Here I am sitting on the famous Japanese bullet train (Shinkansen). Just a few weeks ago, I was at home thinking about what exciting things waited for me in this country. Tuesday will conclude two weeks of travel in Japan. While some sights and customs turned out to be what I expected, there’s so much […]
Find History and Romance Here Update— I have extra printed postcards from this trip, let me know if you’d like one. When we booked the trip, I did what I always do: looked for sample itineraries. I visited Italy once before when I was studying abroad, so I knew that it would be difficult to […]
Art is the soul of Florence That’s what stayed with me after a spontaneous trip to Italy. Since we work for ourselves, my husband and I take advantage of lulls in our schedule to travel. For our week long trip, we covered a lot of ground — Florence, Rome and Venice. Our first stop was Florence […]
It’s freezing in the Northeast and a lot of people are cranky. My area could get another foot of snow this week. There’s no denying that this winter is brutal. One of my favorite posts was about “vacation moments” — or good times that make you feel better when you remember them. Now I have […]
Whenever it starts getting cold and the holiday season approaches, I start thinking about what has been going on in my life. The New Year is on my mind. One of the big changes in my life for 2013 was that I started working with my husband. This means a lot of time in the […]
Caïn by Henri Vidal thinking about the TSA. Fun fact about me: Going on vacation stresses me out. From the process of packing to getting to the airport and getting to the destination is usually a headache. And packing a suitcase, don’t get me started. I always lie awake the night before trying to think of […]
Chicago is a fun city to visit when the weather’s nice and you’re ready for an adventure. I attended a beautiful wedding in Bloomingdale, Ill. (late September 2013), and then took the train into downtown Chicago. Our first hotel, which was actually a resort, claimed to have “Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired” architecture. It wasn’t until we […]
I wander thro’ each charter’d street,Near where the charter’d Thames does flow,And mark in every face I meetMarks of weakness, marks of woe. I’m sitting in a dorm room and I just saw a boy chuck a coffee cup off his balcony, right into traffic. This traffic which moves on the opposite (left) side of […]
I have been sitting here all day and pretending that it’s still summer. From my window, the weather is beautiful and there is a nice breeze. Jack Johnson strumming and singing in the background really gets my brain going. I’m just daydreaming. This past summer was my first trip to Spain, or even Europe. (First […]