Halifax, Nova Scotia
The capital of Nova Scotia is a beautiful city that seat on the Atlantic Ocean coast. Halifax has quit the maritime history that was a large trading port. Our trip to Halifax started with a drive around the Citadel Hill. We drove up the large hill to drive around the fort that was built to overlook the harbor for defense.…
Saint John
Saint John sits on the Bay of Fundy and has many sights to see during your stop here. In order to see the most of the city in the short amount of time we have we took a bus trip to take us to the highlights. Once we left the cruise terminal we drove through the city to our first…
Podcasts I’m Enjoying
The rise of podcasts allows me to have background sound while I am working or traveling. I can binge listen during my 8 plus hour of working a day or catch up while I am sitting on a plane or train. Slow Burn Slates Slow Burn currently has 2 seasons available for your listening pleasure. The first season centers around…
Portland, Maine – The Forest City
I have been to Portland twice and have had different experiences each time. My first trip to Portland was during a road trip I took with friends that started out in Boston and ended in Portland. Since we had many stops during that trip we didn’t have the time to properly explore Portland. On this trip we explored some of…
Finisci di Mangiare!
Pasta and seafood and granita, oh my! The one thing I was looking forward to on this trip was all of the wonderful food! Preparing for the trip I knew this would be one vacation destination that I would not have trouble finding meals! This proved correct the minute we started our adventure in Sicily! From the first meal I…
Siracusa & Ortygia
We booked a tour to Siracusa and Ortygia from Taormina. Siracusa is about an hour or so south of Taormina. When we were planning our trip we asked around about the ‘must see’ places and Siracusa was one that came up over and over. I’m glad we decided to do a Siracusa and Ortygia tour. The first stop was the Archaeological…
Palermo….More Than The Godfather
When you say you will be visiting Palermo while you are in Sicily most people will say ‘Oh, The Godfather! Will you be doing a Godfather tour’? The answer to this question was no, but we did book a Palermo and Cefalu tour. Palermo was about a 2 hour (or more) drive from Taormina where we stayed for the week.…
Mount Etna Adventures
During our time in Sicily we did 2 Mount Etna excursions. We wanted to have different experiences and that is exactly what we got! For the first excursion the alarm went off at 4 AM………….yes, you read that right 4 AM. Ugh….. it is an early morning on our first full day but it was because we had a scheduled…
