You’ve probably heard this before if you’ve been following our family for a bit. Our initial plan was to explore Europe for a year or two. Yup. That’s it. Sounds silly to hear now that we’ve been here for over three years. And just like all of other “plans” over Read more…
Hi again. It’s Marlene from Mali Mish. Thanks for signing up for our monthly newsletter. We are excited to start sharing more of our family’s adventures, thoughts and updates in this new format. In our last newsletter, we answered some of your questions about our current situation, future travel plans Read more…
We filmed a “year in review” for our travels in 2020. Yes, I know 2020 is not over but I don’t foresee us traveling too far for the rest of the year. This year took us to Croatia > Italy > France > Monaco > Spain > Gibraltar > Morocco Read more…
A 7-hour ride on the ferry got us to Crete just before midnight. We slept at the ferry dock so Luka could ride his new birthday scooter the next morning. After a quick ride and some breakfast, we started our day with an adventure. Down a dirt road we go Read more…
Good morning from that shipwreck beach in Greece! And guess what today is? Luka’s 7th birthday!!!! First thing first? Birthday present scavenger hunt! And one in our friends’ VW bus too. Birthday cards. And random cute dogs. Well, this gift was inappropriate. Ha. He’s totally judging us. Since we had Read more…
After camping near a shipwreck, we made our way towards Kalamata for a couple reasons. One is to figure out if taking a ferry to the island of Crete is feasible by visiting a ticket office in Gythios and another is to meet up with our traveling friends. We ended Read more…
As we continued our journey around the Peloponnese, Greece, we knew for sure that we wanted to camp near a shipwreck we heard about. And as luck would have it, we found an open spot near the sea and a double rainbow as well. Until recent years many villages on Read more…
After two weeks in Paris, we are back in Greece. Our van was parked at a longterm airport parking lot while we were away exploring with our friends. Bags put down and we had to immediately check on the puppy dogs here. Thanks for protecting our little home while we Read more…
We rushed to Athens from Turkey because we had 2 weeks planned with our friends visiting from the US in Paris. We made good time and got to spend a couple of extra days before the flight and lucked out with warm temps and fewer crowds. But after spending time Read more…
After an awesome couple weeks in Turkey, we returned to Greece. Why such a short visit? Well, we had already planned to meet our college friends in Paris during their spring break and had roundtrip tickets flying out of Athens. So we stopped by the little town where our favorite Read more…
On one of our mornings at our wild camping spot in Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey, we woke up to neighbors who also cleared the sharp decline to this spot on the cliff. We got to chatting and immediately hit it off. They are a Romanian family that built out their fire Read more…
The drive into Istanbul was hectic and we were glad to find this spot Bundled up and ready to explore the city the next morning. Looks like an early soccer game at our camp spot today. Greeted by a cat as soon as we leave our camp spot. We didn’t Read more…