Sahara Desert Excursion

Hello everybody! As you know from the last post, my brother Mike was able to visit us across the pond for 10 days. After meeting in Madrid and exploring many of its sites for a day, we were off to start our next adventure in Marrakesh, Morocco. We spent a total of 4 days in […]

Madrid for the Day

Hey everyone!! At the end of February, Mark’s brother, Mike flew to Spain to visit us for a week! Thursday night we took an overnight bus from Sevilla to Madrid and met him there on Friday morning. Although we only had one day / night in Madrid before we flew to Morocco on Saturday, we definitely […]

Everyday Life

Hey everyone! Now that we are both settled together in Alcalá, we thought it would be interesting to share with you a glimpse into our everyday life. Most of our blogs and videos revolve around traveling, but you may be wondering what we do during our everyday work week. Mystery solved. Check out the details […]

Home for the Holidays

Hey everyone! We will be flying home to the States in 2 days and are both very excited about it. It was important for us that we were able to spend Christmas with our family & friends. As many of you know, in the beginning of December we traveled to Germany to see the Christmas […]

Best of the Wurst

Hello everybody! As you may know, Amanda and I were able to take a trip to Germany for a long weekend. After spending our first day exploring the Christmas markets in Cologne we took to the streets of Dusseldorf to see what these markets had to offer. The markets were very similar to those in […]

Je suis Paris

Hello everybody! Two weekends ago Amanda and I were able to travel to Paris, France, or as Amanda kept reminding me, the city of love! Unfortunately, as you may have realized, Paris was just one week removed from a brutal terrorist attack and the city was on high alert (as were Amanda and myself). Fortunately, […]

Palace of Versailles

Hi everyone, Last weekend, Mark and I were lucky enough to visit Paris for the weekend. Despite the chilly temperatures and short amount of time we had, we were determined to see as much as we possibly could! On Saturday morning, we woke up early and caught a train to Versailles (about 30 minutes outside […]

Real Alcazar

Hello everybody! A little over a week ago my brother, Matt, was able to visit Amanda and me in Spain and it turned out to be an awesome weekend. We already shared our visit to the Sevilla Cathedral but that was not the only place we adventured to.  Another highlight of the weekend was our […]