My blog has moved to missvacation.net!!!

Hello all, My blog has moved to missvacation.net, finally got my own domain 🙂 Please subscribe to my new blog so you can get notified when I posted a new post and continued to follow my adventures (Yellowstone National Park, South Africa, Cotswolds-UK, and Zion/Bryce National Park trip reports coming soon). During the move, I…

One More Half Day in Positano

For those of you who followed through our crazy 3 weeks trip through snowy Switzerland, storybook-like French town/village of Colmar and Eguisheim, tulip blooming Netherland, desert trekking in Sahara, colorful island of Procida, and southern Italy Matera to the Amalfi Coast, we finally came to the last installment of our trip 😦 Don’t be sad,…

Amalfi Coast – Positano!

Before our long drive back to the coast – Amalfi Coast, we made a stop at the panoramic view of Matera (we went there the day before late afternoon and the city was in shadow). Morning light provided great photo ops of the Sassi from this side of the valley! Goodbye Matera! Our 4-hour journey…

Matera Day Trip to Castelmezzano and Alberobello

Good morning Matera, it was finally clear sky! Early in the morning, we walked to Chiesa di San Pietro Caveoso as the sun light up the stone colored Sassi. We walked the S-curve road hugging the cliff of Matera and on the other side, I can see clearly the small canyon underneath the Sassi. The sun…

The Sassi of Matera

After our wonderful breakfast, we checked out and rolled our luggage up those stairs to wait for the bus…thinking to save from the transfer cost of €15. We waited, waited and waited for over half an hour and the bus did not show up! We were getting nervous and a lady at the bus stop saw us…

Procida: Just Like in Windows Wallpaper

After Morocco, we headed to an island off the coast of Naples, Italy called Procida. When people talk about islands around Naples, the most famous one is Capri. We didn’t go to Capri, instead, we went to Procida. Why Procida? I bet most of you never even heard of this place. I found out about…

Chefchaouen – the Blue Heaven Continues

Waking up in a blue heaven was like in a dream, doesn’t it sound familiar? Yes, it sounded like my favorite place in this world – Santorini. But this time, it was Chefchaouen! This blue town that looked too storybook like to be real! We got up at 7:30 and headed out to take more…

Chefchaouen – a Blue Fairy Tale

Packed and checked out, we waited at the lobby for our transfer driver to arrive. The staff at the riad gave us a bag of breakfast items – bananas, yogurt, some kind of sweet bread so it was nice of them to at least gave us something unlike the one at Marrakesh. The staff got…

Fes – The Real Maze

Woke up by roosters in Fes in a room colored by the stained glasses windows, good morning Fes. We had a good Moroccan breakfast in the beautiful riad and after breakfast, our guide arrived for the half day walking tour 9:30-12:00 pm for 250 dirhams (fixed rate and inexpensive). I like to navigate places by…