Author: Jane

Rhodes is an island within spitting distance of Turkey. It has been a strategic location since forever because it is the crossroads between Asia, Africa, and Europe. I mainly wanted to go to it because of its more recent history, from the 13th century to the 15th. As crusaders would do their crusading, they would…

I joined up with some family members for my visit to Athens. This was my first time to Greece before and I was excited to see the origins of so much of western civilization. I spent several days in Athens, then took a ferry to the Cyclades Islands, visiting Mykonos, Delos, and Naxos.  Athens I…

Nice, France, is on the Cote d’Azure, or Blue Coast. So named because of the bright blue Mediterranean Sea. This is part of the French Riviera, which I am pleased to say, was exactly the way I thought it would be: beachy, bougie, and beautiful. While in Nice, I took a quick half hour train over…

After an exciting journey in a BlaBlaCar, I safely made it to my hotel in Avignon. Avignon is in the Provence region of France, but the reason I wanted to go was because for a while, the Popes moved shop from Italy and set themselves up in Avignon.  BlaBlaCar I feel I should explain what…

I arrived to Carcassone after taking a stunning bus ride through the Pyrenees. The blue sky complemented the green mountainsides. There was still snow on some of the rocky mountain (lower R and M) tops. After hopping on a train in Toulouse I arrived to Carcassonne, a small town in southeastern France. I came here…

Since I would be heading from Spain to France, it only made sense to stop off in the small country of Andorra whilst on the way. This place is quite small and to get here I had to take buses (there isn’t a train track). It was super fun to drive through the Pyrenees and…

One of the reasons that I picked Cordoba as a home base was because I knew I wanted to take a road trip to some special places: the town of Ronda and the hiking trail Caminito del Rey. Early one morning I rented a car and hit the Spanish road.  Ronda Ronda is most famous…

After a two hour train ride from Granada, I reached my next destination: Cordoba. I decided to stay in this city because it had an underdog feel (not as popular as Seville or Granada) and I love me some second cities. After several days here, I came away really happy with my decision. I really…