It had been a while since I was in the Mile High City. I didn’t realise how much I missed it. For those of you who’ve followed me for a while, you’ll know I lived in Denver for a few years in between my stints in London. While living there, I wasn’t exactly crazy about the …
I’m not sure who thought it was a good idea to combine a hotel and a nightclub. I’m even less sure why I thought that particular concept was an attractive one for my personal accommodation. Nonetheless, I booked three nights at Nativ Hotel in Denver when traveling there for business this past week. Nativ is …
Paris is always lovely, and I’ve written about it many times (here and here and here, for instance), but, as I discovered last weekend, it is loveliest around Christmas time. Because I’ve been to Paris so often, I focused my trip around food and friends, rather than sightseeing. I did, however, get in a few …
Hotels.com is where I most often find places to stay when I travel. I love that you can get a free night for every 10 you pay for, but its also a great way to find the best places in town. When MB and I went to Verona, we stayed at Due Torri, a four …
Getting Lake Garda and Verona in all in one weekend might sound exhausting- that’s because it is. MB and I had decided two days in Sirmione, on the shore of Garda, and one in Verona, was enough. While I LOVED my time in Sirmione, I could have done with another day in Verona. Its become …
So Donald Trump is now the president of the United States. That means he is my president. It makes me feel sick and on the verge of tears, but, despite the fact that he lost the popular vote, that’s the reality of the situation. I realize this is a travel blog, and I promise that …
I had never really thought of Lake Garda and Verona as big places on my travel “to do” list, but MB insisted we get out of London one weekend in early November. It’s been about a year since I was last in Italy (S. and I took a trip to Sicily in November 2015), and …
I have already been to Portugal, but of course, you can never be somewhere more than once! When my mother said she wanted to go to Madeira for her 60th birthday, I obviously knew I had to show her a good time. Being budget conscious, I looked outside of the tourist side of town for …
Your mother only turns 60 once. I asked told my mother I’d take her anywhere in the world for her birthday. After Googling places with terracotta roofs, she decided on Funchal, Madeira, in Portugal. Madeira is a tiny island off the coast of northern Africa, in the Atlantic. It is absolutely gorgeous. From the moment …
One of the (many) things I like about living in Europe is how accessible things are. Want to go to Italy? You can be there in just a little over two or three hours. Belgium? Hop on a Eurostar and get there in 45 minutes! But the bummer is always having to come up with …