Reading Time: 7 minutes This is a list of activity recommendations for three days, two nights in Ojai, California.
Reading Time: 8 minutes In this post we share photos from a day at TerrAzoia, an organic farm that is nestled in the Sintra-Cascais Nature Park, Portugal.
We participated in two cooking classes: traditional Portuguese and Tunisian cuisine. During our midday break we hiked through the nature park to a lookout that offered sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean.
Reading Time: 14 minutes When in Portugal, add a few days to your itinerary to include time in the Douro Valley, home to the port industry. We’ve included a number of itineraries that account for different time tables (ranging from a day trip to three nights in the area).
In this post we describe our visit to five quintas, mostly in the subregion Cima Corgo, Douro Valley. We also include information about port, the Douro Valley & its UNESCO Heritage status.
Reading Time: 2 minutes This post provides a survey of museums throughout Madrid, Spain and maps specific art styles to museums.
Reading Time: 5 minutes This post describes a visit to an elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Connect this itinerary to your trip to Bangkok, Thailand’s islands, north into Myanmar or east into Laos.
Reading Time: 7 minutes This post describes a visit to Pablo Neruda’s Isla Negra Museum Home in El Quiso, Chile.
We recommend connecting a visit to Isla Negra to your existing trip plans to Santiago or Valparaíso, Chile.
Reading Time: 6 minutes This is a list of activity recommendations for two days, one night in Healdsburg, California, USA, named one of the best small towns to visit in America. This itinerary includes visits to nearby wineries in Healdsburg.
If you are in San Francisco or coastal California, you may consider adding a couple of extra days to your plans so you can head inland to explore wine country.
Reading Time: 7 minutes This is a list of activity recommendations for two days, one night in Mendocino, California, USA. It includes time in Fort Bragg.
If you are already visiting San Francisco, you may consider adding a couple of extra days to your plans so you can cover coastal California, which includes Mendocino.
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post we share our high-impact, low-cost ways to see and explore a city and acquaint yourself with the local culture.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes When preparing for a trip, it’s not our first instinct to consider that a medical emergency may arise. But spending some moments ahead of a trip preparing a medical records kit and overarching plan may help your travel companions, loved ones at home and medical providers better care for you in the event of emergency.
In this post we outline what resources we used during a medical emergency, one that required surgery abroad.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Redwood City is situated between San Francisco and San Jose. Stop off for a visit to this storied city as you make your way from San Francisco to San Jose via car or train.
The city became an important post during the latter period of the California Gold Rush (1848–1855). The city has since transformed into a manufacturing hub during the 1960s and 70s and more recently, a home for some of Silicon Valley’s high technology companies.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post, we visit the US Army Corp of Engineer’s Bay-Delta Model. This model is of the San Francisco Bay Area’s bay and delta water system located in Sausalito, California.