A Place Both Wonderful and Strange – Tash & Ricki's Career Break Travels

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  • A Daytrip from Buenos Aires – Uruguay-not?

    We were spending a month in Buenos Aires, and that seemed to fly by even quicker than our months in Málaga and Rome. We absolutely loved our apartment, getting on… Read more

  • Buenos Días from Buenos Aires

    After 3.5 weeks in Argentina, we finally made it to the cosmopolitan capital of Buenos Aires. This port city is likely to be the most southern point we hit this… Read more

  • Feeling Cute in Salta La Linda

    Did anyone else know that the name “Linda” means cute? A bit surprising then that it is a name that is dying out (I haven’t officially confirmed this, but when’s… Read more

  • Making More Time for Wine

    Soon after arriving in Mendoza, we were enjoying the design of the city. After an earthquake in 1861, the city was rebuilt with lower buildings and wider streets so that… Read more

  • Sightseeing in Santiago and Valparaíso

    Forgive the lack of puns or cheesy personality in this blog post name, but a last minute change to the content has left me short of titular inspiration! After all… Read more

  • An Un-Bolivia-ble Trip

    Since watching the South American series of Race Across the World, the Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia have been high on my travel bucket list. It was a no-brainer that… Read more

  • To San Pedro, the Moon and the Stars

    As a result of the transatlantic flight delay, our first stop in Santiago felt very brief. My last blog entry outlining it was written up on our flight out to… Read more

  • From Rome to Home…and onward

    After enjoying the historic sights of the Rome region, we pressed pause on our overseas travels and returned home to Scotland for a week. This was to attend a family… Read more

  • Rome’in Around

    As promised, for the most part we have been keeping our Italy adventures to the confines of Rome rather than ticking off Italian cities the way we originally thought we… Read more

  • When in Rome

    This blog entry may seem to conflict with the resolution of the last one – that Ricki and I are trying to do less in Italy than in Spain. We’ve… Read more