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Out and About in Toledo, Spain Adventuriety

Toledo is an old and beautiful city.   It is known as the “city of the three cultures” for it’s history of  Muslim, Jewish and Christian peaceful cohabitation for centuries.  There are churches, palaces, castles, fortresses, mosques and synagogues behind the medieval walls that surround the old town on the hill.  Toledo, a World Heritage Site, is like an open-air museum, you don’t even need to venture inside the plethora of historically significant structures...

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At Home in Toledo, Spain Domesticiety / Recuperiety

We met a beautiful, young couple  in Tanzania.  She was from Spain, he was from South Africa, they were living and working in Oman, and on safari for their honeymoon.   Scott and I were watching the sunset over a coffee plantation, talking about possibly visiting Spain on our next trip, when like a sign we heard the newlyweds discussing their wedding and how their parents were...

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Mt. Vesuvius and Trip Advisor Adventuriety

Our last day in Sorrento (and Italy) was spent visiting Mt. Vesuvius and I say visit because I don’t know what else to say. We had considered hiking Vesuvius on a whim after we finished our Pompeii tour, since there were a few hours of daylight left and we were close, as evidenced by all of the Vesuvius Tours advertised at the train station in...

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Path of the Gods Adventuriety / Inspirietry

Today was definitely a day for the books.  It was like we fell down the rabbit hole early in the morning and didn’t emerge all day long until after a late dinner.  We took a tour of Pompeii our first full day in Sorrento and our tour guide recommended the Path of the Gods or Sentiero degli Dei along the Amalfi Coast.  Scott did a...

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Capri Adventuriety

We went to Capri to visit the Blue Grotto.  Capri is a twenty five minute ferry ride from Sorrento, located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, and has been a resort town since the Roman Republic. There is evidence that the  island has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age, that’s 10,200 B.C. folks, and that is a long time ago and makes the Roman Empire seem like...

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