On Christmas day, we went to the beach! Playa Blanca is a beautiful white sand beach just a short boat ride from Cartagena. Cartagena has some beaches, but they are mostly grey sand and in developed areas (like Boca Grande). Since we were on vacation, we decided to spend a little extra money by visiting […]
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Cinque Terre: Monterosso
After picking up our car in La Spezia, we parked and hopped on the train to the next village in Cinque Terre, Monterosso. We had seen lots of people getting off at the Monterosso train stop, so we thought it would be a great place to explore. Monterosso was soooo busy! It had a long […]
Cinque Terre: One Morning in Manarola
After our breakfast in La Spezia, we took the train to the next village in Cinque Terre, Manarola. It was smaller than Riomaggiore, and had a small place to swim. The three of use walked around the village and saw where a landslide had wiped out a section of the hiking trail to Corniglia.
Exploring Nice in Two Days
After a day of travel (flying from Manchester to Nice via Dublin…with several delays) we got into Nice at 10pm. Day Zero in Nice Ryan and I took a bus from the airport into the city. Our hostel have us directions and told us which bus to take, but that bus stopped running at 9pm. After missing […]
Exploring Trinidad in Four Days
Over the Mother’s Day weekend, Ryan and I flew down to Trinidad to visit his grandmother. I had never been before, and the last time Ryan had visited was five or so years previous, so we were both excited to explore.