Puff, Puff, Give: Smoking Cigars in Vinales Valley, Cuba’s World-Renowned Tobacco Region The second installment of my Top 50 Travel Experiences of All Time series, and while selecting the ten for this volume proved to be much more challenging than my prior…
Kaieteur Falls, Guyana A recent booking to travel to my 50th country [see you in December, Denmark!] prompted me to reflect upon and write about my 50 all-time travel experiences. Some selections were no-brainers: of course unrivaled experiences like going on an…
You know you’re in excellent company when a place so incredible, so stunning, so elegant like the Taj Mahal is ranked third on our favorite man-made wonders of the world list. It’s true, both Machu Picchu and the Pyramids of Giza hold a…
Welcome to volume two of my four-part series of our favorite man-made wonders of the world. While Machu Picchu was our clear favorite, choosing our number two on this list was not quite as easy. The Great Pyramid of Giza or the Taj…
First things first: This post is not about Charlottesville. Now make no mistake: I love Charlottesville. It’s one of Virginia’s Wine Country’s prides and joys, and for very good reason. But while Charlottesville is absolutely charming and equally rich in culture, art,…
Breathtaking views sweep across Colombia’s Valle de Cocora It’s a wondrous, gorgeous world out there just waiting to be explored. So why are so many of us afraid of it? Why do so many people choose not to travel?…
At first glance, you might think that we’re in some kind of winter wonderland and wondering if T will stop at nothing (even subzero temperatures) to take his shirt off. While my husband certainly enjoys showing off his physique whenever an opportunity…
I’m not exactly what you would call a Bob Dylan fan. I can probably name three of his songs–and I’m only certain that he actually sings two of them. And while I highly doubt that Mr. Dylan and I share a…
Mention that you’re traveling to Colombia and there’s a good chance that some people will respond in a questioningly, if not disapprovingly, manner and immediately rattle off words like: kidnapping, drugs, Narcos, Miss Universe, just to name a few. But to those…
Like the rest of the world, I’ve got Britain on my mind. And while so much uncertainty continues to surround the whole Brexit decision, there are two things about London and its environs that I’m quite sure of: 1.) I enjoyed…