Kelly Barcus

Hi, I'm Kelly, one of the three travelers behind No Man Before. I grew up in Arizona, but I've called California home for the last 10 years (minus one year in Cambridge, England). I love exploring the outdoors, photography, diving deeper beyond the popular tourist stops, and sharing all the practical tips from our travels here on this blog.

Hiking Les Calanques near Cassis, France

Hiking Les Calanques in Provence, France

Since moving to Cambridge, England this last year, we’ve missed the mountains of Southern California. We’ve been using our travel to fill our hiking void, and …

A Guide to Cassis | The cutest seaside town in Souther France

A Weekend in Cassis, France: A quaint seaside town in Southern France

Cassis (pronounced “Ca – see”) is a small port town on the western edge of Côte d’Azur, about a 30 minute drive or train ride …

Undiscovered Amsterdam: Off the Beaten Path

Amsterdam feels very discovered. Of a city of 800,000 people, over 50% are non-Dutch, so it reasons that plenty of other people know about the …

Finding the most colorful tulip fields in the Netherlands

Will Travel for Tulips: Finding the Best Tulip Fields in the Netherlands

We planned our trip to the Netherlands this spring to coincide with full-blown tulip mania. Flowers are blooming in batches all over the Netherlands from …

Lessons Learned from Lisbon

I went to Lisbon a few months back and felt like I stumbled upon a gold mine. I had a sticky situation with a visa, so …

Trades

We loved our life in LA – with an abundance of sun, and sand, Mexican food and mountains, it’s basically our ideal. But life was …

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