Travel Information and Inspiration
Flights are a fundamental part of your trip planning. While getting from here to there is faster and easier than ever, it is also a lot more complicated. So how do you plan a trip without breaking the bank or losing your mind? Once you have a few tricks under your hat, finding flights that […]
Funny how words can become stigmas; take the word tourist. Somewhere along the line this harmless word became derisive. We are all afraid of looking like a tourist when we travel, as though being a tourist is somehow offensive. I beg to differ. I grew up in a tourist town, Las Vegas, so I know […]
Valladolid was not originally on my itinerary. It wasn’t even really on my radar. I was just looking for my next stop after five incredible days in Madrid. Typical of me to blow up my schedule when I am traveling. The first stop is always guaranteed, but the next one? That’s up in the air. This […]
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 […]
In Lyon, France a stunning white basilica sits high up on a hill overlooking the city. You can see it from most anywhere in town, but what you can’t see is a hidden gem that sits just below it. In truth, there are many little hidden places to discover in France’s “Second City.” There […]
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 […]
Ireland and I got off to a rocky start. It wasn’t love at first sight by any means. There were several moments that I spent wondering if I had made the right choice, if maybe I had romanticized Ireland a bit too much. You can do that; you can romanticize a place to the point […]
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 […]
