Let’s just say a visit to an Italian emergency room wasn’t on my travel itinerary…
Lost in Translation: My Unexpected Trip to an Italian Emergency Room
Category: Travel Tips
How to Avoid Tourist Trap Restaurants
Sharing some of my best tips for avoiding tourist trap restaurants
Traveling Light: My Favorite Travel Shoes for 2017
Rounding up my five go-to shoes for travel in 2017.
It’s Nice to be Nice… (or “How we survived over 24 hours with the most miserable people ever”)
“If you don’t know it already, your flight has been canceled,” she said over the intercom, almost mockingly. Michael and I had been at the Milan airport for nearly nine hours when we heard this announcement. We’d shopped all there was to shop, eaten all we could manage to eat, and surfed the internet as …
What it’s Really Like to Apply and Interview for Global Entry
Michael and I held off on applying for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry Program for years, in part because of cost ($100? We can buy a plane ticket for that!) and also because none of the nearby enrollment centers had hours that would fit in with our work schedules. Note: The cost …
Quick and Easy Travel Phrases for Any Trip
Michael and I booked our recent trip to Italy only a month and a half in advance which didn’t give us much time to plan, let alone learn a new language! Planning took priority of course; we wanted to make sure we had places to stay and a means of getting there. But while covering …
Why I Use Airbnb: A Photo Essay
(I could probably end the post right here)