Our Gate 1 Travel, 11-day Christmas Market River Cruise started with a few days in Prague. While we met some people who did a shorter trip, flew into Germany, and boarded the cruise in Regensburg, quite a few added the Prague pre-trip. We’re so glad we chose the Prague portion, as it was fantastic. Neither…
We both love Christmas. When we first met, we truly connected over our shared love of the holiday. When we lived in Philadelphia, we hosted a Christmas open house for several years. We had four uniquely decorated trees, including one retro silver tree with blue ornaments that became our “Hannukkah Tree.” We have also started…
Much like everyone else, we’ve flown coach for most of our lives. Both are over six feet tall and good-sized guys; Chuck has leg and back issues. We’ve done aisle seats to allow for a little more leg room and to get up and move around. Flying to Kenya some years ago, we booked window…
Over our three days in Edinburgh, we had a wonderful mix of included tours, optional tours, and free time. So, we took full advantage of the beautiful weather and explored lots of the city. Random Weird Stuff: Our cover photo is taken from the upper levels of Edinburgh Castle. Off in the distance…
Leaving Liverpool, we headed north through England’s Lake District, eventually crossing into Scotland and our next destination, Edinburgh. Today may have been one of our favorite days on the road! The Lake District The Lake District National Park is England’s largest National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage site. The region is known for…
The beautiful Park Plaza London Riverbank Hotel was our home away from home for the London portion of our trip. But we’re going to back things up a little bit. Flying To London Living in Merida, Yucatan, we’ve found that flying to Mexico City and then internationally from there often works best. Merida to…
As our previous blog posts mentioned, we struggled with our Costa Rica trip. Please don’t get us wrong; Costa Rica was beautiful, and the people are incredibly warm. What we found was that it was very similar to many places we explore regularly, living here in the Yucatan. That said, we blogged about our time…
Most people know from our blogs that we’re not ones to sit still for too long. So, once again, we were off on a new adventure. This time, our travels brought us to the beautiful country of Costa Rica. A Little Bit of Costa Rican Geography and History Costa Rica is a country in…
Machu Picchu has been on our bucket list for quite some time now, and we finally made it on this trip last November. Initially, Machu Picchu was scheduled as part of the same 10-Day Classic Peru trip with Gate 1 Travel for the fall of 2020 – OBVIOUSLY, that never happened. So, we…
The Sacred Valley was our destination after our Gate 1 Travel group spent the afternoon in Chinchero. We were headed to our hotel near Urubamba for the next two nights. The Sacred Valley got its name from the Incas because of the sacred river that ran through it. The valley is only about a kilometer…