by Eva Marie | Jan 6, 2023 |
Since I was a child listening to my mother’s stories about the boats that would weave their way through the fjords to bring letters and necessary goods to little towns and villages up north where Santa lived, I have wanted to visit northern Norway. This Christmas, I did.
by Eva Marie | Oct 30, 2018 |
Nazaré A two-and-a-half-hour cork and eucalyptus tree-lined drive north of Lisbon lies the seaside town of Nazaré. Nestled along the Costa da Prata (Silver Coast) sits this vibrant and lively oceanside fishing village turned resort. Nazaré consists of three...
by Eva Marie | Feb 8, 2018 |
The plane lined up for its approach for landing, flying down through the clouds and into a heavenly mountain oasis. We made it through customs quickly, into a hired car, and soon we were winding our way through the high altitude tropical lushness of the countryside...
by Eva Marie | May 15, 2017 |
I could feel and hear the plane give that hot weather rumble. It is a sound that comes from the thermal waves pushing upwards toward the plane. Even though we took the early morning flight out of Singapore, the heat was extraordinary – a swelter I had never...
by Eva Marie | May 20, 2014 |
From Seville, we rented a car and drove through the Andalusian Mountains, visiting a couple of the White Hill Villages. The color of the green grass covering the rolling mountains was almost unreal looking, as was the crisp blue sky; everywhere we looked we saw a...
by Eva Marie | May 12, 2014 |
One of the first things I noticed upon arriving in Barcelona, the capital of the Spanish region of Catalonia, was the contrast between the medieval, contemporary and Catalan modernist architecture which is so striking in this city of fantastic and iconic buildings....
