Walking Around the Queenstown Gardens in New Zealand: Even Pretty on a Rainy Day Not only does Queenstown, New Zealand already have a gorgeous harbor, 5-star restaurants, an extremely walkable waterfront and downtown area, and majestic mountains framing the massive lake the town bends around, but it also is home to one of New [...]
Photo Tour Friday
A Photo Tour of the Buildings of Downtown Nantucket
Exploring the Boston Public Garden The Boston Public Garden is a park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts that has walking paths around a large lake. The park has been around since 1837, making it a longstanding part of the beauty of Boston. The park is ideal for a stroll in the fresh air, and if you’re [...]
Pretty Picton, New Zealand: A seaside harbor town on the South Island Picton, New Zealand is located on the South Island on a northern point of the island. The harbor of Picton is a popular route for connecting the South and North islands of New Zealand – many tourists visit the South Island by [...]
The Nemo Blizzard: The Day after a Blizzard Pictures in Cambridge, Massachusetts Not sure if it was a lucky or unlucky break in my vacation plans, but I was in the Northeast for the “Nemo” blizzard and what some weather channels were predicting to be the snowstorm of the century. Though it messed up my [...]
Chasing Waterfalls on the Roaring Billy Falls Walk in New Zealand It’s hard to go very far in New Zealand without running into some type of walking trail. One of these that is located right off a main roadway is Roaring Billy Falls Walk in New Zealand’s South Island. It’s a good spot to get [...]
Moms Pies: My Favorite Pie Shop in Julian One of my favorite fall weekend things to do in SoCal is to drive from San Diego an hour east into the start of the mountains and visit the little town of Julian. This small town is know for its exquisite apple pie and apple cider and [...]
View from walking around Chicago streets on and near the Magnificent Mile I recently spent the weekend in Chicago and stayed near the Magnificent Mile and was struck by just how much of a walking city Chicago is. Despite the “windy city” name holding true, the streets of Chicago offer a fun and vibrant downtown area [...]
I was lucky to go to Harvard…while visiting my younger sister, Coley, who really was lucky enough - or I suppose I should say smart enough – to go to Harvard. She spent a year traversing around the Harvard campus getting her master’s degree in Education – which she is using to improve education in third world [...]
The Kukulkan Pyramid: Chichen Itza’s Greatest Landmark Chichen Itza is what’s left of a Mayan civilization. The remains are located about an hour from Tulum, Mexico, and are well-preserved. The most notable characteristic of visiting here is seeing the Chichen Itza Pyramid: the Kukulkan Pyramid, also referred to in Mexico as “El Castillo”. This pyramid [...]
I'm a travel marketer and travel writer. My husband, Tom, is getting his MBA and never stops studying. We have two cats. We have a mortgage. We have a passion for traveling. We have limited vacation time and funds.
Our friends and family wonder how we travel so much.
Here's how I balance it all and maximize travel time and getting the most out of a destination when time is short.
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