Sevilla: Spain’s Most Charming City

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We flew roundtrip out of Sevilla to Morocco so while we were there for practicality, it ended up being an awesome mini-vacation! I adore Spain but our recent trip to Barcelona was so hot and crowded I thought I was […]

10 Day Morocco Road Trip

windy road at dades gorge

Grab your favorite snacks and get ready for an adventure, we are going on a Morocco road trip! When we were first planning our trip to Africa I was not big on the idea of renting a car. I read […]

Essaouira- Morocco’s Beach Getaway

essaouira camels

If you have been following our travels then you know we are beach people. After spending a couple of weeks exploring Fez, Chefchaouen, Casablanca, and Marrakesh I was super excited to get back to the coast. Our mission in Essaouira […]

Marrakesh: Morocco’s Trendy City

We absolutely loved Marrakesh. It was my favorite city in Morocco. It is so trendy and colorful with the authenticity of the Fez medina but with the style of a metropolis. Marrakesh felt the most vacation-y of all of the […]

Visiting Chefchaouen: Morocco’s Blue City

chefchaouen

Traveling is funny in some ways. A place you’ve never heard of before soon becomes a place you can’t miss. You get in a traveling bubble surrounded by other travelers and a place like Chefchaouen seems “Instagram famous”, “everyone’s been there”, […]

Fez: The Authentic Heart of Morocco

tannery vats

Fez… Even writing the name brings back so many sights, smells, and emotions. After doing a lot of research online I almost scratched Fez from our Morocco itinerary. Thankfully Ryan Air had other plans and offered a ridiculously cheap round-trip […]

Two Weeks in Portugal

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Portugal was one of the few countries in Western Europe neither of us had visited. We had a great two weeks there splitting our time between the rural Douro Valley and the two big cities, Porto and Lisbon. We saw […]

Lisbon Travel Guide

lisbon views

We had been wanting to go to Portugal for quite some time and I had high expectations for Lisbon. The city itself is pretty rad. It’s sea views, steep streets, and trolley cars reminded me of San Francisco. However, when you […]