One of the best places to be on just about any day of the week in Cusco is the Mercado San Pedro. Here they offer every type of food you can imagine from Amazonian fruits and veggies to fresh meats and seafoods to baked goods and everything in between. The market was design by none…
Category: Culture
Machu Picchu, Peru
One of the seven wonders of the world Lies atop the Andes Mountain in the Inca Sacred Valley in Peru. Ancient Incan civilizations sat atop this incredible site once and used it for parties, rituals and ceremonies for over 100 days a year. The Inca devised irrigation systems and crop alterations that are mind blowing…
Seljavellir – Iceland’s Secret Thermal Springs
Icelanders love their natural hot springs and have been bathing out in the thermal springs for hundreds of years. Taking advantage of the year long warm waters the Icelanders socialize out in the warm pools as a national pastime. Many great places to enjoy the springs are all over the island. The Blue Lagoon is a…
Isla Mujeres Street Art
Everywhere you look on Isla Mujeres you will find wonderful street art. Here on the island there are beautiful pieces being commissioned for environmental awareness specifically for Oceans and whale shark protection, by the PangeaSeed Sea Walls Murals for Oceans Project. Artists have been painting ocean themed murals to help raise awareness for the ocean…
Angers, France
This half timbered town sits on the western edge of the Loire Valley, just west of the Loire Valley Natural Regional Parc. The city has been around for thousands of years! Ptolomy first mentioned it in 150 AD and since then it has grown rich in both Galic tribal history and French culture. Once known as the…
Dinan, France
This ancient, riverside port town is Brittany’s finest, an hour south of Mont St. Michele, its well worth an overnight stay on your way to the Loire Valley Dinan emulates the typical Breton lifestyle and opens up the window into this region’s more typical rural French lifestyles a little more. I enjoyed wandering through the back…
Saint Malo, France
Driving along the northern coast of France you cannot help but notice one the crown jewels of Brittany. Saint Malo sits on the sea with its safe harbor for hundreds of sail boats and skiffs in the surrounding bay. The port was once a privateer headquarters that became very wealthy and is now a charming…
Mont St. Michele, France
The most stunning Castle in Brittany, if not the whole world, sits on the border of Brittany and Normandy at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. Mont St. Michele is an island fortress built to keep out the English. Rising tides made the island impossible to invade half of the day. Multiple tiers…
Chinon, France
This historic castle is located directly above the town of Chinon creating picturesque views of the quintessential France at its most magical. Chinon was further developed by Henry II in the 1100’s. It was a key point on a strategic river and served many purposes over the course of history. He left the castle to…
Neuschwanstein Castle
Ludwig II was an extravagant man who had a private and complicated life. After leaving his fiance, the night king escaped reality by building fairy tale castles of yesteryear as he withdrew from traditional duties of his kingdom living in a world of fantasy. Instead he focused on lavishly entertaining his eccentricities and had a…
Journey Into Cuisine 