Posts Tagged “ancient”
I love visiting small towns and “local” attractions when I travel. So day trips are great! This last weekend I talked Kat and her daughter Brianna into doing some local-ish exploring with me. And so on Saturday morning, I found myself driving to the little (and might I say adorable) village of Kastl to pick…
Old places have always fascinated me. In the States, we have a very short history in comparison, so the amazing and rich history here in Europe amazes me. Even in the small towns and villages, you can find smaller “castles” and places to explore that hold amazing stories that date back far into history. When…
So my wonderful friends from Sidles Adventures invited me to go on a trip with them and I think before they even told me where I had already said yes. But finding out the trip was for Kotor and Dubrovnik made it an even bigger YES! I keep telling (warning) my friends that unless I am…
So we are just taking day trips around Germany over this long Labor Day weekend. We decided to go visit the small town of Wonsees to visit the area known as Sanspareil. It is said that during the mid 18th century a lady of the court visited the rock garden and upon viewing exclaimed,…
Xunantunich was a magical place. As we wandered though I tried to imagine it in its time, thriving with people living in the era. It was a long bumpy ride to get there, but as I have mentioned before, the traveling from one place to another is one of my favorite things. I love staring…
The Cahal PechMayan Ruins , while the name “place of the ticks” made me a bit skeptical, were such a pleasant surprise. We had visited Xunantunich earlier the same day we went to Cahal Pech resort for dinner later. Some of us decided to go exploring and check them out. They…
We spent our last day in Greece in Ancient Corinth. It took quite a bit of traveling, but we got there and got a pretty gorgeous train ride out of it too. For some reason, the video from here didn’t save – the probably means I had the go pro on the wrong setting and…
Whew, I had to write this day in two parts for two reasons. Writing blog posts with historical info is hard work – gotta fact check and stuff. Also, I don’t want to let them get too long so you guys don’t get bored with it : ) So if you haven’t read part one,…