Revisiting a few of my favorite memories in Italy. Planning your 2021 trip to Italy? Don’t forget to add Herculaneum (and Pompeii) to compare/contrast the ruins. Lost in the shadow of Pompeii popularity is Herculaneum. Everyone has studied the history of Mt. Vesuvius and its aftermath the most famous […]
Revisiting one of my favorite experiences in Europe, dreaming of when I can return. The roof was leaking on my pants as the rain intensified and I kept laughing. We were waiting on the side of the road for the rest of the tour group to catch up. I leaned […]
Updated: To be honest, the wish tree seems so far in the past to a simpler time when writing wishes on tags and tying them to the tree was whimsical, hopeful and the stuff of happy days. The tree was surrounded by people and children were trying to reach lower […]
Chihuly Seattle is open on a limited basis due to covid-19 and state reopening plans. For those visiting the City of Seattle, I highly recommend adding Chihuly Garden & Glass to your “must do list”. Sharing my last visit – the Chihuly collection. We can still armchair travel and add […]
Being home due to covid is a good time to visit (or revisit) the world of Marvel superheroes streaming in film, on tv and in the world of comic books. This was a fabulous Marvel exhibit I attended a year ago in Philadelphia. I fell down a rabbit hole […]
Grounded due to Covid, we can still plan for dream trips to look forward to in 2021 and/or 2022. Australia is one of those dreamy getaways on many bucket lists so sharing my memories of my first trip to Australia, when I pointed to page 10 of the Qantas vacation […]
Visiting Zion National Park is easy to do for travelers of all ages and activity levels. There are two paved accessible paths at Zion that are lovely walks and easy to do with fantastic sights. I had planned on doing more intensive hiking at the park but was waylaid by […]
For many they have to wait more than a year to stay at Zion Lodge in Zion National Park so I consider myself quite lucky to have booked a room only two weeks ahead of my stay. To be fair it was a November visit, not quite high season but […]
Updated: For covid-19 procedures watch the Wynn Las Vegas health and safety video and consult the hotel website for up to date information. The stay below was pre-covid. There are only a few hotel resorts that I’ve stayed at where I didn’t need to (or want to) leave. The […]
Road Trip Summer in the US – This is one of my favorite one day road trips! **Note that National Parks and other attractions may require advanced reservations, limit capacity, social distance, require masks and other covid rules according to local city and state regulations. Be sure to check up […]