Love Your Enthusiasm Podcast
If I’ve never mentioned before how much I love blogging, let me say now that I absolutely love blogging. I meet the most incredible people, like my friend Britt Skrabanek […]
Category Archives: Travel Bug
Miscellaneous thoughts on travelling and travel planning.
Self-Isolation Has Taken A Flavorful Turn
How many of you has this happened to? As you spend more time inside feeding yourselves from food in your cupboard, how many of you have discovered specialty food products […]
Travel Restrictions & Social Distancing
In this uncertain world of coronavirus outbreaks and travel restrictions, what is a travel blogger to do? As I write this, I should have been in Brussels right now for […]
An Act of Kindness
A few days ago I took an online travel writing workshop offered by Pink Pangea. I’ve been looking at their website a lot lately; they offer some writing retreats that […]
Author Spotlight: Britt Skrabanek
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” Have you ever heard the expression that books let you escape to faraway places? I’ve […]
Book Review: Adventure – Sailing Around the World in Other People’s Boats
Going to a travel influencer’s (we used to be bloggers) conference is like traveling to a designated spot in the world where you can meet your tribe; your people. Finally […]
Book Review: Amsterdam Exposed
I’ve been to Amsterdam and like most tourists, I curiously wandered to the Red Light District. And then quickly wandered back out. I was like so many tourists David Wienir […]
Book Review: Footsteps
The New York Times: Footsteps As a travel blogger, I completely understand how a place can shape a person’s writing. It’s why I write about travel; because places move and […]
Book Review: Without Explanation
I rarely write about the dangers and downsides of travel. Probably because I rarely have negative experiences, myself. That doesn’t mean they don’t happen. In Rod Jasmer’s terrifying memoir, Without Explanation: […]
Book Review: Return to Glow
In the spirit of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, Chandi Wyant gives us her account of the life-changing pilgrimage she made through Italy after surviving a divorce and traumatic illness. With her […]
Browsing The Atlas 