Exploring the world one country at a time
Exploring the world one country at a time
The Great River Road spans about 470 miles along the Mississippi River starting from Prescott, WI and Hastings, MN (just southeast of Minneapolis, MN) to Dubuque, IA. We only had a weekend to explore this scenic drive in mid-October 2022 and made it as far south to La Crosse, WI. We started our journey from …
The Minnesota North Shore spans about 150 miles on Highway 61. It begins from Duluth and runs northeast to Grand Portage just below the Canadian border. Highway 61 runs along the shores of Lake Superior. Along the way, the road climbs up to high vantage points, goes through woodlands and is dotted with state parks, …
We explored Denmark for two weeks in late May 2022. We drove starting from Copenhagen and visited the cities and towns of Møn, Svardborg, Helnæs, Ribe, Jelling and up to Skagen. Then we headed back to Copenhagen with stops at Odense and Helsingør. We also visited the island of Æro and Frederiksborg Castle and …
We spent five days in Belgium in early May 2022 exploring the towns of Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges and of course Brussels. We based ourselves in Brussels and rode the trains to the other towns. Bruges seemed like Disneyland without the rides while Brussels was fun to explore. Ghent was also fun to explore while Antwerp …
Right off the bat, eleven days is not enough to see Southern Italy. Still we felt lucky to have explored Alberobello, the Amalfi Coast, Capri Island, Castelmezzano, Lecce, Matera, Naples, Pompei, Sorrento and other neighboring towns. Southern Italy is delightful. We were in Southern Italy during the third week of April and the weather was …
The Netherlands is about 16,000 sq miles or 126 miles square. It’s a small country. Their network of trains and buses makes it convenient to take public transportation instead of driving. We ditched our car rental reservation and we were not sorry about it nor missed it. We went in late April 2022 in time …
What This Blog Is About We spent ten days in Sicily visiting the towns of Cefalu, Taormina, a day trip to Tropea in the mainland, Siracusa, Agrigento and Palermo. Looking back at it, we could have probably skipped Taormina and Siracusa and used that time going on an exploration up Mount Etna. Ten days may …
What this Blog is About We spent ten days driving across Sardinia in April of 2022. Unfortunately, ten days was not enough to leisurely explore the island as we found ourselves staying a night here and there instead of two to actually do any explorations. The temperature was just right but the beaches were cold …
What this Blog is About Mallorca and Menorca are two of the three Spanish islands in the Balearic Sea. The third island is Ibiza which is well known as a party island. Mallorca has it all in our opinion. Beaches, azure water, mountains, scenery, wonderful food and even the seasons. Menorca, just a 45 minute …
What this Blog is About This blog describes our experience driving in Italy. We drove in Northern Italy in 2019 and again in 2021 and in Sardinia, Sicily and Southern Italy in 2022. Driving in Italy is like driving in the states where we drive on the right side of the road. However, there are …