Girona is 101 Kilometers (little over a 1 hr drive) north of Barcelona. A beautiful city full of well-preserved medieval buildings. We were on a day trip to Figueres and Portlligat, and stopped in Gir...

One of the things that really blew my mind when I first saw Dali’s work in person was the scale of the paintings.  It one thing to look at a plate in a book on art, but when you stand before a pa...

Formed along with the Great Lakes as the last ice age glaciers melted, Mackinac Island covers a little over 4 square miles. The Island is on Lake Huron between the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Fort Mac...

Back in 2007 a couple friends and I planned a trip to Tulum Mexico. Being that we had to be at the Fort Lauderdale airport early in the morning – we drove from Sarasota the day before and stayed in a ...

There are many beautiful buildings in Barcelona, but some of the most unique and distinctive structures including the Sagrada Família Basilica were designed by Antoni Gaudí. Born in Reus in 1852, Anto...