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Tips for Easing the Pain of Air Travel
Airline travel can be taxing (no pun intended), from check-in to baggage claim. Even at the end of a flight after you’ve waited for the ...
Read More Basic Safety Advice for International Travel
Traveling abroad is becoming more and more common. Our globalized world lets us reach across borders and make important connections with people all over the ...
Read More Choosing Comfortable Travel Clothes
How to choose comfy clothes for traveling I used to love flying, but I'm in my 30s now and I get uncomfortable and just want ...
Read More What to Pack in a Carry On? – Comfortable Flying
I've been blessed with opportunities to travel and I've flown all over the world. Despite the experience I've accumulated, if I don't prepare properly for ...
Read More How to Take Care of Your Mental Health While Traveling
Travel can be enormously beneficial to mental health. Seeing the world can teach important skills for adapting to new circumstances and make you more open-minded. ...
Read More How to Stay Sober on Vacation
Summer is here and the warmth radiating into the office window conjures up dreams of poolside lounge chairs and remote sun-kissed beaches. While you mentally ...
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My first love is travel. I've lived on four continents and in five countries and counting. I started my writing career as a travel writer. Take advantage of my mishaps and successes with these articles that will guide you around places like London, Buenos Aires, and the Vermont countryside.
Argentine Resort – Posada Itaca
The sun soaks through the curtains, slowly flooding the room with soft morning light. You are gently roused from a truly restful sleep that was ...
Read More Best London One Day Tour Guide
Heathrow Airport reported that 30 percent of their passengers in 2013 were business travelers, and with an average of 191,200 passengers arriving and departing daily, ...
Read More Most Delicious Breakfasts Around the World
Delicious breakfasts from nine countries around the world. If you’ve traveled far from home, you might be able to relate to the unique exhaustion that ...
Read More Buenos Aires: Bus, Taxis, or Subway?
Tourists and newcomers often wonder, “Should I take taxis everywhere in Buenos Aires?” If I had a dollar for every time I heard that, well, ...
Read More Okemo Valley Vermont Vacation Guide
Here in Argentina the seasons are changing and Spring is just around the corner. This will be the second year in a row that I ...
Read More Gaucho Dancing and Flag Day in Argentina
Argentina has one of the world’s happiest flags. Two wide sky blue stripes flank a white stripe in the middle of the flag. An ornate ...
Read More journeys
Come along with me as I traverse the globe.
Best Birthday Ever – Argentina Knows How To Celebrate
I’ve had my fair share of crappy birthdays. In my second year of college, a friend and I had planned on a dual baking party ...
Read More 3 Moments In Ireland I Never Wanted To Forget
August 2006, Ireland, Age 19 We all have those moments when you are walking along and notice something relatively insignificant, like a blossoming lily, and ...
Read More The Taj Mahal, Fatephur Sikri, and Traveling Friends
May 2007 Making traveling friends in India Previously, I wrote about touters and haggling over rickshaw prices in Agra, India. It wasn't always such a hassle ...
Read More Himalayan Memories: Trying To Capture Every Moment
Summer 2007, Himalayas, India "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." [Dr. Seuss] I am passionate about ...
Read More Haggling & Cultural Barriers Part II – Navigating India
May 2007 Navigating India, Haggling & Cultural Barriers “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed ...
Read More Spur of the Moment in Adare, Ireland
Adare, Ireland Literally, written out plans. It was 2006, I was 19 years old and on my first overseas adventure. I'm a highly organized person ...
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