Well why not go out with a bang??  Today the Goads and Owens headed to London from Mallorca.   We landed a little late after 4pm and after getting through customs and getting our luggage we loaded into a taxi!  Over an hour later we arrived at the beautiful Hotel ...

What a way to wrap up this amazing vacation than to take a “down day” at the beautiful Castillo Son Vida Hotel.  We had lazy mornings, work outs, massages and golf as well as lounging by the pool.  It has been two weeks of great times, great locations all with ...

Today we finally left our beautiful Atlas World Traveller yacht and are land bound for the remainder of our trip.   Today we toured our port city Palma, the capital of the Spanish island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, which is a historic and vibrant city known for its ...

Our day in Barcelona started off rainy and stayed cloudy but cool all day!   The Murphy’s were the only ones that had not been to Barcelona so we decided to do the hop on hop off bus so they could get a good feel for the city.  We started ...

After taking the first day of tours off for my knee, on day 2 I got back in the game!  While the Goads and Murphy’s went over to Hyères-les-Palmiers, Phil and I headed to Cassis.  Cassis is a charming little fishing village which has been able to maintain its old ...

Marseille, France’s second-largest city, offers a rich blend of history, culture, and coastal beauty. We boarded a bus to see some of the top sites:  the Notre-Dame de la Garde, This iconic hilltop basilica offers panoramic views of the city and Mediterranean Sea. Its stunning interior included models of all ...

Our final private tour day before boarding our cruise was spent seeing the 2nd smallest country in the world, Monaco and visiting the French hillside village of Eze.  Once again we were surrounded by yachts and the life styles of the rich and famous as we strolled along the rampart ...

What a day in St Tropez!  Our tour guide Laura was wonderful and educated us all the way on our drive to St Maxine where we caught a ferry across the bay to St Tropez.   What we saw were Yachts, yachts and more yachts….we were just blown away by ...

We are kicking off this Mediterranean vacation with 4 days in the French Riviera. Our first full day we spent going to Cannes to see where the famous film industry festival happens which was to begin in 1939 but was cancelled at the last minute due to WWII so started ...

The last three days of our three week trip will be dedicated to a private Rioja Region Wine tour of Spain which takes us out of the big cities and puts us out int he beautiful countryside of farm land which we are so excited to experience! Rioja Tour – ...

We are wrapping up two days in Barcelona and boy is this place beautiful but very busy.   We think we have figured out that  while seeing these cities is a “must do”, we are not big city people.   So same as Vanlencia I am going to cover both days in ...

I am going to start off by saying we LOVED Valencia!   And I am going to put both of our days into one post, well…just because it is easier!  Valencia – Day 1 We rode on a high speed train from Madrid to Valencia that took just about 2 hours ...

Our second day in Madrid started with our new fave of a chocolate croissant!  Then off to site see some things we missed yesterday.  Our first stop was the El Retiro Park which up until 1868 beloged to the Spanish Monarchy but then turned into a pubic park with smal ...

Our first full day in Madrid was a busy one.    We were surprised at how big Madrid is and how crowded, there are a lot of tourists here in the “shoulder” season with cafes and streets very busy.   We started our day at the Madrid EDITION hotel for a ...