North Seymour Island
This morning, we visited North Seymour Island. Since this was primarily a visit to a bird island, they had us get up and out so we arrived at the island…
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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS OCT 2025
Santa Fe – Still Morning!
We went back to the boat to get ready for a snorkel adventure. Yup, it’s still morning, before lunch! Here are some of our companions also getting ready for the…
Santa Fe Island – The Morning
Today, we start out on Santa Fe Island, then move on to South Plaza Island. The morning kicked off with a hike on Santa Fe, followed by a snorkel. But…
San Cristobal
After returning to the Punta Pitt area from our dolphin adventure, it was too late to do the hike that was originally planned. Since we had a bit of time,…
Dolphins!
Today, we were going to visit San Cristobal Island for a walk. We got ashore and were changing into our dry shoes … … when the call went out that…
Española Island – The Afternoon
We are still on our first walk of the day – there was just so much to see! After leaving the sea lions on the beach, we continued our walk…
VIRGIN ISLANDS APR 2025
Buck Island and St Thomas Return
After great snorkeling at The Ledges and Stragglers, we moved on to Buck Island for one last snorkel before settling in for the evening near our St Thomas drop-off spot.…
The Ledges and Stragglers
Today is our last day of snorkeling! We leave tomorrow. 🙁 We need to end up anchored tonight at a spot close to the marina where we will be picked…
Little Jost Van Dyke and Caneel Bay
After snorkeling at the great Diamond Reef, we moved on to Little Jost Van Dyke to stay overnight. It was a pretty trip over to LJVD island. Here is a…
Diamond Reef at Great Camanoe Island
This morning we moved from Eustatia Island to Great Camanoe island to snorkel at Diamond Reef. The sea was a bit choppy, so Joran put up the sail to help…
Eustatia Island
After the Coral Gardens, we moved on to Eustatia Island. It was a pretty little island location with hardly any other boats moored. First, we had a delicious lunch of…
The Coral Gardens
Today, we snorkeled at the Coral Gardens at Great Dog island. It was by far the best snorkeling of our entire trip! It truly was a garden of coral –…
SPAIN OCT 2024
Day 5: Granada
This morning, we took a flight from Barcelona all the way down south to Granada. It was a quick 1 hour flight, much better than taking a 6-hour train ride!…
Day 4: Barcelona – Michelin Star Dinner
We were excited to have dinner at one of Barcelona’s Michelin-starred restaurants. This place was a one-Michelin-star restaurant. I looked into a lot of options in Spain and, frankly, the…
Day 4: Barcelona – Walkabout
After Casa Batlló, we wandered about and looked at architecture from the outside. We saw this very true sign over a cafe: That nails it, huh? We wanted to check…
Day 4: Barcelona – Casa Batlló
Today, we visited Casa Batlló and walked around Barcelona. Casa Batlló has a varied history leading up to its current design by architect Antoni Gaudi. Originally built in 1877 by…
Day 3: Barcelona – Guell Palace
After the Music Palace, we visited Guell Palace (Palau Guell). It reminded us of a different time period, with heavy stone that seemed more at home in an English castle.…
Day 3: Barcelona – Palau Musica
Day 3, we saw the beautiful concert hall – Palau de la Música Catalana. As you can probably guess, it means the palace of Catalan music. What a stunning interior!…
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