UNESCO Heritage Site: Mosteiro da Batalha
Batalha Monastery — the burial church of Portuguese royalty. It took over a century to build, with fifteen architects adding their influence along the way. Work began in 1386. The […]
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The Big Waves at Nazaré
It didn’t matter that I only put my feet in the water in Nazaré, Portugal. My entire body has been in the Atlantic Ocean many, many times. But the ocean […]
Leaving London for a Day: Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Bath
One of the most popular day excursions from London that I found includes visits to three iconic spots, two of which are UNESCO World Heritage sites: Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, and […]
Art & Architecture in Old Quebec
You’ll never lack for beautiful sights to see in Quebec City, but I loved learning little factoids as I wandered the narrow streets of this provincially-French city on an Art […]
This Salt Mine is Making Me Thirsty!
Okay. This was stupid on my part. But the tour guide on our trip down into the Wieliczka Salt Mine invited us to touch the walls of the cave and […]
Culture Clash in the Cave
I never like to think that other places in the world should act like America. I appreciate different cultures for exactly that: because they’re different. And valuable. And make you […]
Machu Picchu & Incan Ruins
They say that if you can see the glacier in the mountain on the train ride to Machu Picchu, that you’ll have good views when you get there. We saw […]
They Might Be Giants
There are two things I immediately associate with the Netherlands: tulips and windmills. Since I was traveling there in summer, I knew I wouldn’t see tulips, but I did want […]
The Main Attractions: Prambanan and Borobudur
The two main attractions in Yogyakarta are on such a massive scale of grandeur that neither one should be missed. Both the Buddhist Borobudur temple and Prambanan, the Hindu temple, […]
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