In 2011 I spent Christmas in Italy during a break from teaching English in France. After two weeks of train rides between Milan, Venice, Florence, and Rome, I was…
During our California trip, we left Yosemite a day early due to flood warnings. While we felt disappointed at first, the upside was having more time at our next…
Big Sur is a region of California coastline stretching ~90 miles from San Simeon in the south to Carmel in the north. Two-lane Highway 1 is sandwiched between the…
The Blue Ridge Parkway is one of the most iconic scenic drives in the US. Running for 469 miles through Virginia and North Carolina, the route connects Shenandoah National…
While Tasmania – aka “Tassie” – is Australia’s smallest state, that doesn’t equate to a smaller amount of things to do by any means! I spent ten days there and…
Australia’s Great Ocean Road is a coastal stretch starting ~1.5 hours east of Melbourne in Torquay and continuing 250 miles west toward the border of South Australia. For the second…
BERGEN Published as part of a four-part trip series covering Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Bergen. Our time in Norway was more challenging to plan because it had a different…
The bridges. The beaches. The pie. Driving down Highway 1 from Florida’s mainland through the Florida Keys has become one of America’s great road trips. While there are now…
