I know all of you have been anxiously awaiting our 3 month adventure in Europe and so have we.  However, we’ve postponed that until next spring for a different kind of adventure and we’ve decided to invite you along.  This morning we packed our bags and headed out on an 1150 mile trip to Rochester,…

William and I have been to Charleston many times so on this quick one day trip we skipped the Waterfront Park and the Magnolia Plantations to visit more out of the way places of interest.  We began our adventures this morning in James Island at McLeod Plantation.  McLeod Plantation was built on the riches of…

One of the first questions that William and I get is  Where do you stay when you travel? We elect to stay with the people and not in large hotels.  We love using Airbnb!  Here we can stay, play, discover, find unique homes, experiences and local guides for our trips. In Trinidad we found a lovely…

For our last day in Cuba we decided to go to the mountains to see  Topes Sendero Vegas Grande or as we called it The Great Valley of Death.  Our taxi driver took us up the short but  very steep road into the mountains and stopped at the top where there was a look out…

We seem to have a knack of finding the best airbnb’s when we travel.  Casa Novoa in Trinidad is the most amazing Casa.  Georling, his wife Yoanis, and their children Daniel and Evenlin are such a friendly family and are pleased to have us share their home.  They are fluent in English, Italian, and of…

Our collective taxi, one that would pick us up and then “collect” others to ride with us, was scheduled to pick us up at 2:00 PM for our transportation to Trinidad.  We had plenty of time to continue to explore Old Havana.  The streets were alive with people so we snapped several pictures to share…

On our third day in Cuba we left our little apartment with the intention of only strolling around the streets.  We find it easiest to find our way around Old Havana by using the Malecon as our reference so we walked down the Malecon to the Old Harbor.  We saw lots of the old wall…

One of the most iconic things in Cuba are the old American cars.  I knew I would see some but I had no idea how many I would see.  They were everywhere.  Actually, they are everyday driving cars.  Most all of them are taxis.   At one time China offered brand new cars to replace…

About 200 miles to the west of La Habana lies Vanales.  There is very fertile land at the foot of the mountains here and the best place for Cuban tobacco to grow.   The cuban cigar is so iconic of Cuba so on day two we headed out to see the cigar plantations. Angel, Gema’s…

Arriving in La Habana was pretty much like arriving at any other international airport except for one thing – the airport looked like it was built in the 50’s.  And in fact it was. It had an escalator but of course it didn’t work.  Customs check in went flawlessly.  No one even asked why we…