Travel Information and Inspiration
Strasbourg; summer seat of the European Parliament and manic tourist destination. I have had Strasbourg on my list of places to go for some time, and this seemed the time to do it. So here I am, sitting in the lovely Hotel Rohan a literal stone’s throw from the Cathedral. Things started out a little […]
Vacation. I do love to harp about how we all need one on a regular basis to keep ourselves not just productive, but sane. Do I practice what I preach – not always! I need a vacation right now. Thus I get on a plane this Saturday and step off in Frankfurt early Sunday morning. […]
Trains are probably my favorite form of travel. Maybe it is the romance of the rails, or perhaps it hearkens back to a different era; the reason isn’t that important to me. I just love trains. Honestly, I love pretty much everything about them. Train stations, the sound of the rails, the people you meet; […]
The Woman Traveler, at least historically, has been the stuff of myths. The travel pioneers; those amazing women who defied both their time and their gender to see the world; are a depressingly small society. Even then, most are considered notable for being ‘adventurers’ When we take away the pilots, the polar explorers and the […]
Language barriers can feel as real as any brick wall. How will I manage Berlin if I don’t speak German? Will I be shunned in Paris if I don’t speak French? I would love to go to Spain, but I don’t remember any of my high school Spanish. There are apparently lots of horror stories […]
You see them at airports, hotels, really anywhere there are travelers. The Travel Pro; that person who just seems to have it all together. They always stand out, at least they do to me. While you are struggling to get everything into the bin at TSA, they’ve breezed through without a care in the world. […]
Doing nothing, adding nothing to the GDP, no meetings, no quick phone calls (that are never quick); that is what vacation should be. Make no mistake; it is harder than it sounds. We have turned taking vacations into a lite version of work. We cram as much as we can into every minute of our […]
Travel inspiration, we all need a little now and again. Inspiration can help break the log jam of where to go, or when to go, or even IF to go. I have found that there are some movies that make me want to book the next trip. They don’t have to be classics, sometimes they […]
Slow travel; for me it is the art of living the moment of wherever you are. I have often waxed poetic about slow travel, but it took a trip to Madrid for me to really understand it. That beautiful and vibrant city taught me about slowing down in a way no other destination has. Slow […]
Hotel review sites are proof that one person’s paradise is another person’s hell. The notion of hotel review sites is great in theory. They are an easy way to figure out if those pretty pictures on the hotel website are a reflection of reality or a testament to the photographer’s ability. All you have to […]
