I am writing this as the entire world is essentially on lock-down, encouraging social distancing & self-isolation due to the new corona virus. It’s 2020, but governments are shutting down borders and flight routes are being cancelled by the minute. We have nowhere to travel …
I just had some of the best 6 months of my life! I traveled eastward around the entire globe, bouncing between 16 countries spread over three continents. I began in July with a flight over the Atlantic and ended in January with a return trip …
I started jotting down these checklists about a month ago, from my bedroom in Lancaster, PA… travel-sized toiletry containers and lightweight clothes strewn around the room, and vaccination appointments up & coming. Typically, I send personalized pre-travel checklists to clients depending on their destination & …
Right off the coast of mainland South America you’ll find a string of southernmost Caribbean islands. They’re known as the “ABC Islands:” Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao. Although these vacation destinations are a stone’s throw from Venezuela, they are in fact part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the same …
I arrived in Portugal with a lot of expectations… my mind ran wild with anticipation of sandstone coastal cliffs awaiting my encounter. The streets would be narrow and winding, with hills steeper than San Francisco. Restaurant tables spilling precariously into cobblestone streets, with port wine …
I recently road-tripped around Iceland for about a week, and it was unlike anything else I’ve ever done. It’s hard to believe until you see it for yourself, but as you drive down the highway in Iceland, literally everywhere you look there is a new …
Oddly enough, the first time I heard of the Finger Lakes was in high school watching an SNL skit – The Lawrence Welk Show, starring Kristen Wiig (you can watch one of the skits here… random, I know). That video certainly didn’t teach me much about …
I can’t be the only one counting down the days until warm weather… in my opinion, life seems to begin again with each springtime. The thing I look forward to most is making the shift from hanging with the TV and heater to spending as …
I absolutely love it when traveling somewhere ends up being less expensive and more accessible than you previously would have guessed. It makes any adventure seem that much more attainable! Here are three times when I was daydreaming about a trip, did some research, then …
Let me start by saying it had been my dream to camp on a beach for so long! And I couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful and adventurous campsite in Culebra, Puerto Rico. It was Spring Break 2016 when I traveled with a group …
