My love affair with road trips goes back a long time, all the way back to family vacations 30-odd years ago, when my parents would set the alarm for 3 in the morning, pack the car for the trip up…
Travel Adventures: Exploring Places 101 & A Giveaway
You don’t have to jump out of airplanes, dive with sharks or abseil from the highest mountains to have travel adventures. When you come to a new city, maybe in a country you have never been before, just finding the…
My Travel Unicorn: The Perfect Travel Purse
Bags, especially purses and backpacks, are one of my many weaknesses. Over the years, I have built up quite a collection, and with every new bag I buy, I am convinced that’s The One. At least for the moment. When it…
Cities I Love: Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland made my list of all-time favorites in one quick leap when we first visited in 2013. Our first trip to Edinburgh happened mostly by chance. We wanted to spend a long weekend with my parents, who both had…
My Personal Top Five Reasons To Love California
There are lots of reasons why I keep coming back to California. Since my first trip to San Francisco in the early 90s with my parents, I have traveled to California nine times – once with my parents, once with…
Looking Back: Traveling 2015
Wherever you look these days social-media-wise, you just can’t avoid those ubiquitous “Looking back on 2015” posts, so I thought it’s time for one of my own. I proudly present: Looking back on 2015: Travel Edition 2015 was a pretty…
Top 5 Reasons To Love Islay
As you can probably guess from the title, I fell hard for a small Scottish island. Very hard, actually. We first traveled to Islay in August 2014, one station on a two-week road trip through Scotland. We spent just…