I originally studied abroad in the Basque Country and spent 5 months in San Sebastian and traveling all over Spain. I've been back to the Basque Country 3 times since then for varying amounts of time.
El Retiro park - its like the Spanish Central Park! So many fun and pretty things to enjoy.The Madrid nightlife.Segovia trip / aqueduct.Museo Nacional de arte Reina Sofia.
Arrived in Madrid. We stayed in a very central part of the city in a hotel set up by my study abroad program, near much of the main downtown areas. Madrid is such a wonderful city with an extremely rich cultural history and a ton to see. Its huge, so you could easily spend a week here, but you could also see a lot in a few short days.
I have always wanted to go to Greece. Living within such an easy distance now, my husband and I decided to take the leap to go.
Met a friend there who had flown from the states. We had both heard amazing things about this destination, and knew it was not as popular as other Euro destinations, so we figured we would give it a bash!
The Scottish Western Isles - particularly Isle of Skye - tend to show up on everyones bucket list. They are wild, rugged, otherworldy, and a nature-lover's playgorund. Being so close by, we decided to take a trip when our best friend from the States visted us here in Scotland.
I chose a weekend getaway in these three locations because Portugal is in close proximity to Spain, and my best friend and I wanted to do a little trip together. We chose to see Lisbon as it is a city destination where we know a few other students studying abroad, and I recommended Sintra as I went there a few years back and absolutely adored it. Nazaré is a bucket list place that I've always wanted to visit to see the world-famous surfing waves and picturesque cliffs. Portugal isn't too big so we could hop around from place to place.
This was a special celebration for my father-in-law's 80th birthday, to see his ancestral village of Itri with three generations of our family!
We started our Italy trip in Rome and knew we wanted to explore the south of Italy. Our plan was to make it all the way around the boot and then end in Sicily, a place my boyfriend has wanted to see for a while. We ended up skipping most of the boot because there was a really easy overnight ferry from Naples to Palermo. So off to Sicily we went!
