People riding in a horse-drawn carriage across mud flats at the Wadden Sea in Germany

For over an hour, we floated over the eastern part of the Dominican Republic. We gazed at the white buildings of Higuey and hovered over the ponds. We passed trees that looked like broccoli from our vantage point in the sky, sometimes hanging low over fields that seemed almost within reach.

The Hacienda Tres Rios is an ecological oasis amid the busy resorts of Mexico’s Caribbean Coast. It’s a great base to explore the Riviera Maya.

The best way to explore the Toledo attractions is on a walking tour of the Christian, Jewish and Moorish quarters in this beautiful Spanish town. This was the fulfillment of a dream over 25 years in the making.

Our travels mean we take thousands of photos to remember the journey. Here are just a few of the highlights from 2016.

Xenses park defies explanation. And that’s kind of the point.

Though I was less than a half-hour from Cinderella’s castle, it felt like a very different world as we approached the dock. And it was time for a very different kind of ride, too—it was time to see the natural beauty of Kissimmee in an airboat.

A social event, hopping from bar to bar, eating the best a place has to offer, and laughing along the way—this is tapas in Madrid.

Making Kifli in our Macedonian cooking class at Risto’s Guest House

In the center of Bremen’s Old Town stands the most perfect building in Germany. At least as far as we’re concerned.