My husband's uncles often said “If you haven't been to Sicily, you haven't been to Italy”. Hence, our visit to the island. Our fifth stop...

If you want to get in touch with nature, specifically if you want to see hundreds if not thousands of Great Flamingos from various...

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...

Golf courses and castles are everywhere in Scotland. Despite wars, rebellions and time many of the castles have survived pretty much...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Read about travel to South Africa and see photographs

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...

A photojournal of a few weeks in Uruguay

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...

After Santorini, we headed down the dark windy road to the harbor before sunrise, returned our car, boarded a ferry boat and set sail for...

If you want to read about the first few days in Santorini please visit: https://photographybymariasavidis.com/Greece-Santorini.html...

The second destination on our Maine itinerary was the Bar Harbor Area. Acadia National Park On Maine’s Atlantic shoreline, with...

This is only my third trip to Maine despite having always lived in the northeast. The first time was a two-week family vacation at...

Our 2nd destination on our Kentucky-Indiana itinerary was the Natural Bridge State Resort Park in Slade, Kentucky where we spent two...