WanderlustandWhimSea

My genetic makeup has always been chock full of Wanderlust. My Great Grandmother Hedin fondly referred to me as a, “Gas Ass”.  I got these Wanderlust genes honestly, as my parents spent the entire winter researching the next summer’s trip. A favorite winter pastime in my childhood was studying maps, no really! This insatiable desire… Continue reading The Day the Wanderlust Died

One of the highlights of the trip to Morocco was the journey south to the Sahara Desert.  We rode 4X4 vehicles to get to the desert oasis.  Up dunes, sliding down dunes a few stops for photos and we arrived at our Bedouin Tents for the night. The tents were on the sand, but comfy… Continue reading The Sahara Desert – Up Close and Personal

FEZ is like no place I had ever been.  The town is 1400 years old and a half million people call the medina home. The “streets” are two donkey wide and today the donkey still serves as the primary delivery means. We wound through crazy narrow streets up alleys and down spooky dark and dank… Continue reading Fascinating FEZ

I decided to spend the last few weeks of December exploring Morocco. I can definitely recommend visiting this time of year as most days meant jackets in the morning and long sleeve shirts in the afternoon. This is compared to 127 Farenheit in Aug! The days were sunny with lovely clear blue skies. If you… Continue reading Morocco – A Country of Contrasts

  Cadiz was a new stop for me on the Med circuit and I loved it. There were lots of alleys filled with shops and restaurants and markets.  My favorite was the central market that sold fresh vegetables, fish, meat and prepared foods. We were lucky to find several market restaurants selling Tapas and we… Continue reading Cadiz, Lanzarote and the Canary Islands

Well first we left Barcelona to a fantastic rainbow and light display on the Cathedral, then it was off to Malaga. Rinse and Repeat. I was in Malage 1 year and 10 days prior.   Photo on the top 2018, photo on the bottom 2019. This year I was prepared for the Hammam and didn’t need… Continue reading Malaga – We found the Hamman AGAIN

Mind the GAP – In this case I’m not referring to the gap between the platform and the subway but between my blog posts. I’m not sure what happened but between Aix En Provence and Barcelona I lost my will to blog. Nothing dramatic happened, except I lost internet while on the ship and boom… Continue reading Mind the Gap

Marsielle is a quick 30 minute and $4 bus ride from Aix En Provence so it makes an excellent day trip.  Plan A was to visit the islands from the Count of Monte Cristo but it was a bit too windy and the boat wasn’t running. So it was Plan B and a Hop on… Continue reading Marseille, Arles and more Markets

Greetings from Provence! – The markets of Provence are full of color and wonderful tastes.  On Saturday’s, the market winds through most of the town but it’s very organized with flowers in one square, fruit and vegetables in the next and textiles in the third.  We wandered throughout buying honey, cheese, tomatoes, fish, and even… Continue reading The markets of Aix En Provence

Wow keeping my money straight on this trip has been a challenge. The exchange rates ranged from 333 to 1 dollar, 110 to 1 dollar, 53 to 1 dollar, 10 to 1 dollar and 1.7 to 1 dollar. Who’s on First? None of the countries used Euro’s and it seemed familiar to the days I… Continue reading Five Countries Five Currencies