Europe

Recently, a colleague asked me to suggest an exotic but safe destination. His underlying meaning of “safe” was a place in Europe (for health and government stability reasons). He also wanted more »

I’m a big proponent of traveling in the off-season, so what better time to visit Scotland than late February? My husband recently traveled to England and Scotland for more »

I hail from a Midwestern family whose surname has far too many consonants and vowels for most people to even have the slightest idea how to pronounce. As more »

People always find it bizarre that despite all the less-traveled, off-the-beaten-path places I have been, I have yet to travel to France.  It’s not that I haven’t wanted more »

After a few days in Athens, we took a ferry to Santorini, a small island in the Southern Aegean Sea.

Depending on your budget, more »

$60 roundtrip ticket to Europe — YES, Please!

It’s no secret among my friends that I’ve recently stumbled into the wonderful world of “travel hacking”. I found this book called more »

Just a hop, jump and a skip from Prague, I would recommend that you add a stop in Budapest during your next Central European trip.

The “iconic” picture of Budapest more »

From Athens we took a flight on Aegean Airlines to Corfu, a Northwestern island in the Ionian Sea.  Once I arrived, I almost felt as though I more »

Ever since I was a young girl and saw the musical “Mama Mia” Greece had been my number one must-see travel destination.

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What would you do if you had an afternoon in London; if you’re me, the answer is find a pub… or ten.  I was visiting a friend (on my almost more »