Our Spain Adventure Begins – Barcelona
While we were fortunate to be in Europe with the ability to travel through the UK during the pandemic, it sure put a damper on 18 months of international travel, and returning to the US with the international travel restrictions, new variants and uncertainty around travel, we have been holding steady not traveling much. Considering […]
Did someone say more temples?
If you haven’t picked up on it, Malta is known for its temples. The entire island is almost a UNESCO site and everywhere you turn, you are looking at something ancient. Today we wandered over to the western side of the island and started out exploring the Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Temples. The sheer size […]
Gozo – More Temples, More Sea
Late night last night + rooftop sunrise viewing = tired Mr and Mrs Ennis. Our rooftop has a 360 view of the island and because the island is so small, we can almost see across the entire place from our roof. So this morning we watched the sun rise above the sea before we headed […]
Exploring Valletta
Because we failed buying tickets for the exclusive underground temple (Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum), we started moving early to see if we could be one of the lucky recipients of the eight last minute tickets available. This temple only allows 8 people per hour due to the underground eco system. Because it is January and because […]
Next Stop Malta
Sooo… About ten days ago, we were trying to find a weekend trip in January, and we somehow stumbled upon $20 round trip tickets to Malta from Cardiff. Completely unheard of! Of course, we snatched those up and 10 days later we are on a plane! Kevin did some research ahead of time, found their […]
Train to Brussels
It was dark by the time we arrived in Brussels today. Which doesn’t mean much since this side of the world gets dark by 3:30pm! We were starving, so we immediately headed to the Christmas market. It was opening weekend and it was absolute madness, and to be honest…a bit disappointing. Hardly any Christmas lights […]
Day 3: Last Day with the Patel’s
We had a nice slow morning to recover from yesterday… We all leave Paris today, so we all had to pack up 🙁 Today was reserved for a bit of shopping though. We walked along the famous Champs Elyees Avenue with all the big names (Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Door, etc). Just a bit of window […]
Day 1: We made it to Paris!
10:20am flight from Cardiff to Paris12:40pm arrival to Paris Stuck on the tarmac cause our bus broke down and then a 90 minutes trek to the hotel. But that doesn’t negate the fact that we are meeting friends in Paris and to our delight, Hima meets us at our hotel with a bunch of American […]
Mont-Saint Michel
We conquered Mont Saint Michel today. I mean those words seriously… We conquered it. At almost a two mile walk just to get to the base, we were just getting started. The Abbey is at the very top of the hill which meant A LOT of steps and a lot of STEEP climbs. Darla was […]