We drove, or rather our tour bus driver drove us from Cambodia to Vietnam where we had to go through border control. There, we were...

Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, where one of the worst genocides in modern history occurred, It Approximately 2 million innocents lost

By now you have probably realized that I love to travel, to see new things and be surrounded by different aromas, sights and sounds than...

Sicily is a huge island. We only had 18 days to explore it so we could not stay long at any one place and had to move on. We started our...

If you watched White Lotus, you might recognize Taormina. This is a town I was told not to miss and one I am glad to have visited. We...

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 like to stand in awe of beautiful mosaic tile work, you can not miss the Villa Romana del Casale. This grand palace of the late...

Agrigento is about 2 ½ hours from Trapani via SS189  but because passing through some construction zones is the norm, it could take...

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

Settled by the Phoenicians, colonized by the ancient Greeks, conquered by the Romans, invaded by the Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Spaniards...

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...

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...

Photo journal of beautiful Scotland

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...

If you missed “Off to Cape Town, South Africa - Pt 3” please click on the link below https://www.photographybymariasavidis-blog.com/post/...