We are a family of five that decided to leave our normal lives behind and travel around the world for 180 days. Joey and I are both physicians back home in Lexington, KY and our kids are Wilson (a smart, funny, pragmatic 14 year old who approaches life with the wisdom of an 80 year old and the mischievous grin of someone who gets the inside joke), Bailey (an opinionated, strong-willed, compassionate 12 year old who never misses anything and may rule the world someday), and Gus (an energetic, passionate 9 year old who lives every second of his waking life with everything he has and would give the shirt off his back to ease the suffering of an earthworm). We love traveling, trying new things, meeting awesome people, eating good food, and adventure sports. In this blog, we will be sharing the stories of the places we experience along the way. We will share our successes and our failures in hopes that this is inspiring, helpful, and entertaining to our friends, family, and anyone else who happens to discover us. For more on why we decided to do this, see our blog post on “Traveling is my favorite thing”. Read More About Our Philosophy.
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Plan Your Visit to Parc Guell
Parc Guell is a privatized park that was commissioned by Eusebi Guell in the early 1900’s which contains several elaborate architectural elements designed by Antoni Guadi. Since I’m not an artist or architect, I’m not going to get into trying to explain the works of Antoni Guadi, but will just say that, if you are in Barcelona, you need to see them for yourself. They are so unique and somehow slightly unsettling but satisfying at the same time. La Sagrada familia is the coolest church I have ever seen and an absolute must-see in Barcelona. Parc Guell is the second most essential place to visit
Things to do in Cadaques
Why visit Cadaques?
Having visited 35 different cities in the last 5 months, people keep asking me which is my favorite. It is a nearly impossible question to answer and I have started trying to come up with more focused questions to answer instead. One of these is, “which city would I pick for a week-long vacation abroad?” The answer to this one is Cadaques, Spain. Cadaques is located along the Mediterranean coast of Spain, on the Costa Brava, just south of the French border and it is absolutely perfect. There isn’t anything…
The Art That is Bullfighting
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games,” Ernest Hemingway. Many may find bullfighting gruesome or inhumane. There are arguments for either side, but that is not what you are here to hear about. What I am here to tell you about is the intricate art that exists within bullfighting.
“Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor,” Ernest Hemingway. The fight between a man and a bull is a testament to humanity's ability to overcome nature with skill, not with technology, but pure skill. The bull fight exists….
How to walk the Caminito del Rey with Kids
What is the Caminito del Rey?
Once known as one of the deadliest routes in the world, the Caminito del Rey is a walkway that was built along the sheer stone walls of the narrow gorge of the Rio Guadalhorce in 1901 for workers of the two adjacent power plants to travel between them and transport materials. It was completed in 1905 and King Alfonso XIII walked the path in 1921 to inaugurate the adjacent dam. It later became known as El Caminito del Rey (the King’s little path). Over time, the path, constructed of steel beams anchored to the side of the cliff and concrete, fell into disrepair. In the 1990’s, it became a famous route for daredevils who would walk the dilapidated route
Hiking the Megalithic structures in Roses Spain
“Megalithic” is a generic term referring to structures made out of large stones. Stonehenge is perhaps the most well-known of these but there are thousands scattered across Europe. They generally date back to the Neolithic period, between 5000-2000 BC. These structures are particularly fascinating and leave the observer wondering how humans could have moved and lifted these massive stones without machinery. Many theories exist but there is no way to prove exactly how they did it
Hiking to Far de Cala Nans in Cadaques with kids
Cadaques may be the most perfect town I have ever visited. One of my favorite things we did in Cadaques was spend a day hiking to Far de Cala Nans and relaxing at the secluded pebble beach, Platja de sa Sabolla. This trail starts on the southwestern edge of town, winds along the rugged coast, passing by a few beaches along the way, and ends at a lighthouse on a point jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea. It provides amazing views looking back at Cadaques and out at the Mediterranean Sea while hiking through the beautiful wind-battered desert shrub along the coast.
The Sun Rising over Kauai from Poipu Beach. January 23rd, 2022