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The 4 Keys to Seeing All the Sights on Your Next European Vacation
Though speed-running the major sights in any city you visit is not the recommended way to enjoy your travels, sometimes we only have a set amount of time and want to make the most of it. On a recent trip to Europe, that was exactly the situation for not one, not two, but three cities […]
My 5 Favorite Stops for Road Tripping the Southern United States
I鈥檝e taken the trip between my current home in San Antonio, Texas, to my home town near Atlanta, Georgia, at least five or six times. It鈥檚 safe to say that by now I have seen a good bit of that journey through the southern U.S. over the course of the last few years, and yet […]
My 6 Favorite Museums From Around the Globe
As a history student and a world traveler, one of my absolute favorite things to do in any place that I visit is go to a museum. And though this list may seem like a strange set of museums from disparate places around the world, well, that is exactly what it is. I have by […]
Unlock the Secrets of Sweden: What You Need To Know Before Your Visit 鈥 Part 2
Peculiar Yet Unknown Swedish Food Traditions Food is a big part of Swedish celebrations. No, I will not write about Herring or Fermented Baltic Herring known as Surstr枚mming. Instead, I would like to share the food traditions I like and cherish. Such as Kanelbullens dag, V氓ffeldagen, and Semmeldagen. A cozy Friday is Fredagsmys. Ending a busy week with a cozy […]
When It Comes to Language 鈥 鈥淪peaking Perfectly鈥 Is Your Enemy
I鈥檓 from the United States and, many years ago, lived in Mexico on a college exchange program. I went there on a spur-of-the-moment decision and stayed for almost four months. When I arrived, I could barely say the word 鈥榯aco,鈥 but after a few weeks of intensive 3-hour-a-day classes, I began to pick up the […]
Unlock the Secrets of Sweden: What You Need To Know Before Your Visit – Part 1
Geography Sweden looks like a long banana. From south to north, the country stretches 1572 kilometers. A distance of 499 kilometers separates east from west. It has a coastline of 2400 kilometers, surrounded by the Baltic Sea in the east. Finland, Norway, and Denmark are our neighbours. Did you know that Sweden is the fourth largest […]
How to Spend 9 Hours in the World鈥檚 Best Airport
In 2022, Skytrax named Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar as the world鈥檚 number one airport. After touching down in Qatar, I read the plaque emphasizing their award, and it came as quite a surprise to me. That is until I walked further into the airport and found out why. Blinding lights, the constant movement […]
Hvar and Split – Fun in Croatia
As noted in a previous article, my wife and I spent ten days exploring the mid-coastal section of Croatia. We started with Split and Hvar. Split is the second largest city in Croatia. That said, Split has only 160,000 people in it, So, it is more of a small to mid-sized city. For a tourist, […]
A Swedish autumn’s delight
The weather is grey, cloudy, and windy. The autumn season has arrived in Sweden. In Stockholm, the temperature is around 3 degrees Celsius in the morning. The first snowfall has already fallen in some parts of northern Sweden. There are still flowers blooming in the southern region. The weather in autumn can be confusing. You […]
Love means hiking into the jungle with your partner
Many moons ago, Tom posted about little things he’d learned from traveling. His random observations prompted me to write a post about things I’ve learned traveling with him. That was in 2011. Since then, we’ve been asked frequently how we do it: how we stand so much togetherness and how we manage making travel decisions […]
鈥淧ack The Essentials鈥 (and Eleven Other Important Travel Tips)
Last year, a friend of mine flew to Germany to enjoy the Octoberfest celebrations. Thomas had been looking forward to a fun week of exploration, beer tasting, and adventure with some friends. When his flight landed, he dragged himself, exhausted, to pick up his luggage, only to learn it had been 鈥渕isplaced.鈥 鈥淲e鈥檒l send it […]
Plitvice – It was like Magic
I am not a National Park 鈥榞roupie鈥, but the Plitvice Lakes National Park blew me away. (Yes, I think Yosemite is spectacular and Yellowstone is a must visit for nearly everyone, but in general exploring Tokyo, or Paris, or the coastal villages of Uruguay, are just more me.) In June, my wife and I went […]
