Big Bend and Dark Skies: 3 Roadrunners, 1 Rattlesnake, a Tarantula and a Billion Stars
We arrived in Terlingua Texas, the gateway to Big Bend National Park, provisioned up at the General Store in StudyContinue Reading
Category: Favorite Hotels
The Gage Hotel of Marathon Texas
We set off from Lubbock pointed south to begin our fall trot around West and southern Texas, destination: Marathon. CottonContinue Reading
Douro in Springtime
With visiting family, we headed north and returned to the Douro Valley for the first time in several years. We’veContinue Reading
Vidago’s Palace Hotel
On our tour of northern Portugal nearly five years ago, we stayed at Vidago Palace‘s sister property at Pedras SalgadasContinue Reading
The Making of Alqueva, Portugal’s Great Lake
Last summer, on a trip to one of our favorite regions of Portugal, Alentejo, we took a cruise with AlquevaContinue Reading
Favorite Hotels and Airbnbs 2025
We stayed in some pretty fantastic accommodations this year. Last year, we posted about our Favorite Hotels and Favorite AirbnbsContinue Reading
A Circuit of the Peloponnese
Greece’s major islands and Athens are frequented by millions of tourists annually, but the number of visitors to the PeloponneseContinue Reading
Return to the Rock: A Weekend in the Castle of Monemvasia, Greece
We came here on our only other (to date) and first trip to Greece about 10 years ago and weContinue Reading
Portugal’s Alentejo Wine Hotels
When we first told friends we were going to make Portugal our home base in Europe, many would talk aboutContinue Reading
Top 10 Hotels (so far)
While we have more in store, we have accumulated some pretty fantastic hotel experiences and wanted to share our listContinue Reading
