Egypt: compelling, chaotic, challenging.

Our week in Egypt was amazing and has been the most challenging and rewarding destination of our entire trip. Some…

Our most recent stop has taken us to a quiet, isolated and magical region of Spain, Galicia. Picture in your mind the far northern and western corner of Spain and you’re thinking of…

As anticipated, Tuscany is a paradise.

I’m sorry but the many glories of Tuscany is likely to leave me a bit short on superlatives by the end of this post…

The W’s

Why? Honestly, Why not? After I convinced Lidia a big trip might be possible and we started to realize that some of the bigger barriers standing in our way might have actual solutions, planning the trip started almost to feel like an obligation. If we really wanted to take this trip and all the necessary…

La eeR, or Urgencias….

So yes, we’ve already visited a Spanish ER… spoiler alert, everyone is ok… An abundance of caution was applied to a minor situation…

Croatian Island of Mljet

The Croatian Island of Mljet was our home for almost a week. We picked this island to visit because it is one of the less developed…

One night in Venice…

With planning only one night I felt we risked maybe feeling like we weren’t giving this world renown destination a proper visit… but it…

Cinque Terre Madness…

A few hundred years ago the five villages that make up the Cinque Terre were uninhabitable… because Pirates.

Slovenia, you should know, is precious and beautiful!

I had heard good things about Slovenia, a cozy little cosmopolitan country north of Croatia. During…

Croatia ~ Dubrovnik

The Kraft’s time out trip continues! We’re officially off and on our own! At the suggestion of a friend Ryan Schulz we’re thinking of our trip in separate acts. Act 1 ~ friends and family. Act 2 is full blown family time. While we loved our friends and family adventures we’re also ready to dial in some…