Paris. The City of Lights. The city of romance … the city where everyone spews French faster than the TGV can get to Versailles and where the locals, well … may or may not like your American-ass accent. Eight years ago I boarded my first intercontinental flight and headed thousands of miles from everyone I...Read More
The single best thing about owning a bed and breakfast, besides working side-by-side with a hunky descendant of the Roman gods, is the energetic, adventure-seeking people we meet as they come through Catanzaro. In recent weeks we’ve had a hodgepodge of nationalities representing various regions within Italy, the US, Australia and Canada. They take one...Read More
Many people, including yours truly, think a guide book can make or break a trip. Particularly when we are traveling to a new country or unknown destination, we look to our guide books for expert advice on where to stay, where to eat and most importantly where to shop. (wink wink) Guide books should...Read More
A quick glance down the travel book aisle at Barnes and Noble is enough to make a bright-eyed globe trotter toss in his passport and run for cover. The market is inundated with guide books promising would-be buyers the best accommodations, the most recently updated dining options, the highest user reviews or the most preciously...Read More
What was the last list you made? “To-Do at Work?” “To-Do after Work?” “Groceries?” “Errands?” “Chores?” We are a list-making society, with a whopping 76% of Americans and 77% of Italians admitting to making and following at least one list. We use them at work, at home and when we travel. But, what if I could...Read More
Running a bed and breakfast definitely has its perks – such as meeting interesting people, learning about new places and never having a shortage of topics for Travel Tip Tuesdays . Not that I use our guests or anything. But sometimes guests have specific travel-related issues that we help them sort through . And then...Read More
Budget Travel Magazine is the *best* travel magazine of all time. There, I said it! It’s also one of the only magazines I’ve ever subscribed to for more than one year, and although I’ve now moved far and away where the paper pages allude me, I’m only a mouse click away from all the fun. Meanwhile...Read More
The possible Travel Tip Tuesday themes to evolve from my latest stateside adventure are too many to list today … lost luggage, stolen contents, airline strikes, airline accountability … ahhh, but don’t worry. We’ll get to those. Today’s tip covers the most intrinsic rule of all seemingly common sense rules of travel. And yes. There...Read More
And now through September 1, 2008 TravelZoo is giving away TONS of FREE travel. That’s right! Thirteen weekly winners can select a free trip from the weekly Top 20 list and one grand prize winner will win the whole dang thing! Can you imagine relaxing on a Italian-stud driven gondola along the Venetian canals,...Read More
You know the saying, “The best things in life cost twenty-dollars!” Just checking to see if you were paying attention. You really know the saying is “The best things in life are FREE!” And that can be so true particularly when you are traveling. Let’s imagine for a minute you are in beautiful, fabulous Rome and you’re about...Read More
