Would you like to take a really quick trip to Japan? One of my favorite interviews on this blog is with a friend who toured Japan for just one week — a very ambitious trip where he managed to see Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, Himeji Castle and Kyoto Imperial Palace. But now I’ve come across this […]

The bad news coming out of Japan has been overwhelming: a tsunami, multiple earthquakes, a nuclear crisis and a sky-rocketing death toll. Todd Wassel, the prolific blogger behind Todd’s Wanderings, was actually visiting his wife’s family in Tokyo when the earthquake struck on March 11. When you want to help, it’s easy to feel helpless […]

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 […]

(Golden Palace in Kyoto, photos by Will Harris) I once wrote a guest blog post for VelvetEscape.com about how Americans tend to see the world in 7-10 day spurts because of the limited vacation time we get from work — usually just 10-15 work days off for the entire year. (Of course, I'm talking about […]