This past weekend we finally made it out to the Everglades Seafood Festival. It's an event we'd had on our agenda for the past 4 years but never made it to. The Everglades Seafood Festival originally started in 1970 to raise money for a playground. 48 years later the...
Love is in the air and what better way to spend the day than to show the love of your life a good time around beautiful Naples, Florida? Depending on your likes and tastes, there are a myriad of options for spending a quality Valentine's Day in Naples. Below, I've put...
It's the beginning of a new year, and the perfect time for every travel blogger on the planet to share their travel plans for 2018. This year, although we have some big trips in the works, our calendar is far from full of travel plans. Yes, we did just return from our...
This is a continuation of our week-long trip aboard the Norwegian Epic during Christmas Break 2017. If you haven't read part 1 yet, you can find it here. Or check out our 10 Reasons to Cruise on the Epic post if you're thinking about a trip on this ship. Day 5 -...
Cruising over Christmas - have you ever tried it? It's a really fun way for our little family to get together and celebrate without a lot of hassle. The pampering we received on-board, the high-quality meals and the great service far outweigh the hustle and bustle of...
Saturday, January 27th was the Naples Chalk Art on 5th Avenue Sout street festival. This annual event organized by the Naples Rotary Club is free to the public and you can stroll amongst the professional and student artists who lay, crouch, stand on and tower over the...
Christmas 2016 was the first year our little family decided to spend the holiday on a cruise ship. Did we like it? Well, the day we stepped off the boat, we booked yet another Christmas cruise for the following year so I guess you can say we had an awesome time. For...
In May 2015, we took our first family cruise together. It was Mother's Day weekend, and we went with two other couples and our kids (each of us has one.) It was just a short weekend getaway cruise, with 3 nights of fun and partying. The first day of the cruise, we...
Living abroad, even if you move to a country where your native language is spoken, can be an alienating experience. Even the most well-adjusted person will go through bouts of homesickness and frustration. When we first moved to Germany, I barely even tried to...
This is a continuation of Part 1 - 10 Lessons Learned While Preparing for Hurricane Irma As I mentioned in Part 1 of this series, we were prepping like we were going to stay in Naples - but with the Hurricane models shifting further to the West every hour and putting...
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