eat well, drink well and travel happy
if you want to be happy, be. — leo tolstoy — birthdays. i love them. mine, yours, his, hers, that guy down the street, my dog’s. i may not love the idea of getting older, but i absolutely love the idea of bringing people together to celebrate, have some drinks, good food, and lots of […]
and above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. — roald dahl — fresh off my trip to kazakhstan, i was back at it, planning my next adventure. this time […]
there are no words to express the extraordinary strength and character of this breed of people we call american. they are the kind of men and women tom paine had in mind when he wrote, during the darkest days of the american revolution, we have it in our power to begin the world over again. […]
destiny is not a matter of chance, it’s a matter of choice — jeremy kitson — traveling in winter has it’s difficulties. my flight was cancelled from boston to bucharest due to snow in boston. i rescheduled it twice and crossed my fingers because one day lost was fine, but two would throw off the […]
if you know you want it, have it. — gita beeline — hungry for hungary? me too. it’s been on my list for a long time so when i finally landed in budapest i couldn’t have asked for a better start to my monday. in three words, budapest. is. awesome. go there. book a ticket […]
serendipity: finding something good without looking for it. i started planning my february trip back in january, which is my usual ants in the pants practice. i am so enthralled with seeing and doing new things that it takes me only minutes to already be planning my next adventure. something i am often asked is […]
home is where our story begins part of writing something and then having people subsequently read what you’ve written is trying to be relatable on some level. maybe it’s not relatable reading stories about my travels across europe and beyond, but the one thing everyone has in common is that we all come from somewhere. and […]
oh the places you’ll go. — dr. seuss — i never really travel to warm weather destinations, especially islands. the last time i went to a resort with an actual sand beach in a foreign country was mexico several years ago, but i love spending time with my family and they are very much warm […]
most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy. — robert anthony — i have a friend who i’ve known for 17 years. we met through a mutual friend when i was in college and he was living in germany. we have spent many drunken nights singing, laughing and behaving like total […]
we don’t have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. — susan taylor — time for a break from europe because I AM OFF TO JAPAN!!!!! when someone invites you to japan, you go, no questions asked. i was sinking my teeth into a thanksgiving turkey leg in denmark when […]
conquering continents 