Find travel guides, planning tips, advice, and resources for where you want to go for all the destinations I’ve visited! Everything is sorted by country and/or state for easy searching. Great for dreaming, planning, and making your trip a reality!
You guys, I pride myself in knowing a few words in the local language of everywhere I go. I made locals smile in Cairo with my Arabic greetings and I picked up basic German quickly. Swedish, however, is a different story — and I was totally lost with figuring out Skellefteå pronunciation even though I spent 3 […]
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I’m not a native Virginian, but that’s precisely why I know the best things to do in Virginia. I made a huge effort to travel and explore the state when I moved here in 2010 and since then I’ve continued to seek fun things to do in Virginia. If you’re also on a quest to explore
I’m not 100% Polish by blood, but you’d never know it based on my family traditions. Until I was 10, I thought every family sang sto lat on birthdays. My sister makes the best homemade pierogi in the world and we import special dried mushrooms every year for Christmas wigilia. My dad even knows what page my photo
If you read any travel guides, you’ll find suggestions on which beaches to visit in Istria. Most likely, these are beaches within walking distance of town (or maybe just outside it). Even the “best” beaches near Rovinj weren’t that great as they were very narrow, crowded, and sometimes had garbage bobbing in the water. However,
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“Vodka is good medicine,” Kamila assured me. She was standing in front of the Old Synagogue with a plate of bread and a tea cup of salt in her hands before my Krakow vodka tour. The bread is a symbol of hospitality; the salt, prosperity. In Poland, welcoming with bread and salt is an old tradition,
The Istrian peninsula of Croatia is dotted with seaside towns, each with their own personality. While planning my own trip, it was impossible to know which town was the best fit for me. Now that we’ve had a chance to check the area out, here’s my take on where to stay in Istria. The Best
Where to Stay in Istria: The Best Towns in Istria Croatia Read More »
Let’s clear one thing up: if you ask me my favorite place, I will shoot you a dirty look. It’s an impossible question for someone who loves to travel. Do you want to know my favorite beach or my favorite big city? My favorite American small town or my favorite country to eat? But if there
For the six years I’ve lived here, I’ve been scared of Virginia wine. How could it possibly be good in a hot, muggy climate? It’s not just stereotypes: several of my friends specifically said local wineries weren’t notable, so I never felt the need to give them a chance. On the Eastern Shore of Virginia,
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If I had the money for a beach house, the first place I’d look is Cape Charles VA. That’s something I never thought I’d say about a town that’s only ten blocks long. You can bike from the harbor on the far edge of town to the beach in under 10 minutes. How could that
From our hotel in Lake Bled, Slovenia, we could view the mountains of the Julian Alps and knew we had to head into the national park. This protected area covers 880 square kilometers, so there are plenty of things to do in Triglav National Park, but it’s nearly impossible to narrow it down if you’re
