Reconsidering Rome

We first visited Rome as a family about seven years ago. It was the typical quick tourist visit in August – hot, crowded and we only had time to hit the highlights. We would not have said it was one of our favorite places. In addition to being crazy hot and crowded, the locals seemed […]

Andalucía – Nerja

While there are many amazing cities, sites and histories to take in throughout the region of Andalucía, there is also the Costa del Sol (Coast of the Sun), which is one of Spain’s greatest tourist destinations. Many towns line the roughly 93 miles / 150 km of coastline, and we decided to spend six weeks […]

Andalucía – Ronda

For another day trip, we visited the beautiful white village of Ronda. Also a little over an hour from Antequera, this other mountaintop town is known for its dramatic views. There is a huge gorge (El Tajo) that separates the old town from the new, and its famous bridge (Puente Nuevo) was built in 1751 […]

Andalucía – Granada

If all you do is visit the Alhambra in Granada, it will be well worth the trip to this beautiful city. That’s exactly what we did. (Not to say Granada doesn’t have more to see!) A little over an hour drive from Antequera, we did a single day trip to visit this popular tourist destination. […]

Andalucía – Antequera

Our kids joined us for their Christmas holiday break from college, and we had a couple of weeks of great family time and exploration. With a rental car and a laid-back vision in mind, we rented an AirBnB in the lovely traditional town of Antequera because it is very centrally located in the region of […]

In Love with Andalucía

Ok, so it’s official. We really love Spain. Madrid and Barcelona were already our two favorite cities in the world, but now after spending two months on land in Spain’s southern region of Andalucía, we can emphatically say we really love this part of the world. Each city will deservedly receive its own blog post, […]

Shout out to Licata

This should have been posted around November 13, 2023. Please see my recent Happy New Year post to explain the delay. We returned to Licata, Sicily many weeks ago to dock Sabática for the winter, and we easily settled back into familiar routines – visiting the marina office; exercising (kayaking, walking); socializing (happy hours, BBQs); […]

Social Butterflies

Happy New Year! Typically, one would be looking ahead and setting goals and such for the new year. However, before I can do that, I need to look back a bit and catch up. Where have the last 2 1/2 months gone?! I’ve been quite remiss in posting, and for that I’m sorry. Ever since […]

And the Award goes to…

What a season we had this year with plans that worked, plans that didn’t, and the pleasure of having so many family and friends aboard. I thought a fun way to review the season would be to announce various awards that everyone and every place deserved. Ready? Drum roll, please… Countries Visited: Croatia wins for […]

What is Home?

Have you ever really thought to answer the question “What is Home?” I don’t think I had really thought a lot about it until last winter when we left Sabática docked in Sicily and started traveling to visit family, friends and different places. Nowhere felt like “home” anymore. We were truly nomads, so I started […]