Kelly and Brendan

Marseille

My brief journey to San Francisco complete, I couldn’t wait to get back on a plane and return to France. Kelly had been seeing the sights, including a return trip to Arles and their fantastic Saturday market, along with Cassis and the wonderful clear water inlets there. I felt like I had been missing out,Continue reading “Marseille”

Musings on Pleasure

I am on a plane, chasing the sun to San Francisco. Kelly is still in Marseilles. I don’t want to come across as overly maudlin, but it’s almost physical, this missing of each other. We were lucky in the extreme to have been able to head to France for three weeks, and I will neverContinue reading “Musings on Pleasure”

Cote d’Azur

It has been a long time since the last post! Kelly has been hard at work managing our Instagram account (@addsomeglamour- check it out if you haven’t already!), and giving me a little bit of side eye about our posts here, or lack thereof, over the past three weeks. We spent a couple of weeksContinue reading “Cote d’Azur”

Rapid City

Today was the big day when we’d finally get out to see Mount Rushmore. This was a bucket list trip for both of us, and we were both excited to have finally made it. First up was a tour of the city, however, and our first stop was, believe it or not, two fragments ofContinue reading “Rapid City”

Badlands/Rapid City/Rushmore

We failed to capture many good images of Badlands National Park, which is a shame, as it is such an incredible landscape of heat blasted land eroded over time. We arrived here after a full day of driving, and stopped to get gas right before the park, which was a great decision- there was aContinue reading “Badlands/Rapid City/Rushmore”

Sioux Falls to Rapid City

We set out early from Sioux Falls knowing that, despite it being a 4 hour drive, it was going to take at least 10, because we had decided 1) we were going to see all the roadside attractions along the way, and 2) if anyone had to use the restroom, we were STOPPING (feel freeContinue reading “Sioux Falls to Rapid City”

Minneapolis to Sioux Falls

Hello! We recently took a trip to Rapid City, SD via Minneapolis and Sioux Falls, and we had a great time taking in all of the roadside attractions, national parks and monuments. Kelly and I took this trip along with my two sons, aged 10 and 12, who had an absolute blast despite a coupleContinue reading “Minneapolis to Sioux Falls”

Jaco

Our time seemed to be flying by so rapidly on this trip. We woke after an evening strolling on the beach to the sounds of surf, and after breakfast we went out on the beach to enjoy the warmth of the water. You definitely need to be cautious of the rip currents at Jaco Beach-Continue reading “Jaco”

Monte Verde/ Jaco

We woke to a clear morning, and what would prove to be a clear day, which is out of the ordinary for what is usually a very misty Cloud Forest tour. We started with a smoothie and pancakes, met up with our German friends we met the night previously, and were taken up to theContinue reading “Monte Verde/ Jaco”

Monte Verde

We had a great night’s sleep again in La Fortuna and started early for Monte Verde, the cloud forest of Costa Rica, but not before a really fantastic breakfast at Arenal Manoa, La Fortuna. We drove for about 3.5 hours on good roads, except for when google led us astray on a ‘shortcut’: I knowContinue reading “Monte Verde”