When I returned home from Ithaca, NY, on Sunday, I had a nice surprise waiting for me. Erica Johansson of Travel Blissful had given me a One Lovely Blog Award! When you accept the award, as I gladly did, you are supposed to follow the guidelines listed below to help maximize the loveliness in the […]
Initially, I had planned to call this post "Ithaca is Gorges." That's a popular t-shirt and bumper sticker slogan praising the awesome town of Ithaca, NY, for its gorgeous gorges. But then I discovered that the subject of this post, Taughannock Falls State Park , is actually in Trumansburg, NY, a few miles away from […]
(photos by Jerry Borod) It’s quite hard not to be impressed by the cars at the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, an annual auto show at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, CT. This two-day event took place this weekend with gorgeous weather for the gorgeous automobiles. On Saturday, American vehicles were showcased, while Sunday focused on […]
(photos by Catherine Motl) The official language of Belize is English, but don't let that fool you. This Central American country — known as British Honduras until 1973 — has just as rich a history as its neighbors. For those who want to combine Mayan ruins, jungles and Caribbean beaches, Belize is the ideal vacation […]
(a “blow hole” on Na Pali Coast in Kauai, photos by Maggie and Danny Valentine) Nothing says honeymoon quite like Hawaii. For my honeymoon, I visited Maui and the Big Island and loved both. With its dramatic natural beauty, pristine beaches and friendly aloha spirit, the 50th state is the perfect place for a couple […]
Today I'm over at Velvetescape.com guest-blogging about Santorini. Keith Jenkins's travel blog is a terrific read — I especially love his Asia coverage — and I was pleased to contribute to his "World of Inspiration" series. I wrote about an Australian couple that I met one evening in the gorgeous town of Ia (pictured above). […]
Welcome to the fourth edition of the Anywhere, Everywhere Travel Blog Carnival. Every other Monday, I choose my favorite blog submissions and post them here. There isn’t any cotton candy or hot dogs at this carnival, but there are plenty of tasty posts for you to enjoy. Iain Manley presents Xinchang: Nanhui’s Old Town posted […]
Sometimes when you choose an attraction based solely on a short paragraph in your guidebook, you are disappointed when you arrive. Fortunately, that was not the case with the Temple of Demeter on Naxos. Pictured above, the temple was nothing short of spectacular. And it’s a good thing too since it took us a few […]
In Barcelona, everything seems to shut down on Sundays. I found this out the hard way when I was there in late August 2007, as my last full day fell on a Sunday and I was hoping to get in some more shopping and museum-going. But everything turned out just fine because it meant that […]
If you look like your passport photo, you’re too sick too travel. — Will Komen When my new passport came in the mail a few weeks ago, I was very excited. My old passport had been issued around 10 years ago, and since then the passport has been redesigned for the better with an embedded […]
