Just a day or two before my impromptu trip to London last weekend, I did a quick search of my email inbox to see if any of my favorite travel newsletters had unique “must do” recommendations for the city. I’m definitely not much of a theater person and it’s probably best that I stay far away… Read more
A weekend trip to London from the West Coast of the U.S. is not for the faint of heart. The 20-ish hours you’ll spend on the plane will hardly seem worth the only slightly more hours you’ll spend on the ground in this city. But if you’re truly have a heart for the city like I… Read more
While I love curling up with my laptop or iPad to get absorbed in a 20 minute TED Talk segment, its not something I do regularly enough. I love learning and even if it is on a topic that I have no general interest in (molecular biology, for instance) I can always come away from… Read more
Dream Big! Go hard or go home! That’s what I was yelling in my head as I came up with my travel wish list for 2013. I may be stretching a bit, but why the hell not?? Here’s my list of places I really hope to make it to this year (organized by brand new countries… Read more
“So, are you more of a city person or a country person”, I asked my friend Pam, the other day when I was visiting her in London. We were just casually talking about life and living and where, if money were no object, we’d like to buy a home. We both agreed that we are city… Read more
In my last post I wrote about the excitement of seeing my first live event at the London Olympics. That event was held at the ExCel center, a large venue that houses multiple Olympic events under one roof. But the ExCel building is not in the Olympic Park itself. The main Olympic Park can only be accessed… Read more
For me, travel is often about the little moments. Finding an intimate out of the way art gallery instead of queuing in line at the “famous” large museum. Getting a history lesson from a local shop owner over a hot cup of tea. Sharing a belly laugh with a stranger over a mispronounced word in a… Read more
I touched down in London yesterday just in time for the big day…the 2012 Olympic Games kicks off here this evening. While I did not score tickets to the opening ceremonies (that probably would have cost more than what I payed for my entire Round the World airline ticket) I am super excited just to be… Read more
With our national curmudgeon, Andy Rooney, passing away last week, this post is a little tribute to him. Mostly because I’m about to briefly sound like a crotchety old man as I point out one of my travel pet peeves (apologies in advanced). While not as serious as the European debt crisis or uprisings in the… Read more