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…

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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…