Choosing Adventure When booking flights home from an incredible trip to Australia, I stumbled across a much better deal that connected through Hawaii—if I was willing to switch airlines and have a layover there. That left me with a choice to have a 5 or 24-hour layover in Oahu. I had never been to Hawaii,…
While preparing for a two-week trip to Europe, including a Mediterranean cruise and a solo trip to Paris, I fell down a rabbit hole on YouTube on what to wear. “Don’t wear tennis shoes, or you’ll just SCREAM ‘tourist’, and be at risk for pickpocketing!” one fashion influencer warned. The more videos I watched, the…
The Idea … This past summer, I got a message from a friend with an irresistible idea: a girls’ trip cruise. “We could bring things to craft and make it a crafting cruise!” she suggested excitedly. Visions of long lazy days crocheting and girl talk on a balcony overlooking the ocean danced in my…
Because of the pandemic, I haven’t been anywhere since the beginning of March. As a travel writer, this is a bit of a shock to the system. I’ve – surprisingly – been invited on a few press trips over the past few weeks, which I immediately turned down because I can’t even imagine getting on…
Thank you to American Cruise Lines for sponsoring this post and for reminding me how much there is to see in our own country. You all know that my husband and I are huge fans of river cruising, and we just received a free brochure from American Cruise Lines that is so irresistible, we’ve…
