Crete, Greece – a couple of days settling in and exploring the local town Stalos.

On 9th Jan 20269th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, GreeceLeave a comment

Our first few days in Crete were spent settling in to our villa and exploring the local town Stalos, which had a beautiful beach.

Houston Texas – 2 days visiting Kemah and the Space Centre

On 9th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, North America, TexasLeave a comment

The final stop of our Texas road trip - Houston. We spent two days visiting Kemah Boardwalk and Houston Space Center before driving back to Austin for our flight back to London.

Houston, Texas – Driving from San Antonio to Houston and visiting the Painted Churches.

On 9th Jan 20268th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, North America, TexasLeave a comment

Part 4 of our Texas road-trip. We drove from San Antonio to Houston visiting some painted churches and having a pit stop at Buc-ees!

San Antonio, Texas – A rainy day at the Japanese Tea Garden and the Missions.

On 8th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, North America, TexasLeave a comment

Part 3 of our Texas road trip. It was a very rainy day for our last day in San Antonio so we visited the Japanese tea gardens and the Missions

San Antonio, Texas – the Riverwalk, Alamo and Natural Bridge Caverns.

On 7th Jan 20266th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, North America, TexasLeave a comment

Part 2 of our Texas road trip. We made our way from Austin to San Antonio and visited the Riverwalk and Alamo. As a storm came in we als0 spent a day at the Natural Bridge Caverns - underground and sheltering from the rain!

Austin, Texas – 2 nights in Austin exploring the Capitol and visiting the bats.

On 6th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, North America, TexasLeave a comment

Part 1 of our Texas road-trip - Austin. We spent the day in Austin visiting the State Capitol, eating at the Cheesecake factory and watching the bats fly out from under the Congress Bridge.

Marbella, Spain – a morning stroll around the old town.

On 5th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, SpainLeave a comment

A morning spent exploring the alleyways in Marbella Old Town. We visited the church and had lunch at Plaza de nos Naranjos.

Caminito del Rey, Spain – a day trip from Marbella

On 4th Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, SpainLeave a comment

We set off from Mabella first thing in the morning so that we could hike the Caminito del Rey

Gibraltar – A day trip from Marbella

On 3rd Jan 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, GibraltarLeave a comment

A day trip to Gibraltar where we took cable cars to the top of the 'Rock'. We explored some of the hiking trails, visited St Michael's Cave and saw the Barbary macaques.

Ronda, Spain – A day trip from Marbella

On 9th Dec 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, SpainLeave a comment

Day 1 of our short break in Marbella. We drove into the mountains to visit the cliff-top city of Ronda where we explored the bull-ring and walked into the gorge. We then went for a wander along the Marbella promenade and saw the lighthouse.