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Archive for ‘Europe’

Journey to Auschwitz
I am clutching the seatback handles on a bus speeding through winding roads in eastern Europe. The bus is more […]

36 Hours in Firenze (Florence)
Thanks to historical flooding in Germany, getting to Florence was a last minute decision and required an overnight train ride […]

Pompeii
Imagine going about your daily life in the busy city when a nearby volcano erupts forcing you to either attempt […]

Amsterdam’s not so Wild Side
Originally Published in Old City Life Magazine

Paris in Pictures

Interlaken, Switzerland in Pictures

A Summer in Europe
This summer I spent almost two months traveling around Europe with Jordan, my 10 year-old daughter. This was her first […]

Confessions of an Anxious Insomniac Trip Planner
In less than two weeks, I’ll be boarding a plane for Europe with my ten-year-old tiny travel bug, Jordan. I‘ve […]

What Italy Taught Me
What not to pack- Unless you want the whole country to know you are an American tourist, leave your shorts, […]

Safety Tips for Female Solo Travelers
As a woman traveler, we are slightly more vulnerable than our male counterparts, especially when we travel alone. The reward […]

For the Traveler
On a train from Dublin to Killarney, I connected with a wise kindred spirit of a woman named Ann Quinn […]

36 hours in Rome
Big cities make me lonely so after the first few hours in Rome, I quickly realize being here by myself […]

Sorrento, Italy
Sorrento is love at first sight. There is beauty everywhere, even the tiny train station with its flower-covered stone […]
The Naples Train Station Experience
I’m in an underground section of the Naples train station, on one of two narrow platforms squished in a mob […]

Galway, Ireland
When I arrive in Galway, it is dark and rainy. The moment I step off of the bus, I start […]

La Tagliata- A magical place above Positano, Italy
Along the Amalfi coast, high atop the bustling little town of Positano, there lies a magical place known as La […]

Barcelona Birthday of Solitude
Around the same time each year as the sweltering heat begins to subside, as the leaves start transforming into brilliant […]

Inishmore, One of Ireland’s Aran Islands
After a 45- minute ferry ride through rough rolling seas, I arrive on Inishmore, the largest and most inhabited of […]

Doolin, Ireland
Ducking out of the rain, I step into a little cottage bookstore tucked away against an Irish hillside. With a […]