Inspired by the fact that we had a car and a few days to kill, B. and I decided to branch out from our tour of touristy Split, Hvar, Korcula and Dubrovnik in Croatia and take the road less traveled. As it turns out, its the road less traveled unless you’re a Montenegrin speed demon with …
Croatia has been on my “to go” list for quite some time. After seeing Game of Thrones, and going to Malta, I expedited it straight to the top of the list. Clear water and lovely beaches? I needed that after my road trip through the USA and Iceland. Coming in to land over Split I …
I just love flying with Icelandair. They let you layover in Iceland for up to seven days on a transatlantic flight. I have taken advantage of this amazing perk before. But that was then. It had been a long time, and many, many transatlantic flights, so I decided it was high time I visit the …
After leaving San Francisco, I headed back East to spend a month at home. Well…kind of at home. Homeward trips are so rare for me these days that when I’m even in the vicinity, I tend to try to catch up with people from the entire eastern seaboard (or, in this case, as far west …
Talk about a serious change of scenery.My mother harassed me all last year about a legendary family beach trip in the works. Although I’d rather spend my time sunning myself in Malta, Brazil, Barcelona or even Sweden or freezing Norfolk, when family calls, family calls- and of course, there’s actually no place like home. So I …
What’s a girl to do on her last weekend in the UK for seven weeks?Explore, that’s what! I’ve been lots of places in the UK- Wales, Edinburgh (many times), Liverpool, Bath. But one thing I’ve never done is make a concerted effort to actually go to a random small town, not unless it was on …
I used to be against going somewhere “exotic” more than once. I suppose this opinion is defensible living in Europe and planning travel to, say, Thailand. But when I live in London and Heathrow is just 45 minutes away by tube, how can I resist the lure of places I love and want to get …
Oh the number of times I’ve been to Edinburgh. It might be my most blogged-about place. But what can I say? I love it so so much.(If you’ve been behind, you might want to read about my exploits with my mom, with my biffle when we thought we were headed to Paris (!) or on …
I just spent the last five days in Malta with my lao tong (i.e., soulmate), Luzell. We’ve been sisters from another mister since we were 12 years old. Its no wonder that even now, both of us ended up in neighboring European countries. We just can’t be torn apart! Me and the LT on our …
I’ve always wanted to go to Sweden. As a girl from the good ol’ US of A, perhaps this is shocking- its not one of those traditional European cities that you find crawling with loud Americans such as myself. Blame it on my obsession with Ikea, taste in stark home decor and love for trendy …