How to pack lightly for Greece in the Spring/Summer
Packing for Greece | How to travel as light as possible | Traveling in the Spring and Summer If you can’t travel in the summer then you...
Palermo | A Cultural Melting Pot
Settled by the Phoenicians, colonized by the ancient Greeks, conquered by the Romans, invaded by the Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Spaniards...
Italy 2022 - Sicily by way of Rome
There are no direct flights from the USA to Sicily and so we flew to Rome. Having heard horror stories of lost luggage. We decided to...
New Mexico - “It Grows as it goes “
We had planned several domestic trips but due to Covid-19, the fear of Covid-19, and the high cost of domestic travel, we put those trips...
Edinburgh City Sights - Scotland - More than Golf -Photojournal Part 6
Another “must see” is the Edinburgh Castle. We walked through the Grassmarket, up Granny’s Green Steps and up Castle Wynd North steps to...
Edinburgh, Scotland - More than Golf - Photojournal Part 5
Golf courses and castles are everywhere in Scotland. Despite wars, rebellions and time many of the castles have survived pretty much...
Inverness, Scotland - More than Golf - Photojournal Part 4
We noted a beautiful castle while on our way to Skye from Fort William. Heading off the island towards Inverness, were able to stop back...
Isle of Skye - Not just Golf - Scotland: Part 3
We have heard so much about the Isle of Skye that we had to see for ourselves if it was really as nice as everyone had said. We stayed in...
Scotland Part 2 - Loch Lomond and Fort William - More than Golf
Another castle, of course it is. This is Scotland and there are a lot of castles here. When traveling on an unguided road-trip there are...
Scotland : More than Golf - Photojournal : Glasgow
Photo journal of beautiful Scotland
Return to Iceland - Part 2 | Iceland's Westfjords 2022 | Photo-journal
Going back to my bird-watching mania, on our first trip to Iceland we had hoped to see the northern lights, and we did, nothing short of...
Return to Iceland 2022 | Different season | Photo-journal
In early April of 2019 I spent about a week in Iceland and found it to be absolutely amazing, truly the place of fire and ice. I had the...
South Africa - Part 4 - Our Last Day
If you missed “Off to Cape Town, South Africa - Pt 3” please click on the link below https://www.photographybymariasavidis-blog.com/post/...
Off to Cape Town, South Africa - Pt 3
We started off the day in Hazyview, where we had a buffet breakfast at our hotel before heading to Johannesburg. Along the way we stopped...
South Africa - Part 2 - SAFARI
All the planning was done. The cameras that I planned to use for the day, (a Nikon D850 outfitted with a 150 -600 mm lens and battery...
South Africa Beckons - Part 1
Read about travel to South Africa and see photographs
The Road to Melo and Beyond : Uruguay Pt 2
Since our trip was short and the places we wanted to go were not near each other, we had to drive longer distances than what we are used...
Uruguay 2022 - A River of Birds
A photojournal of a few weeks in Uruguay
Lesbos | Lesvos
My husband and I first visited Lesbos when we traveled there with my mother in 2008. We were impressed by the beauty of the island and in...
Thessaloniki - Many Stories - One Heart as the slogan goes
When you travel, especially if you are self-touring with multiple destinations, a large degree of patience is needed. If you may recall...