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When we originally started planning our trip to Turkey the main idea was to go and go as soon as possible, despite Ramadan or flight costs or weather. After 2.5 years of being locked in [...]

Hello Explorers! Can you believe it’s been 10 years since I wrote my very first blog post? Over the last ten years, I have learned a thing or two about travel blogging, especially when I [...]

I think I was born to travel. I’ve had travel in my blood from a very early age (well not as early as my kids!). You can trust me. I’ve traveled. I traveled solo in my early twenties, [...]

There’s no doubt I chose to live in one of the best beach destinations in the world, Perth because we get the summer 8 months of the year. I walk my dog at the beach most days without rain. [...]

While two different neighborhoods with very different histories, the names “Fener” and “Balat” have now become almost interchangeable. In lovely Fener, sidewalk cafes and [...]

Y’all know I am a huge foodie at heart. My very first blog was Erin Eats That before I branched into family travel. But even now whenever I visit a new destination there are two things I [...]

We didn’t have long in this ancient city. Our Turkish Airlines plane landed at 6 am and we had to be on a ferry at 3 pm the next day. 31 hours, of course, we slept for quite a few of those [...]

India is a country with a huge amount to offer the average tourist. Over thousands of years, this part of the world has made myriad contributions to art, history, and culture – and you can [...]

It was almost as if no further life existed in the early morning light. I could barely make out the nearby hot air balloons. It was as if we were the only hot air ballooning in Turkey at all. As [...]

Do you dream of running on beaches and eating plates of seafood? If yes, get a Schengen visa and catch the next flight to Portugal. Nicknamed Seleção das Quinas (The Selection of the Shields), [...]