Travel Tip Tuesday

As we found out last week, Rome’s temperatures can be unpredictable.  Down right scorching.  I swear I could see the heat waves rising right out of the cobblestones!   But that heat usually doesn’t come until July and August, which…

Newsflash: Travel Can Be Stressful! Duh. Planning, packing, arranging transportation, keeping on a schedule, flying, not-flying when you are supposed to be flying, making sure you didn’t leave anything behind- it is enough to drive the sanest person crazy. And…

We have all been there.  Forget something or better yet, forget to do something before we leave the house on vacation. Hopefully, it’s just your shower gel, which you can just buy at the nearest drug store when you get…

Everyone is up in arms about the swine flu- and I am no exception.  It made me think about the fact that all too often, we take being healthy while traveling for granted. Being sick or injured on a trip…

  I am always excited when I get a new travel product catalog – I can’t wait to peruse the pages and find out what’s new on the market.  Or similarly, when I open an email for an on line…

  By definition, I am a tourist, though I much prefer to blend in when I travel.  In my opinion, if I assimilate myself into daily life at my destination, it allows me a richer, more authentic travel experience. There…

I am about to be the proud owner of a new BlackBerry.  Soon to be my CrackBerry, I am sure. It’ll be coming in the mail, hopefully today. Ever since I ordered it, I have been browsing the applications on-line, like…

  If you’re like me, you’ll try anything to get through an overseas plane ride, and all the stress that goes along with it. I need all the help I can get.  I am not the greatest flyer.  I’m not even…

  Staying in Rome can be very expensive!  Most first time visitors want to stay right in the middle of the action, which of course is the tourist area and therefore commands higher prices. On our first trip to Rome,…