CBX: Crossing from the US to Tijuana Airport
Cross Border Crossing: U.S. Border to Tijuana Airport made easy! Click here for options on how to get to CBX If you live in San Diego or thereabouts, flying from the Tijuana airport to Latin American cities can save up to 50% of the flight costs. In days past...
Day of the Dead Parade: Mexico City
October 27, 2018, I am standing smack dab in a mass of spectators waiting for the Dia de los Muertos parade in Mexico City to begin. Being slightly claustrophobic, it was a little daunting for me. The parade was set to start at 4:00 (it was posted online that it would...
Mexico City: Three Days–Three Restaurants
Mexico City, sprawling and cosmopolitan, you could make it your life's mission to explore the plentiful restaurants. If you only have three days in Mexico City, consider these three dining establishments the quintessential restaurants for all three meals of the day....
Best of Guanajuato, Mexico
Guanajuato--Wanna go? Where in the world is Guanajuato? By the way, it’s pronounced Wanna Whot Toe. It’s in Central Mexico, northwest of Mexico City and close to San Miguel de Allende. And it might be my favorite city in Mexico. Alarmingly Charming Mexico is known for...
Bilbao–Oh Wow!
Bilbao--It's all about the Guggenheim We went to Bilbao, Spain for a museum. Yep. The Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Gehry. Somehow a photo of this iconic museum lured us there. We were in Italy for a wedding and a quick flight to Bilbao became a reality...
Rioja, Wine Pilgrimage
Rioja Bound Sunday found us driving south to the Rioja Wine region about an hour south of Bilbao. While we are definitely oenophiles (winos), we were struck by the beyond scenic pastoral countryside--verdant being the operative word. In fact, we were somewhat limited...
Traveling Truisms
Motivating Words to Travel By This quote by Anthony Bourdain goes deep into the true spirit of travel “Travel isn’t always pretty. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your...
Florence Wedding
A Fairy Tale Wedding Is Not a Cliché: Destination Wedding Barely back from China, we had two weeks to pack for our trip to Florence for our niece Ashley Lund's wedding to Nick Jacob. Although we didn't coordinate our travel, we found 16 of our relatives on our flight...
Chianti Land
Chianti, Anyone? Because we had recently "done" the Florence museums, we decided to spend the Sunday before the wedding taking a tour of Chianti Wine Region in Tuscany. Unfortunately, the tours were sold out. We were flabbergasted (not that the tours were sold out),...
List of Ten: Florence
Once again--the list of ten recommendations and observations to know before you go to Florence. , List of Ten Getting there. While there is a regional airport in Florence, Rome is the primary airport for going to Florence. Taking a train from the Rome Fiumicino...