Europe

Visiting the island of Santorini is on the bucket list of travelers the world over. It’s long been a favored tourist destination, but in the age of Instagram and influencers, this most photogenic [...]

I’ve covered the traditional Turkish breakfast several times. In my Turkish foods post and my Istanbul food tour. But if you have a Sunday morning in Istanbul you really can’t go past [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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), [...]

Bulgaria has been an unknown destination for most tourists all over the world. But we know for a fact Explore with Erin has been and loved it. She can probably describe more than these 7 reasons [...]

We didn’t have much time to cover the most popular Italian icons in Rome, Pisa, and Florence so we had to be fast. I wanted to see all the landmarks in Italy that take your breath away and [...]