Central Greece’s Magical Mountainous Village of Portaria: Walking in the Footprints of the Gods A lesser-known destination in central Greece with skiing in winter and cozy fireplaces in some of the rooms, Portaria offers a cool respite from
By Cathy H. Burroughs, International Travel Writer & Adventure Blogger, journeyPod.com All roads in Spain literally lead from Madrid, its central and continuous capital since 1606. With its cosmopolitan boulevards, phalanxes of period architectural showplaces, non-stop night life, world-class cultural lineage, ebullient urban parks and
By Cathy H. Burroughs, International Travel Writer & Adventure Blogger, journeyPod.com While staying in Spain’s mysterious and alluring capital city of Madrid, we were invited by the region of Castile and Leon for a series of three thrilling day trips to three important and spectacular historic towns: Avila, Salamanca and Segovia. Madrid’s really exceptional
By Cathy H. Burroughs, International Travel Writer & Adventure Blogger, journeyPod.com Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and
By Cathy H. Burroughs, International Travel Writer & Adventure Blogger, journeyPod.com Françoise and Jean-Hubert Dubrulle: South of France’s Sainte-Marie-La-Mer – A First Time Home Exchange (www.homeexchange.com) to End all Home Exchanges (# 1341039) Little did we know when
By Cathy H. Burroughs, International Travel Writer & Adventure Blogger, journeyPod.com Christmas, the winter holidays and New Year’s are a particularly thrilling and exhilarating time to visit the meticulously refined and historic Westin
By Cathy H. Burroughs, International Travel Writer & Adventure Blogger, journeyPod.com Only in Greece would you drive more than two hours through perilous Peloponnesian mountains to a perfectly preserved ancient amphitheater with pretechnology impeccable acoustics, joining nearly 15,000 fully engaged
By Cathy H. Burroughs, International Travel Writer & Adventure Blogger, journeyPod.com Less than 30 miles from Florence you’ll find the lesser-known Lucca, the last of the medieval walled-cities of Italy. The other end of the spectrum from the vesper-hectic, art-infused frenzy that is
By Cathy H. Burroughs, International Travel Writer & Adventure Blogger, journeyPod.com According to The Lonely Planet, “The Italian Riviera is not short of rugged coastline or romantic towns and villages, but the five fishing communities of the Cinque Terre are its most iconic.