A Travel Journal
Several months before our planned trip to France and Italy, I started checking the web sites of the US Embassies in Paris and Rome, thinking they would have the most up to date information for U.S. travelers. Those sites (as Read More …
March 24, 2020: The news over the past 2-3 weeks has been beyond distressing on many levels from every part of the world. But the situation in Italy has been heart breaking. As I write this, the death toll there Read More …
Multi-day Tours Europeds As I wrote in my Flying solo post, the best tour I ever took was my first ever bike trip in Provence through Europeds. I stumbled on this company in the ads of my National Geographic Traveler Magazine. Read More …
By now anyone who’s read my ‘Finding Italy’ post must be wondering why I’ve continued to try to drive in Europe. My ‘adventures’ remind me of National Lampoon’s European Vacation. In 2015 my sister asked if we could go to Read More …
Getting There, Parte Uno Driving and renting in Italy I started writing this post with the intent of helping others not make the same mistakes as I’ve made. By the time I’d finished writing about my first experience driving and Read More …
Two days ago, on Monday April 15, 2019, the world watched in horror as the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris went up in flames. Every newscaster referred to the cathedral as ‘iconic’ and it is. As of this date Read More …
I’ve been threatening to write this article ever since I started my blog but it seems especially relevant now (September 2017). As I mentioned in my most recent post, Flying Solo, I’m leaving for Italy September 21st and will Read More …
My love for travel I’m not sure what genetic mutation made me yearn to travel from the time I was in high school but I certainly didn’t pass it on to my daughter although it may have skipped a generation Read More …
There must be hundreds, possibly thousands, of travel blogs so why another one? Maybe I’m egotistical enough to think I have something to share but mostly I would like to become a forum, possibly, to hear from others with Read More …