Jiu jitsu originated in Japan like many martial arts, but was made popular by the Gracies from Brazil, who used their style to win a variety of fighting contests such as the UFC. The art was originally intended as a method for samurai, who were usually mounted on horses, to fight on the ground when …
As you likely know, as of right now the family is located in Puerto Rico. It is a beautiful island, full of things to do and see. I love this place, and I wish we could come here every year. Unfortunately, Puerto Rico has quite a problem with invasive species, similar to the Florida Everglades …
As some of you may know, I recently got scuba certified. Last year I had the chance to do so, but foolishly decided not to. This year I did not make the same mistake, and even before we arrived here in Puerto Rico, I expressed my desire to get certified. Mom got re-certified last year, …
We have seven stops before arriving back in New York City and we are enjoying our final moments in Europe. I can’t believe it is finally time to head back and I also can’t wait for our next excursion over here! Our first stop was Livorno, Italy. It was only a hop, skip, and 17 …
In Olympia we had a nice guided tour of the museum and temple ruins. We learned the truth of the not so old torch ceremony, and pretended to race each other across the finish line (I won of course!). Starting with our tour of the museum we realized it was very helpful to have a …
How does one describe Meteora. This area was not even a speck of a thought when we first headed to Greece, but the more local people we met, the more people were telling us, “You must visit Meteora!” We had purposefully left this portion of our trip unplanned knowing that the time of year would …
A few weeks ago we were in Athens, and what is THE thing to do there? See the ancient sites! By far the most famous site of the ancient city is the Acropolis, basically the high point of the city. In ancient times when the city was attacked, the population would flee there for safety. …
We find ourselves surrounded by a different tree for our first time in Greece. Orange trees are the life breathe of the plain of Argolis and we are staying in Nafplio for our final few days in Greece. While driving around today and seeing lots of roadside stands, we decided to stop and grab some …
Yoga week retreat was a fun relaxing way to spend some extra time we had on our hands. Every morning we would get up at, the not fun hour of, seven o’clock to get ready for yoga at eight. Yoga was generally ninety minutes long and in the morning was almost always vinyasa flow. Breakfast …
Upon arriving back on the mainland of Greece, we quickly (ok, not quickly it took us FOREVER to ride the metro to the airport from the port and then WAIT for the rental car shuttle) but we EVENTUALLY made it into a car and on our way to Delphi! Our plan was to arrive in …
