Explore the World One Country at a Time
Explore the World One Country at a Time
This is the second part of a three part write-up about our experience on doing the Camino Portugues Coastal Route from Porto. The first part talks in general about the Camino Portugues Coastal Route from Porto. This part talks about the path we took. The third part lists and describes our accommodations along the way. …
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Situated at the Eastern end of Madeira is a peninsula that can only be described as breathtaking. Its verdant and bare mountainsides rise high above the Atlantic Ocean. There are no trees to obstruct your views. You are high above in elevation looking down into the ocean as its waves crash on the shore below. …
Overview The hike between Pico do Areeiro and Pico Ruivo is one of the most challenging hikes in Madeira. It is also one of the most rewarding, both in scenery and in giving your calves and hamstrings a workout. This article provides details of the hike to give the reader an idea of what to …
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 …