Come “Olbia” from Cagliari!
From a little village by Oristano, we then headed out north towards the Punic and Roman archaeological sites of Tharros: Climb to the top for views over western Sardinia: There's still active excavations going on here! ...
“Cagliari” Take Me Away From Florence
Another monsoon begins, and this time in Sardinia: the Italian island between where we were only 1 month ago among the Balearic Islands and the Italian peninsula.I finally got to redeem all the thousands of miles I accumulated over the year of the pandemic...
Menorca Report
Arriving promptly at 7:15pm on the daily ferry from Mallorca we waited outside for about 20 minutes for even a single cab to show up and take us into the main city.It might be best to hail one ahead of time before you dock as taxis in Menorca really do...
New Yorkas in Mallorca, while in the Palma of my Hand
Taking the 8pm ferry from Ibiza via Balearia, we arrived about nearly 3 hours later at 11pm (don't let them fool you with the 2 hour listed time; the boat got in 1 hour later than scheduled). And FYI, they're not very clear about this but the arrival port...
You Now Have “Ibiza” My Heart As We FormanTERA-FFIC Relationships
Traveling during a pandemic understandably requires flexibility. So when the UK announced on July 19th that they were keeping Americans on its amber list and that people were concerned with the way they were reopening, we made an executive decision to err on...
Meet The Bae-laric Islanders!
Next week 3 new monsooners will join Jeanette “Energizer Bunny” (who's returning with us again after Cyprus!) for a last minute arranged trip to all 4 Balearic Islands! Here are our next generation of monsooners: And...
Meet The Sardinians!
This will be our biggest monsoon since Cuba 2014. Let's start with the return of nearly EVERYONE from our recent Cyprus monsoon only 2 months prior: Mihaela “I Am The Captain Now”: 10 time monsooner (across at least 20 countries!) to the Trans-Mongolian (Mongolia...
OPorto-nity Awaits!
After nearly 3 days in Madeira, we flew out on a late night flight back to the Portuguese mainland, arriving into Porto at midnight. Then Uber'ing straight to our lodgings at Ribeira São João Apartment in the city center, we arrived by 1am. I immediately...