A friend of mine was telling me a story of what a friend of hers takes from hotel rooms under the guise of its ok as “I have paid for room!” And I wondered why hotels install those coat hangers that essentially are designed as a deterrent to people taking them home. I mean really, […]
It’s sometimes said that Tour Guides or Tour Managers are an important link between the past and present. Like an ancient storyteller they recount history, massage facts, and pass them through generations. And like an actor in a play, every telling, every anecdote is different each time. It’s a fascinating business. They need to be […]
I just recently attended a language convention in Chicago. It was the national convention for teachers who teach foreign languages. Teaching in itself is an amazing profession. You become an influencer you create curiosity, and you teach tolerance. We work in partnership with educators, across-the-board. Teachers of math, teachers of science, teachers of language, teachers […]
Every year, I go to the World Travel Market, WTM, in London. It’s a fabulous journey in more ways than one. I take the underground, and if the day is nice, I usually begin my WTM adventure by taking the cable car renamed the “London Cable Car”that soars across East London with views looking along […]
Someone once told me that TIPS is a an acronym meaning, “To Insure Prompt” service. It’s actually a backronym! In other words, the word existed, and we gave it a retro meaning that fits the word. Tips is an old English slang word used among criminals in the 1600’s meaning to give, to hand to […]
It’s been some years since I was in Malta and think I missed the whole island last time I was there. Shame on me! Holidays with the kids! So, we had planned a conference in Jordan but with the situation in the Middle East we had to pick an alternative. Malta was our choice! […]
A weekend in DC… It’s an iconic city. The monuments and the mall. The white house. The Capitol building. I think of great iconic cities. Paris, London, Rome, Athens, Barcelona. They all have their iconic sights. Sagrada Familia, The Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, the Acropolis and the Colosseum. And here I am standing by the […]
I hadn’t been to Atlanta since 2017. We had organized a teacher meeting to talk travel and get back with familiar faces we handy seen for such a long time. As always. Counting the people in the room who had traveled with us , there were so many stories. Teachers who were students of teachers […]
I was in Ukraine in 2018. Of all things I want to see a champions league final game. The city was beautiful. The monastery in the old town. The people were great. Who would have thought or known that time that Ukraine would become a country under siege. I remember we drove down to Odessa, […]
Travel is always on my mind. Jumping on an airplane. Carbon footprint. Heading into a place that is unstable. Why do we travel, however uncomfortable? Thing is. We do. Maybe because our tourist dollars are needed just as much as aid. It’s never an easy choice but travelers are also time travelers. We head back […]
Imagine going to see a play in London about two guys who meet in a park with their dogs. Famous actors, Ian McKellen and Roger Allam and they fall in love. I get to have my ice cream at intermission. A thing I love in London theatres. And at the end of the performance there were […]
What a thrill to get to see his country house in Sundborn. It’s about 2 and half hours out of Stockholm. Nice drive. Carl Larsson is Sweden’s most iconic painter. He symbolizes the arts and craft movement that was thriving at the end of the 19th century. He is most famous for his paintings of family […]
Remember those days of money where cash was King? Well, traveling throughout Europe is changing faster than you can put your credit card down. Scandinavian countries are not in the Euro currency yet. Norway is not even in the EU. The UK disastrously voted out of Europe and never went into the Euro currency. So […]
o Cruise or not to cruise…
It’s been a while… I am more of a sardine person. I admire the herring culture but have rarely succumbed to it. Starting with weather. Usually always less than optimal but with more warnings about sun damage and not withstanding lack of opportunities for solar development it might have possibilities. But, it’s basically crap. Quality […]