re: What is your #1 place that you would suggest to travel to.

I would suggest Switzerland. One of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen in my life.

#1 place with no beach- Paris

#1 place with small beaches- The Amalfi Coast.

#1 place with a major beach- Barcelona.

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Where have you been? Do you have passports?

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We have passports, but haven't been many places outside of the US. We've been to Bahamas multiple times via Cruise. Have done a resort in Dominican. Also been to Jamaica multiple times as my wife's Dad side of the family is Jamaican.

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As someone who doesn't speak a lick of Spanish, how hard is it really to get around there.

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It is absolutely not hard. Learn basic stuff (Hello, thank you, please) you'll be fine. Most of the tourists during the summer (peak season) are weirdly Russian and German. Not sure I understand why the Germans, but, they do German things. You will 100% be OK. Just schedule rides through apps, pay attention to your accommodation bookings. Have cash for stalls. You will not find coffee to go easily in BCN that are super close. There may be four cafes within a block, but there is a clear lack of signals for an Aspy-ish dude like me that they actually serve to-go coffee (to go coffee is not normal in BCN.) If the lady friend likes crunchy bread, learn the word for crunchy, and fake it the best you can. They'll get it. I had to verify that some chicken I was buying in South Korea was not chicken feet, but actual chicken meat, using Microsoft Translate. Just try it out before you leave.

Given your travel experience, you're going to be in multi-lingual places anyway (Eastern Europeans speak more English than much of Europe, but that's a convo for three years from when you hit Barcelona.)

Even people that speak Spanish from central and south America can have issues because in Barcelona, they have signs in Spanish and Catalan (different languages, for sure) and usually English. While you have Microsoft or Google Translate, you're also pointing it at signs that include two or three languages on the same sign.

But it doesn't matter, because there is an app that is the equivalent of Uber to get you where you need to go. Every place I went there were English speakers. A bunch understood French, too, but if you have a bunch of German and Russian tourists, what do you think everyone is speaking?

The desire of everyone is to make money. Like in Jerusalem, where I heard Arab dudes speaking Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, English, and Hebrew, in under 60 seconds, you'll be fine (They are not sure where you're from if you're not clearly wearing an Alabama or Paris St-Germain shirt, etc.) Your alternative is Puerto Rico or Cancun where they speak English but it's not native either?

Go find some Jamon Iberico. And you can be at the beach ten minutes after seeing stuff like this:

I don't eat it, but this is a *tiny* representation

Southern Italy….Sorento…Amalfi Coast

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Bask in the glory of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau

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Never go to Johannesburg.

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Elaborate please

The most inexpensive and one of the greatest trips I’ve ever taken was New Mexico. Santa Fe can be a little expensive, but the rest of the state is very cheap. Great things to do there, White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, Route 66, Tucumcari, The Big Blue Hole, the high desert at sunset, great food, Cloudcroft (non-ski season), plus a bunch of other great small towns full of art and food.
There is Taos, but never went there, it’s a big ski resort.
You can scuba dive the Big Blue Hole.

LINK - my photo vlog of the trip

For some people there are more important things on vacation than what you can eat and drink.