While I’m grounded at home until the world is open to Americans again, I’m revisiting my travel love life through fun posts like this. Hope you enjoy! “Where is Your Husband?” is a question I’ve been asked so many times over the years as I’ve traveled solo that I wrote […]
We all need something to look forward to right now. The pandemic took away the weddings, reunions, family vacations, summer cruises and so much more that we need a bit of hope. Travel has always been that ray of sunshine, the reason to work all day, to save for, to […]
Every year, I visit London in May/June/July timeframe and this is the first time in over ten years that I’m not in the city and to be honest, I miss it. I even miss the political discussions that ensue once the black cab driver hears my American accent. I miss […]
Last year in advance of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day this week, I had the opportunity to visit the Normandy region with fellow cruise ship passengers when the ship sailed into the port of Le Havre, France. Our private tour Normandy with Brigitte (Bridget) of Unforgettable Normandy included a split […]
One rarely mentioned quirk that I have, that my friends know about me (and tease me), is my OCD like behavior in hotels. The first thing I do after taking photos for the blog is open the bar of soap and wash my hands then get a tissue (or ten) […]
One of my favorite travel indulgences is hotel room service. Landing in a new city, arriving at the hotel and perusing their room service menu gives me a sense of the hotel, the food culture and a bit of sticker shock (burgers are quite expensive!) I anticipate the knock at […]
You might remember (Gen-X and older alert) or be surprised to learn that there was a time you could walk to the airport gate without security checks. Saying goodbye at the airport gate isn’t just a movie trope or a funny scene in 90’s television, it was, at one point, […]
Updated: February 2021. The cruise industry continues to be battered by covid, border closures and money issues. The 2021 Alaska cruise season has been canceled already. Cruise lines are extending vouchers and still advertising for cruises. Once the vaccines are more widely distributed, expect to see tenative sailings occur likely […]
On day 2 of work from home (WFH) this week, I almost ordered a trampoline. My neighbor has one and my home office window looks out to it so my inner child was screaming “I want a trampoline! You need to remember how to have fun!” Thankfully Amazon is shipping […]
The controversy has popped up into our social feeds and reignited a debate of fierce stances – should you ask to recline the airline seat or not or just go for it without warning? I don’t normally jump into the “topic of the day” but here I am because I’m […]