Mike and Sandy Living New Experiences

Author: Mike

  • Crossing the Atlantic to Barbados and Grenada

    Mike

    Reading Time: 6 minutesOn November 1st, we had our first sea day of eight consecutive to get us across the Atlantic from Casablanca to Barbados. This is one of the longer stretches of consecutive sea days on cruise ship itineraries and we weren’t sure how anxious we would be to see land again after eight… Read more

  • Short Stay in Barcelona and then Moving to the MSC Seaside

    Mike

    Reading Time: 6 minutesSaturday was our day to go into town and see what we would remember from our last time in Barcelona, which was way back in 2009. We took the train and metro into the city center and started with Starbucks time at one of the locations on La Rambla – a very… Read more

  • Faleminderit shumë, Albania!

    Mike

    Reading Time: 5 minutesThat means Thank you very much, Albania! We’ve wrapped up our time in Albania, and it is evident from our past several journal entries that we found it to be wonderful. Our last few days in Tirana were no exception. Last Sunday we had another outstanding experience on our journey. During the… Read more

  • More Life in Tirana and Day Trips

    Mike

    Reading Time: 8 minutesWe’ve had another excellent week here in Albania. More living a normal life in Tirana and then getting out to see a little more of the country with a couple of day trips. Our normal life while we are in Tirana is filled mostly with breakfasts and lunches (Greek salads) at home… Read more

  • Life in Tirana and A Quick Look at the South

    Mike

    Reading Time: 6 minutesWe came to Albania to live a relatively quiet month but occasionally throw in some exploration and that is what we have been doing. Over the past week, I have stayed caught up on South Florida football doing well, Florida State football not doing well, and the Bucs continuing to surprise with… Read more

  • The Albanian Alps

    Mike

    Reading Time: 8 minutesOne of the things that I was interested in checking out during our stay in Albania is a popular hike in the Accursed Mountains in the north of Albania. It would require two or three nights away from Tirana and Sandy decided that she would skip it. She didn’t feel like a… Read more

  • Welcome to Albania

    Mike

    Reading Time: 10 minutesBack in August we were discussing what we wanted to do as we looked forward toward the rest of the year. As much as we were enjoying our time in Iceland and then Greenland, we recognized how expensive both locations were in comparison to what we feel comfortable with from a budgeting… Read more

  • Life is Good – Spending Time with Friends in Ireland

    Mike

    Reading Time: 7 minutesIt was a short stay at The Snug at the BH in County Kildare for our first night in Ireland, but we really liked it. Very welcoming, good breakfast options and although we arrived too late to take advantage of it, they had a pub right on site. Can’t beat that. We… Read more

  • Wrapping Up Our Time in Jordan

    Mike

    Reading Time: 6 minutesWith Petra in our memory bank, we planned three more days in Wadi Musa mainly to take care of tasks without a lot of sightseeing or traveling. Living on the road 100% of the time means that we sometimes need to have a few days like this. Sunday was laundry day and… Read more

  • Petra – One Of Our World’s Seven Wonders

    Mike

    Reading Time: 11 minutesPetra – one of the world’s new seven wonders. We had the opportunity to spend the last three days exploring this incredible treasure. You have three ticket options for visiting Petra – one day, two days, or three days. We have the time so we chose the three-day option. If you have… Read more