Author: Lauren

We have arrived in Morocco! It is the boys’ and my first time in Africa and our 3rd continent in 3 1/2 days. eek. This was our longest/most complicated few days of travel yet. We had a 13 hour flight from Buenos Aires to London (Heathrow) departing on a Tuesday afternoon landing early am on […]

Ushuaia brands itself as the “fin del mundo,” which directly translated is the “end of the world” though “world’s end” is probably a better translation. (Who wants to see the end of the world?) Ushuaia is basically the southernmost town in the world which is permanently settled (there is another small town in Chile but […]

Hello Patagonia! This post should have been about both Bariloche and San Martín de los Andes (another town) but alas we had to cancel our overnight and our full drive across the scenic “ruta de siete lagos” due to 3 upset stomachs. (The 4th wasn’t truly spared, I got it about 4 days later in […]

Colonia is a small colonial town (name might give that away;) founded by the Portuguese but fought over until the Spanish finally won and took over. Due to the old Portuguese architecture and cobblestone streets, the old town is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is just a short (about an hour) fast ferry across […]

Ah, where to start! We spent 2 relaxing weeks in Buenos Aires. Most of you reading know by now that I spent a semester (really 3 months) in Buenos Aires in college so this part of our trip was much anticipated by me! I also had been hyping it as the land of good food […]