Travel Tips and Thoughts
Philadelphia weather has been all over the place this winter. I wore flip-flops at Christmas as the temps were near 70F and then I shoveled over 28” of snow in a one day February snowstorm. The past week, I woke up to snow on the ground which melted by mid-day […]
Three years ago, I started writing about my travels and pressed “publish” on this blog. I had no idea how my life would change from that action – the blog has helped me overcome sudden loss, connected me with new friends in London and around the world and has been […]
As the holidays approach, the airports will be teeming with people trying to get home to family for dinner, for celebrations, for presents or for escape (Maui sounds nice right now). Many will not be accustomed to the rhythm of holiday travel and the airport experience especially if there are […]
The note in the Platine hotel elevator alerted guests that the taxi drivers would be on strike the next day in Paris. The taxi strike would definitely be chaotic, in my opinion, and I wasn’t quite sure how it would solve the dispute at hand which was the arrival […]
My nieces have four cats so when I visit, Smoky tries to sit by my head when I’m on the couch while George attempts to get me to pay attention to him by walking over my lap (the other two gave up a long time ago). The cats know I’m […]
“Where do you want to go”? is a question I have a hard time answering. “I want to go everywhere” doesn’t quite satisfy the person who asked the question. When I do decide on a destination, the follow up question is then “Why Go There?” which is often times even […]
Despite all of my years traveling, I often forget about the little things that I take for granted staying in U.S. hotels (or Western chain hotels). It’s in Europe when I stay at the smaller hotel properties that I remember all the quirks that make for memorable encounters along the […]
It’s getting very personal out in the world especially if you are a solo woman traveler. For years, I shrugged off the crazy questions, the observations that are best left unsaid and the many comments that folks forgot to filter. I would rationalize it that it was their culture to […]
My friend Amanda, recently traveled to London on her first solo trip. This wasn’t a business trip or a school trip, this was last-minute due to a ridiculous coach award ticket on USAir direct to London she found for 30k points (normally 50k). Exploring London is so easy to do as […]
My friend’s flight was delayed due to weather and this caused her and her family to miss their connection to London. When she told me that she was flying from Philadelphia to New York to London, I gave her this obviously weird look and said “Why would the travel agent […]