It only took me 7 months to finish these photos but here we are on the last day of 2016!  Our last stop in South Africa was a few days at Safari within the Timbavati Reserve just outside of Kruger National Park.  We flew from Port Elizabeth to Hoedspruit and from there hopped in a […]

When I was first planning our trip, I knew South Africa was a country of adventure and in my research I came across a zip line tour in the mountains of Elgin.  Cape Canopy Tours happened to be on our drive to the Garden Route and it was also rated the #2 best attraction in the […]

Our last full day in Cape Town was spent in the back seat of a sleek VW Passat exploring the Cape wine lands.  It was one of the coolest experiences.  Our guide, John from Wine Escapes, picked us up promptly at 9 that morning and we headed east toward Paarl.  John & his wife arranged […]

Because I drug my feet in posting about our trip, I’m going to combine a lot of our activities in the next few posts.  Day 2 on the Cape was a pretty packed one.  We woke up bright and early to try a local coffee shop, which ended up becoming our staple breakfast spot, called […]

It’s been over 7 months since we visited South Africa… and I’m just getting to our photos because, quite honestly, it’s exhausting!!  I take WAY too many pictures.   Our first stop on the trip, after over 24 hours of travel, was Cape Town.  We opted for a hotel the first night because our flight got […]

I know I’m a month late in posting this but life happens… After weeks of stunning Italian country side, we’ve finally made it to beautiful Roma, the last city to cover from our Italian getaway.  There is so much to share from this city and these are only my Nikon photos… I didn’t realize how many I actually […]

When I started the process of going through all of the photos from our trip, I honestly could not have picked a favorite city.  But now having gone through almost all of them, it turns out, Venice was by far the most memorable, if not my absolute favorite city. I don’t know if it was the […]

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IMG_8059 IMG_8068 DSC_0282 DSC_0286 DSC_0267 We decided to make a pit stop in Pisa on the way to Cinque Terre.  While we hope to be back in Italy again… you never know and we couldn’t miss the greatest tower! Here are some shots from our side trip. DSC_0268 DSC_0271 IMG_8043 (In Italy, McDonalds serves parmesan + […]

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