Our 1st three days in one of our new favorite Greek islands – Lefkada!

Oh Greece, how do I explain my affection for thee? We first went to Greece in the summer of 2017, shortly after we were engaged. While I’m sure we were on an “engagement-moon high,” we quickly fell in love with this gorgeous country and its amazing beaches, delicious foods and friendly people. When we were planning this trip…

Brazil recap: What we loved (and didn’t love) during our six weeks of Brazil travel!

Well, wow. Just wow wow wow. We have officially finished the first big leg of our trip – six weeks of Brazil travel. It’s hard to imagine that actually being true, having dreamed of and thought of this around-the-world journey for so many months. But, it is true. We have both started and finished our time in Brazil…

Praia da Pipa – 6 days in my favorite Brazil beach town!

Man, do I love Praia da Pipa. Like love. Like I apologize in advance if it gets awkward because I gush over my love for this Brazil beach town too hard in this post. To give you a little background, Praia da Pipa is a little beach town located about 85km south of Natal. It took us about an hour…

A travel mishap turned good: Why we skipped Canoa Quebrada

After having our fun in Jericoacoara it was time to hit the road to our next beach town on Brazil’s northeast coast – Canoa Quebrada. But, spoiler alert, this stop was not meant to be. What may have been one little travel mishap to others, created a no-go situation for me, so almost as quickly as we had arrived…

Brazil beaches: Our 3 days in the hippie beach town of Jericoacoara, Brasil

After the amazingness of Lençóis we continued our tour of Brazil beaches! The next stop on our itinerary was Jericoacoara, which is a little hippie beach town on the north coast of Brasil. The drive from Barreirinhas (where we stayed when visting Lençóis) to Jeri was supposed to take close to 7 hours, so we decided to split…