Inspiring Travels

A journey to a destination but also through life. Why is it that we have this drive to explore? People who love to travel (not just vacation) but want to explore, and learn about other people and cultures will understand where I am coming from here. It's a drive to learn and see everything we can on this planet.  I think it's also a way for us to improve ourselves as humans. I feel that I have grown to be a more understanding and tolerant person because of the traveling I have completed. Life's journey (like traveling) can be at times, a joy and also a struggle. Both life and traveling can be an adventure or a battle to get to where we aim to land. What are some of the most challenging or interesting journeys you have taken to reach the destination you were planning to get to? Did the planned destination change because of the journey? I have one great memory of when I was traveling through Europe for the first time. I was 23 years old and with my cousin Marina. We were back...

There's something about a road trip that is different to a planned destination when you go on a vacation. I think its the freedom of having the ability to get in that car and not really know exactly where you are heading - it gives you the sense of exploration and the ability to change your direction depending of how you feel and what you see. There's nothing like it - its part of the joy of travelling and exploring - where you see some little gem of a destination that you may never have even heard of, or, it may have been a little dot on a map - and you just think, "you know what, lets just stop here" and it turns out to be something amazing. Giving you memories unplanned . This happened many times of our recent trip around Spain and Portugal. The driving leg from Madrid to Lisbon had us discovering  Trujillo in the region of Extremadura. Plaza Major The Plaza Major, when lit at night is said to be the most beautiful in all of ...

Ole to Madrid – what’s with the big paper Mache heads?? Arriving in Madrid the weekend of the Fiesta de San Isidro was not something we had planned but could not have worked out better. This is just one of many Fiestas celebrated throughout the year.     This city really put on a show for us but I get the feeling it’s really always like this – full of people young and old, fun and laughter. This is a really friendly place.    An easy metro ride and we were in the thick of things!  On our first night landing in Spain and raced to our tapas and history tour with   Devour Tours   which I had pre booked and I cannot recommend these guys enough. The tour leader Oliver was super passionate about the city, the food, history and culture of Spain and Madrid; you will not get a more in-depth and interesting insight tour like this anywhere else. (and I have been on a few!).  The tour took us though the main areas in th...