Author: Brynn
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Piscina o playa?
We have been soaking up the sun for two days now. To be honest, we haven’t done much else. We don’t have a car here, a first for us on vacation. We also have a pool in our backyard and a beach down the street so we aren’t sure if…
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2022
2021 was the first year we did not have a family vacation. It was the first time in our marriage that Jacob and I spent a full winter on PEI. The kids were seriously unimpressed with February weather. We are super excited to be back on the road and escape…
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Adiós
Another adventure is over and we’re all pretty sad it is. This trip was exactly what we needed. Time together, a relaxing pace, cheap wine, sunshine, some beaches and a bit of exploring. Portugal wowed us. Lisbon blew our expectations out of the water. We hesitated on booking 8 full…
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Short but sweet
Our final stop on our adventure is Seville. It comes highly recommended for m anyone who has visited so we were excited to see the city. We only had a day and a half before we had to drive back to Madrid and fly home but we made the most…
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Wii love the beach
Since we bailed a couple of days early on Morocco we needed to find a place in Spain so that we wouldn’t have to sleep in the car. Unfortunately our place in Seville wasn’t available any earlier than our original plan so we decided to book in to a nice…
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Tangier old and new
We are staying in a traditional house inside the kasbah for our time in Tangier. It doesn’t have an official address as it’s just in the alley way behind the public fountain. It’s set over 5 floors with essentially just a landing after each set of extremely narrow steep twisty…
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3 countries 2 continents 1 day
We left our place in Ferreiras uncharacteristically early. We woke the kids at 545, piled them in the car and set off for the Tarifa-Tangier ferry. The scenery was beautiful. I didn’t realize we were going to wind through hills and mountains on our way down to the Strait of…
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Carnaval, carna-carnaval!
It just so happens that we are in Portugal for Carnavale! We are staying about 20 minutes from Loulé which hosts one of the largest celebrations in the country. Carnavale celebrates the beginning of lent and summer and was so much fun! We ended up going two days the kids…
Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids 