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You have MOST probably seen Ait Ben Haddou, UNESCO World Heritage site, and you don’t even know it! Have you seen the movies Jewel of the Nile, The Last Temptation of Christ, Lawrence of Arabia or Gladiator? What about the series Games of Thrones? They have all used some...

Umbria. Before my very first Follow Your Heart Travel Experience which was in Italy in 2010 to Umbria & Tuscany, I had not actually even heard of the province of Umbria. Bad, hey? But would await us would be a land of medieval walled villages on hills, and cobblestoned...

With my eldest son about to finish high school next year, I figured a mother/son roadtrip was in order before his crazy busy senior year came. I convinced him of such a thing by letting him do lots of driving – something he was new at doing, at the time! Our destination:...

Known as the Manhattan of the Medieval era because of the many towers that lined the skyline, San Gimignano is one of UNESCO World Heritage sites we wander through on our Italy Travel Experiences. San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena,...

The best advertisement is people – their experiences, their reviews and their honest word-of-mouth recommendations. I want to share with you, my blog readers, some of these reviews of my guests, so you can get a flavor of our small group travels. —————————————————- I met...

If there is one thing that is always a highlight when in Morocco, it is indeed the souks, or the markets. Everything from food to clothing to carpets, blankets and more can be found in the souks…and treasures are always a wonderful thing to bring home from far away places!...

Essaouira. I knew I would love her for the simple reason that she is a coastal town on the west coast of Morocco. What I didn’t expect was to be absolutely smitten with her and her old medina charm, that even though there are travelers coming through her streets, she retains her...

 In October the harvesting of olives for oil is well on its way! We were in Umbria in Italy and our wonderful Italy Team Max , took us to Feliziani’s Oil Factory in Spoleto. With a long line of oil making in the family, the owner showed us a wall full of vintage photos –...

I’m so excited to start my new weekly blog series, LITTLE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT. On all of my travels both locally and internationally, I always find things about the places that I just LOVE! I wanted to start sharing some of these with you – so you could try them for...

You can smell it several shops away…this yumminess of scents from fruity, to musks, to florals. Kind of like when you know there is a LUSH store in the mall ahead somewhere – you can smell it in advance! La Botica de la Abuela Aladdin doesn’t have a website, but it really...