Travel Tip Tuesday

  There has always been a big debate about whether it’s best to rent a vacation apartment or stay in a hotel when traveling. There are passionate and staunch supporters on both sides of the debate and I actually like…

A few weeks ago I was reading an article in the LA Times about a couple who were flying a budget airline from Ireland to Paris with only carry-on luggage and were socked with surprise bag fees.  A hefty $800…

By now you know that I’m a traveling foodie.  But that doesn’t always mean that I the most adventurous eater. In fact, there is a limit to what I will eat ( no brains, intestines, testicles or eyeballs for me!)…

Have you ever noticed that the busier you are, the more you seem to accomplish and the less you miss?  Similarly, I also notice that the more often I travel, the more I have a flawless routine and the less…

Whether you have been to Italy, have Italian-American neighbors, watched Italian films or read many memoirs about Italy – you’ve surely heard by now that many Italians speak with their hands.  In fact, they have their own brand of sign…

Starting January 1, 2011, the city of Rome will be enforcing a new tourist tax for visitors – both foreigners and Italians who aren’t residents of Rome. According to the new law passed on December 23rd, a fee from one…

The holiday season is in full force both here and Europe.  Recently I posted about Christmas Markets in Paris, but this Travel Tip Tuesday, I wanted to share a few more free holiday festivities to take advantage of if you…

I have traveled solo before.  And though I am not the type that scares easily, or reads too much into those creepy sounds and bumps in the night, I can understand how some would-be-solo-travelers might be a bit freaked out…

I know that some may feel you’re no one without an iPhone these days. And I’m sure the folks involved with Android certainly don’t agree.  Up to this point I have been drooling over the thought of purchasing my first…