Travel
Exiting Penn Station, I pushed through the New York City crowds and tried not to get my eyes poked out from the plethora of umbrellas on the street as I walked a few blocks to the Hyatt Place New York Midtown-South. The rain was unending and unavoidable, it started in […]
You learn so much from other people on Twitter chats and often times sharing your “crazy” you find a kindred soul (or ten). The topic on the Sunday Brunch Travel Chat (#sbtc) this week was “Travel Rituals” which made for a lively conversation and the realization that we are all just a […]
Pulling into my driveway last night, the lights didn’t welcome me as they should. I already had a bad feeling about this only to be confirmed when I saw a downed wire in my front yard and tangled in a tree. Which wire was the issue – electric, phone or […]
It seemed silly to fly home after four days in Iceland when I had the option of the “stopover” fare on Icelandair that could allow me to spend time in London. In order to make London work, I remembered that I opened up the Hyatt credit card earlier in the […]
Two years ago, I had such an amazing, unbelievable travel year that I finally resolved to start a blog and share my travels, tips and photos. Last year, I shared the ups and downs of that first year in A Year of Chocolate, Cities and Challenges. This year for my […]
When I start researching a hotel, I use a variety of sources – TripAdvisor, blogs, magazine and newspaper reviews, etc. Key factors for me are luxury, location/convenience, points (if applicable) and price. For Reykjavik, I was torn as I was booking three weeks out and there wasn’t much left to […]
Handing my key over to the front desk, I was in search of an affordable breakfast in Reykjavik. Not wanting to do the hotel continental breakfast buffet for $25 (no ala-carte), I wanted to find a local cafe to enjoy a quiet breakfast before my day of adventure. The front […]
All of the weather apps, no matter how much I wished it otherwise, showed rain and clouds for my four day weekend in Reykjavik so I resigned myself that I probably wasn’t going to see the Northern Lights in Iceland on this trip. The Aurora forecast for Iceland was showing […]
The airport ATM accepted my card, password and request for cash but then spit out the paper saying it couldn’t give me cash! I initially thought at 6:30 a.m. maybe the machine was empty so I tried the other machine, same result – no cash. Not worrying too much, I […]
The Land Rover felt like it was auditioning for a commercial as we drove downhill to the “old road” along the Golden Circle. We made it to the bottom over many a bumpy road filled with rocks and dirt only to wash it off through the small stream. I hadn’t […]