Category: Europe

Pisa - adventurousfigs.com

A little piece of Pisa

Back when the planning for our family trip was in motion we were all wanting to go to Pisa to visit the Leaning Tower, but weren’t quite sure how to squeeze it in. We...

Athens - adventurousfigs.com

Our Lives in Ruins

There were mixed expectations from the group of what Athens would be like. A few people were expecting nice sandy beaches and probably what a lot of the islands off of Greece look like....

Barcelona - adventurousfigs.com

Shenanigans in Barcelona

Let me just say, the start of our Barcelona trip did not begin well. Our AirBnB canceled on us right before we were getting ready to hurry to the metro at 1:30 AM to...

The Schengen

We’ve had people ask us why we’ve done the route we have so far through Europe, and one of the main reasons is because of the Schengen Visa. There are 26 countries in Europe...

Madrid, Spain - Adventurousfigs.com

Splendid Madrid

We were so excited to come to Madrid! This is our first western European country and the first one were I can speak the official country language! We knew we had to make it...

Holy Toledo!

While we were in Madrid we were told we must see Toledo, so that’s what we did. Oddly enough that’s our schedule nowadays; if we see a place that isn’t too far than we...