V&A Harbour

8 Amazing Days Exploring Cape Town, South Africa

Wandering Cape Town and the Western Cape of South Africa / About 15 years ago my husband came back from a trip to Cape Town and declared it one of his favorite cities in the world. A bold and hyperbolic statement from an otherwise understated and pretty well-traveled guy. Fast forward a few years and I can’t disagree. If there was ever a city that had it all, Cape Town is hard to beat. Beaches, museums, lush wine lands, world-class restaurants, and hotels. Unique ethnic...
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Views in Atlas Mountains

An hour’s drive and a thousand miles away from Marrakech

Travel research makes me happy, and I can spend hours finding 'the best' of anything. Sometimes though, my husband just nails it, and discovers the best places to stay, or eat. In the case of Morocco's Atlas Mountains, he won, finding the hidden, beautiful gem, Kasbah bab Ourika, just outside of Marrakech. Kasbah Bab Ourika, Atlas Mountains, Morocco /  Thirty minutes into the hour-long journey to Ourika from Marrakech, the road narrowed to a single lane, and became dark red packed earth. We slowed to...
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Stellenbosch Wine region

Delaire Graff Estate is The Jewel of Stellenbosch

Delaire Graff Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa / Sometimes lunch is lunch. And sometimes lunch is a destination. A place where you want to settle in and make yourself comfy. That was definitely the case when arriving at Delaire Graff Estate in the Stellenbosch Winelands of South Africa. It was clear that this was one of those places that you wanted to linger, take your time with, and fully absorb. Delaire Graff Views It was the kind of winter’s day where you could happily sit outside,...
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Dunton views

Dunton Hot Springs, A Home away from Home

Dunton Hot Springs is a remote getaway filled with wildlife and hiking adventures, farm-to-table meals, and a western vibe that had us dreaming of simpler times. Dunton Hot Springs—a little escape from reality in the cool, breezy San Juan mountains of Colorado. Remote, restorative, and secluded, are buzzwords that have always piqued my curiosity when reading about travel, but never as much as they do at this particular moment in time. I long for fresh air and wide-open spaces. I have a pressing need to...
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Villa Dubrovnik. Beyond the Wall of the Old City.

Villa Dubrovnik, Croatia / The entrance to Villa Dubrovnik is completely unmemorable. You may even think you have arrived at the wrong place, as there is no building per se. What you see is an L-shaped structure (imagine a periscope that has popped up from the water) with a wood-paneled door and a small button. Press it, enter, and you are swiftly transported, James Bond-style, many levels below to the lobby of Villa Dubrovnik. The elevator doors open and the full expanse of the Adriatic Sea...
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Market wares

Cartagena is The Night Circus

Five days in Cartagena, Colombia / “It rained for four years, eleven months, and two days.” —Gabriel García Márquez So wrote Gabriel García Márquez, in his Nobel Prize-winning novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and single-handedly introduced magical realism, the writing style that normalizes fantastical events, to mainstream literature. Simultaneously, Márquez catapulted his native country, Colombia, to the forefront of Latin American tourism. Captivated by his novels for years, and a spring break to plan, Cartagena was calling. I hoped it wouldn’t rain. The Legendary...
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