Day 12 (Saturday, April 4th, 2009) After reluctantly waking up, we left the hotel in Cordoba just after 10:00 and began the long drive up to Toledo. It was cloudy out that morning, but we had heard weather reports predicting 70 degrees, so we were hopeful that the sun would find it's way out. Sure enough, about one hour into our drive, the clouds eventually gave way to the sun. About 2 hours and 45 minutes into our drive, we stopped off at a city called Consuegra to see it's famous windmills. Most of Spain's windmills are found in the province of La Mancha, which is located in the central part of the country. It has been said by many that the best examples of these restored windmills can be found in Consuegra, which has ... read more

Day 9 (Wednesday, April 1st, 2009) We left Arcos de la Frontera early in the morning and headed out to Sevilla. The drive took about one and a half hours, and included passing through a toll road, which we had to pay 3 Euros to drive on. As we approached the outskirts of Sevilla, I was pleased with what I saw; the city appeared clean, and had lots of palm trees and other vegetation, and most of the buildings seemed well cared for. Just as we had hoped, we were able to easily find the parking garage we had planned on parking in near our hotel without any issues. Unfortunately, we soon realized that the garage was only available for residents of the neighborhood to use. As we did not have a plan b, I ... read more

Day 5 (Saturday, March 28th, 2009) After feeling absolutely exhausted the night before, we woke up at about 7:00 on our fifth day in Spain in order to get ready for our 10:30 flight to Granada. After checking out of the hotel, we took the train to the airport where we arrived in plenty enough time for our departing flight to Granada. Once inside our terminal, we wandered around for quite some time, looking for a place to eat. While there were five million different stores to choose from, there were only a handful of eateries, but we eventually settled on one near our gate. We both had a sandwich (ham for me and sausage for Mike) and shared a sweet croissant. We had obtained cheap tickets through Spanair for only $40 per person to ... read more

Our trip to Southern Florida was planned far less in advance than most of our other trips usually are. In fact, it was on quite a whim that we decided to come visit this area. I had received a good deal on a ticket voucher through my Delta Skymiles account. Having visited warm Puerto Vallarta, Mexico the previous January, I thought it might be fun to try another sunny destination during the following January. My ticket voucher could only be applied towards a destination in the United States, so one day, I randomly asked Mike "What would you thinking about traveling to Miami in January?". Mike replied something like "I don't know...I guess it sounds okay". And, thus was created yet another journey for Mike and Jennifer. Our trip occurred over a period of six days ... read more

After my younger sister Kimberly was accepted into graduate school at the School for International Training (SIT) in Brattleboro Vermont, I realized that I would probably be making several trips over to the East coast during the duration of her schooling. My sister and I have grown to become very close, and it was difficult for me to imagine being away from her for over a year! The first trip we planned was an extended weekend away in Boston, Salem, and Plymouth Massachusetts. She would rent a car in Brattleboro, Vermont and drive down to meet me in Boston. We planned the trip to occur during the third weekend in October to coincide with the Halloween festivities in Salem and the beautiful changing of fall leaves in Massachusetts. I was so excited to visit this region ... read more