Travel
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 […]
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 […]
London Art museums can be overwhelming for me as I don’t know where to look first and how to navigate the vast space packed with tourists to ensure I experience the art and the curation properly on my own timeline. My first visit to the V&A was supposed to be […]
Every year, in the dark days and cold nights of winter, we all dream of escaping somewhere warm and sunny. The cruise industry is at the ready to accommodate you during Wave Season with hundreds of itineraries around the world. Cruise Wave Season starts in mid-January and ends in early […]
As I get older, the days and years really do seem to speed and the highlights become flashes of memories whereas the low points, the really low points in life seem to be set on slow motion torturing me even longer. That doesn’t seem quite far – 2019 has been […]
Part of the charm of London is its old buildings and townhomes which often get converted into unique hotel rooms. Not so charming are the small hotel rooms which limit to two people (maybe three) in a room. It gets tricky (and expensive) when traveling with your family of four […]