by Matthew Allison | May 5, 2024 | Europe
April 2024: As part of a 3 weeklong trip across Europe and Morocco, my family and traveled to the Normandy region of France for 3 days from Paris. We rented a car in Paris and the morning after I spent the first night of our trip in the Paris catacombs, we set off on...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 28, 2023 | Break-Away Republics, Europe
November 2023: During my previous trip to Cyprus a few years back, I was denied entry into the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) because I didn’t have all of the required Covid documentation to enter. My intrigue to visit the break-away republic...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 19, 2023 | Europe
January 2023: As part of a larger birthday trip for my wife, Paula, she, her mom and I spent 3 days in the Azores Islands before traveling to my final African country, Cabo Verde. The Azores are easily reached via a direct flight from Boston on Sata Airlines and via...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 10, 2022 | Europe
October, 2022: As part of a larger European trip and in order to complete my last European countries, Andorra, and Monaco, my wife and mother-in-law flew to Barcelona, Spain. This was my second visit to Spain, my first being to Madrid in September 2006. The main...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 10, 2022 | Europe, Volcanoes
October 2022: The island of Sicily has been on my bucket list for a while. I have wanted to see the highest active volcano in Europe, Mount Etna and learn more about the island made famous by the movie Godfather and its mafia history. About Siciliy ...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 10, 2022 | Haunted Places, Europe
October 2022: Malta is a small country but one packed with lots and lots of history. Its location in the middle of the Mediterranean just off the shore of Sicily, Italy and Tunisa have made it very strategically important throughout history and almost every empire in...