....
by leandra | Oct 21, 2023 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
We dropped off the car at the airport and took an Uber into the city. After relaxing in the room for a bit, I stopped into ALE-HOP to look for comfy socks and found a pair of fluffy rainbow slippers for 5€! With that settled we headed out into the Madrid evening to...
by leandra | Oct 20, 2023 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Bodegas Muelas Walking the walls of the Cuellar castle put us behind schedule so we had to hustle several blocks from the (free) parking lot in Todesillas to make our reserved tour of the bodega. Thankfully we just missed the overview, which Clara kindly and quickly...