Paraty Brazil The Venice of South America Many people over the last few weeks have told us about Paraty, Brazil. It is a well preserved historic town. No vehicles may enter the main historic area. So it is walking, push trolley carts, or horses only. It was designed so the seawall lets in water […]
Snowy Christmas in Wisconsin -with new friends and old- This year is going to be different as we have Christmas in Wisconsin. It is a festive season that comes after spending months on the road. We are glad that our family travel got us this far and is offering us an opportunity to have a unique […]
White Winter Wonderland Wisconsin USA We arrive in a white winter wonderland – Wisconsin, USA We have been invited to spend Christmas with a friend I have known for over 28 years in Wausau and it is a white winter wonderland much to Explorason’s delight. I can see the excitement on his face as he seemingly […]
Heading For Snow In Midwest Chicago Heading for snow – beating the blizzard Michigan New Buffalo Morning arrives and I am up at 5:30 a.m. when I come to realize that we have gained 1 hour since we are sitting on the border. So it is actually 4:30 a.m. The fog and weather are pretty […]
Back Roads of USA Midwest Road Trip Back Roads of USA – Quaint Charm and Style Today we have a terrible wet weather as we drive on the back roads of the USA, but we hope to drive through some little quaint towns. We use the GPS on ‘avoid motorways’. We have a great map […]
Toledo Zoo Christmas Lights Inside A Snow Globe Sandusky And Marblehead Toledo Zoo Christmas Lights – the Lights Before Christmas Marblehead Lighthouse We left Sandusky and headed around the coast of the Great Lakes of USA. I wanted to see Marblehead Lighthouse as I’m starting to get a passion about lighthouses from our last few […]
Great Lakes Road Trip the USA Today we have a bit of a quick drive back through the corner of Pennsylvania from Ohio as we visit Mazza Winery on our Great Lakes road trip after leaving Niagara Falls. Luxury travel experts say that this is one of the most visited places by families on a family […]
Niagara Falls in Winter – USA – our road trip Heading to Niagara Falls in winter means we get to experience this away from the peak season and here is what we found on the USA side. Traveling in winter is proving to be a little challenging as chain Motels (which are not my favorite) seem to […]
Hershey Land of Chocolate At Christmas Tonight we have landed in Hersey land of chocolate and it is amazing, especially because it is Christmas celebrations. Discover Hershey Land of Chocolate The streetlights are chocolate drops here in this Pennsylvania town. Our accommodation is along Chocolate Avenue. This hotel has a great deal ($30US a night) […]
Top Things To See In Amish Pennsylvania Top Things To See In Amish Pennsylvania is an article I wrote after we had just spent nearly two crazy packed weeks near Christmas time in the City of New York. Firstly, let me say that leaving New York was a hard decision to make. We had such […]
New York City at Christmastime New York – you can never see it all – especially at Christmas – New York City at Christmastime is crazy but so much fun as we hit the subway and head for Manhattan. The weather in New York is warm with blue skies. It is conducive for our family […]
New York City – Beware Tourist Ticket Street Sellers Our first mistake in New York City was to purchase tickets off ticket street sellers during the single parent travel time we have here. if we were to give you some luxury travel experts advice, we would recommend you be very careful when buying tickets from […]
