I dreamt of going to Switzerland since I was nine years old. Immersed in the glossy travel guides I collected, I could almost picture myself there. But it seemed a place too fantastic to ever be reached.
A Dream Comes True: From Geneva to Interlaken
San Francisco Travel Tribe October 27, 2010
BOO! Tales of a frightened traveler
Sláinte! My Favorite Irish Pub Memories
Visiting pubs while traveling through Ireland presents an opportunity to sample the best Irish whiskeys or have a Guinness, which some believe is dramatically better than what’s exported to the U.S. However, my favorite Irish pub memories of a past trip are about experiencing the warmth of the Irish people.
Coolness: From Bolivia to Iceland
I’m always learning about something new or seeing something that really grabs my attention on Twitter. It’s great to be linked to interesting posts about places, events and people that I had never heard of before. Here are a few tweets I recently noted that made me say aloud, “I…
A London Kind of Mood
What is a London kind of mood? I’m not sure how to describe it, but I was in one today. So I did what I always do when I’m in a mood for a particular place – I look at my photo collection. Then I link to a few random photos on Twitter in the hopes that someone else might share in my enthusiasm.
Hop On, Then Hop Off!
Should you take a hop on, hop off tour bus? When we venture into a new city, many of us hope to disguise our status as tourists. We don’t want to be seen as a “touron”, a term that I saw on Matt Long’s blog, Landlopers. According to the Urban…
Mapaholics Will Get This
Do you have a map addiction? I’m not a mapaholic — I can quit anytime. Really. I can file maps away and forget about them for a while. I even throw duplicate ones in the recycle bin. A real mapaholic can’t do that. They can’t throw away old, torn-up road…