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Mealhada Portugal lies northeast of Coimbra Portugal. The area around the city served as a huge, 260-acre monastic retreat from the 6th though 18th centuries. In the 17th century, Portuguese explorers brought trees that brought from around the world to expand the forest. The area was a battleground in the early 19th century when the …
A day’s drive from New Orleans takes you into some of Louisiana bayous and into the heart of Cajun country. We have explored Southern Louisiana’s bayou and plantation country before. This time we skipped the plantations to explore some new areas. Avery Island Route 90 is the de facto “bayou highway”. We drove from Houma […]
Arles France is a coastal city in southern France. It was initially settled in 800 BC and became an important trading post. The Romans captured it in 123 BC and grew it into one of the empire’s largest and most important colonies. By 395 AD it had a population of over 75,000 and became the […]
Parc Nationale des Calanques is located along the Mediterranean Sea coast between Cassis and Marseilles France. It is a short trip by land from either city and is well worth a visit. You can also take a cruise from either city that takes you along the Calanques coast with breathtaking views. If you have the […]
Banff National Park Banff National Park, Canada’s first national park, was created in 1885. Located in the Canadian Rockies, the park is a land of dramatic craggy, snow-capped mountains, heavily forested valleys, aqua-colored lakes, and more than 100 glaciers. Traversed by the scenic Bow Valley Parkway (or the faster Trans-Canada Highway), the valley provides stunning […]
Banff in Alberta Canada is a “tourist town”. But we use the term in a good way even though it was originally created as a tourist town. In 1888, the Canadian Pacific Railway built the Banff Springs Hotel to attract wealthy tourists to the area’s scenery and wildlife. Today Banff is the largest town in […]