Do you love riding the waves on your Jet Ski? Or would you rather tear through a snowy hill on a snowmobile? Regardless of your power sport of choice, there are plenty of locations across the United States for each type of power sport. Read on to find out what the best states are for personal watercrafts,...

In this blog you will learn about the food of Netherlands. What is the Netherlands?  The Netherlands is a country located in Europe.  It is also called Holland.  The Netherlands means low lands.  In the Netherlands they speak Dutch and a lot of other languages, but their main one is Dutch.  The...

On our recent stay in London, England we could not help but notice how many things are red. When we arrived I decided to photograph London in black and white, which created some great photos, but the photos obviously cannot express how red everything is. So, I reprocessed the photos to show you London...

I saw the Tower of London.  William the Conqueror built the tower. The tower was built around 1078.  The Tower of London is actually 21 towers not just one tower. The tower has been used for different stuff like an armory, a prison, torture chambers and a zoo.  It must have had a lot of junk in there. ...

Jason jokes that our tag line should be, “Travel Junkies: just out searching for Romans.”  As we have traveled through Europe and Northern Africa we, especially our daughter Sydney, have become more and more obsessed with anything Roman.  Sydney is frequently looking up facts about Romans on the...

Did you know fleas killed 25 million people in Europe in just 2 years? It was called the bubonic plague. The plague was a nasty thing in Medieval Ages.  If you got it that meant you would die.  There was no cure during the Medieval Ages. Dance of the Death The plague was caused by rats and fleas. ...

When people think of England, most will think of fish and chips, Big Ben, and bad weather.  However, we have discovered something much more exciting: the canals and the narrowboats of England.  What a pleasant discovery it was for us as many a delightful hour was spent walking along the canals. The...

Everyone has heard of Stonehenge, but have you heard of Avebury? Avebury is the largest stone circle in Europe and is located in southern England, and unlike Stonehenge, it’s free to visit. Avebury was constructed around 2600 BC during the Neolithic period and consists of a large outer henge (large...

I got to go to Stonehenge. It was cool. You cannot get close to the rocks. I liked the video (below) better, but it was still cool. Have you ever wondered about Stonehenge?  Stonehenge is one of the most mysterious monuments in the world. Scientists are not sure why they built Stonehenge, but they believe...

Okay, here it goes.  I am a little embarrassed to post our costs for Ireland, as we really blew our budget.  In my mind I had thought that Ireland was going to be a little more expensive than our goal of $100 per day, but as it turned out it was a lot more expensive than we had planned.  So in saying...