Category: Day Trips

How to have a fantastic day trip to Bath from London

I love day trips!  You are able to leave your worldly belongs back in your base city, and go explore the surrounding world in just a day.  It’s a fun way to see more of an area!  And London (or the London area) is such a great base city.  There are so many fabulous places… Continue reading How to have a fantastic day trip to Bath from London

Visit Deland ~ A Central Florida Day Trip You’ll Want to Make

So, now that 2017 is over and My Year of Adventure is over – now what?!  I discovered throughout last year that I really enjoyed having a “series” to write on the blog.  So, I thought long and hard about what would be a good series for 2018. What I decided, and I’m super excited… Continue reading Visit Deland ~ A Central Florida Day Trip You’ll Want to Make

Blue Springs ~ The Beautiful & Real Florida You Need to See

For the year of 2017, I have challenged myself to a Year of Adventure!  While I’m certainly not jetting off on adventures every week, I am trying to get out and about locally more.  This week I went to one of my favorite local spots ~ Blue Springs State Park.  We usually go a little… Continue reading Blue Springs ~ The Beautiful & Real Florida You Need to See

Kennedy Space Center from Orlando ~ An Epic & Amazing Day Trip

Last week the Hubby and I took a day off together and spent the day at Kennedy Space Center.  Not that we’re nerds or anything, but this is how we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary, lol.  I had been to KSC with school field trips (both as a kid and an adult chaperone).  But, going… Continue reading Kennedy Space Center from Orlando ~ An Epic & Amazing Day Trip

The Ringling Museum a Fascinating & Unique Museum

If you happen to be on the West Coast of Florida, I highly recommend a trip to the Ringling Museum in Sarasota.  What was once the home of John and Mable Ringling is now the greatest museum on the Gulf Coast!  Your entrance fee includes: The Grounds, The Museum of Art, the Ringling Circus Museum… Continue reading The Ringling Museum a Fascinating & Unique Museum

Visit Tarpon Springs ~ an Easy Day Trip from Orlando!

Want to try something different this weekend?  If you are anywhere in the Central Florida area, I highly recommend a Day Trip to visit Tarpon Springs, Florida! Back in the early 1900s, sponges were discovered in the water off the coast of Tarpon Springs.  This attracted Greek sponge divers to the area, which is now… Continue reading Visit Tarpon Springs ~ an Easy Day Trip from Orlando!

The Making of Harry Potter Studios Tour – Top 10

I don’t know about you, but I’m a huge fan of Harry Potter!  And, if you’re any kind of a Harry Potter fan, then surely The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour is on your Bucket List!  If it isn’t, it should be!  It is one of the ultimate pilgrimages for Harry Potter fans from around… Continue reading The Making of Harry Potter Studios Tour – Top 10

My Surprising Day as a Hometown Tourist ~ DeLand, Florida

This past week I decided to be a Hometown Tourist in my hometown of DeLand, Florida!  So, let me introduce you to my hometown – DeLand, Florida.  First settled in the mid-1800’s, DeLand was originally called Persimmon Hollow.  The name was changed in 1876 in honor of Henry A DeLand for all he had done… Continue reading My Surprising Day as a Hometown Tourist ~ DeLand, Florida

How to have an Amazing Jane Austen vacation

For all my fellow Jane Austen fans out there, I’m thinking the ultimate bucket list item would be to go on a Jane Austen vacation. Now, whether you are one to go all-in for a Jane Austen experience type of vacation, or maybe a Jane Austen tour, either way embracing a Jane Austen themed vacation… Continue reading How to have an Amazing Jane Austen vacation