I had a fantastic year of travel for 2010. Did I go everywhere I wanted to? Of course not. I can always rely on my friends to make me jealous with their fabulous trips both near (Manchester, VT) and far (Singapore). Here are 13 trips I wish I took this year… The 2010 Winter Olympics [...]
Well, it wasn’t a White Christmas this year in New York City. But the day after Christmas was white. And so was the day after the day after Christmas. A powerful snow storm (complete with thunder!) pummeled the East Coast, dumping 20 inches on Central Park and 24 inches in Brooklyn. Both NYC and Boston [...]
2010 was a fantastic year of travel for me, with a two-week trip to Alaska as the clear highlight. Like last year, choosing my top 10 travel moments wasn’t easy but it did make me feel very thankful for such an exciting opportunities. I feel like every trip I took deserved its own top 10, [...]
Sure, the Christmas Tree at NYC’s Rockefeller Center may be a tourist mecca, but I love it anyway. While that massive tree is one of the world’s most famous Christmas displays, most cities around the world deck the streets, parks and squares for Christmas. A round-the-world tour for the month of December to see all [...]
I eagerly followed along Nancy D. Brown‘s travels through Norway this summer on her blog, What a Trip. I’ve never been to Scandinavia, so I really enjoyed reading about her experiences in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim. But it somewhere that I had never even heard of – Alesund, a small city on Norway’s western coast – that [...]
After a whirlwind 48 hours in Singapore last spring, which included a trip to the world-famous Singapore Zoo, Rachel Sterling and Jeremy Sharff were ready for some relaxation. So they flew to the island of Phuket in Thailand to take advantage of the gorgeous beaches. Here, Rachel tells Travelogged where they stayed, where they ate [...]
When I go on a trip, I like to bring home souvenirs for my family (and, yes, for myself too). I usually like to purchase them at the end so I don’t have to bother carrying around and so that I feel like I’ve seen everything before I commit. Sometimes this works out, and sometimes [...]
Where I have met the most fellow travelers? Turkey? England? Alaska? Greece? Nope. I tend to travel with my husband or in a group with other writers/bloggers, which makes it harder to meet people, although I always try because it’s an important part of traveling. I’ve actually met the most travelers right at home, sitting [...]
Babymoon is a funny word. While a honeymoon is something that you take after the wedding with your honey, a babymoon is something that you take before the baby with your honey. It’s also just a fancy name for a trip taken during your second trimester, which the best time for pregnant women to travel because any [...]
If you had asked me where the world’s largest swimming pool is, I’d have guessed Dubai or Las Vegas. And I’d have been wrong. The world’s largest swimming pool is in Algarrobo, Chile, at the San Alfonso del Mar resort, which opened in December 2006. In the photo above, you can see just a portion of [...]
