Tag: Europe

Cappadocia

ByTravelling Minion October 14, 2018 0 Comments
Our day started with a Turkish breakfast in the beautiful courtyard of our hotel. It was a great way to wake up in the fresh air, and beautiful surroundings. Goreme Open Air Museum From there we visited the Goreme Open Air Museum. This was a large set of structures that were carved into the rock forming a community of sorts. Many of these buildings were churches and we got to explore a few of...

Driving to Cappadocia

ByTravelling Minion October 10, 2018 0 Comments
After some breakfast at our hotel, we set off for Cappadocia. A lot of us were excited to get there since many of us had hot air balloons on the mind. It was a few hours drive with a few stops along the way. Lake Tuz Salt Flats Our first stop was the was the Lake Tuz salt flats where a large amount of Turkey's Salt production is from. We spent an hour here taking in the expanse of the flats and...

Travelling to Turkey – Day 1

ByTravelling Minion September 30, 2018 0 Comments
Travelling to Turkey It's going to be a LONG day. While I was excited to be travelling to Turkey and start exploring, I had a fairly long "road" to get there. Part of my excitement for this trip was the flight routing I had chosen to get there. I'd spent a lot of time figuring out a cost effective business class routing to and from. While I was excited to try the different cabin products, it...

Turkey and Croatia

ByMinion-Chris September 21, 2018 0 Comments
Its September and I'm travelling again! This time I'll be travelling to Turkey and Croatia! This trip was an idea all the way back when Gimpy, Muscles and I were travelling through Africa in 2016. On one of the long bus rides we had in Egypt. Gimpy had mentioned one of her travel bucket lists was to ride in a hot air balloon in Turkey. One of my own travel goals had been to do an Aeroplan...

#TBT Europe 2012 Wrapup

ByMinion-Chris September 28, 2017 0 Comments
Throwback to Europe 2012. We spent our last few days in Rome before heading home to Canada. Here is my Europe 2012 Wrapup Europe Wrap Up Looking back, this European trip in 2012 was the last major family trip we've taken. Since then as we've grown older and schedules have become more packed, it's harder to find time to travel together. So looking back on this trip has been a huge blessing...

Last day in Rome!

ByMinion-Chris September 21, 2017 1 Comment
After returning to Rome from Bologna, we spent the entire day exploring some of the major Rome tourist attractions. Today we took it a bit easy for our last full day in Rome. Walking around town We didn't have much of a plan today.  We'd seen most of what we wanted to see in Rome already. After sleeping in a little, we set out separately to explore, shop or sightsee. I took this as an...