Tag: itinerary

Traveled: November 2023 If you had to pull out a map to remind yourself of where Laos is located, I understand – its partially how we stumbled upon this amazing country and what is now my favorite city in all of Asia. While planning a trip to Vietnam, our...

The name Bologna might conjure up childhood memories of not-so-great sandwiches, but Bologna and the surrounding area known as Emilia-Romagna is a food capitol that is not to miss. One of Bologna’s nicknames is “La Grassa,” the fat one (along with La Dotta, the educated one, as Bologna is...

Since Puglia is a bit off the beaten path, it is best to plan to spend a full week or more. For the second half of our week, we chose Lecce as our home base for exploring southern Puglia. With more days – and we found ourselves needing more...

Rome, Florence, and Venice get a lot of hype in the tourism world – and for good reason. However, Italy is a treasure trove of wonderful smaller cities, sites, and cultures. A region that has long been on my bucket list was Puglia, the “heel of the boot”. You...

On a boat transfer from our Bora Bora resort, a blond Californian, fresh from a 10-day catamaran excursion, asked where we had been during our French Polynesia travels, and I replied that we had spent 5 days on Moorea. She stared at me a moment, and then scoffed, “Huh,...

In June 2021, we spent a few glorious days in California, visiting our friend who lives in Sacramento. While discussing upcoming travel plans, our friend mentioned that he really wanted to see Santa Barbara, and that we should fly out to visit him again and drive down to Santa...

Let me remind you: I am not a cruiser. I would much rather idle away on land than board a floating petri dish. However, I recognize the fact that in some parts of the world, traveling by boat is the best way – and sometimes the only way –...

We chose to start our Egypt adventure in Luxor and end our travels at the Great Pyramids in Giza, which in reality is working a bit backward historically but made sense for us from a travel logistics standpoint. Luxor is an hour flight from Cairo, served by Air Egypt...

How to visit Uruguay for one to two days as a side trip from Buenos Aires. ...

Hard to believe that 2 years ago, we were in Argentina this week, enjoying summer in the Southern hemisphere. Argentina has a lot to love – a vast array of gorgeous landscapes, lots of great cultural experiences, and some pretty darn good wine to boot! I am hopeful that...