travel blog
A couple of years ago I took a day trip to Bosnia & Herzegovina from Dubrovnik to check out the local culture, people, and food. After taking in the Mostar Bridge, a local mosque, and the Turkish House, I headed to the Old Bazaar to do a bit of shopping and some eating. I was
I’ve been hesitant about sharing this piece of writing because it’s so personal. It’s also been sitting in my drafts folder since April 30, 2012, which shows you exactly how hesitant I’ve been. In my personal journals, I often write little memories or vignettes about a time or place–something really special or meaningful. Anyway, after
As I mentioned in a prior post, I tried to go whale watching in South Africa a few years ago when I was there for the World Cup. We were staying in Durban and woke up long before the sun came out to make the two-and-a-half hour journey north to St. Lucia. It rained almost the
A couple of years ago, I joined my boyfriend at the time on his family vacation to England and South Africa. His parents are big horse race enthusiasts and so it seemed only fitting that we attend the Royal Ascot while in England. We were seated in the Sandringham Restaurant (right by the Royal Enclosure where
In April I took a short visit to Portland, Maine. I’d never been to Maine, but had heard all kinds of wonderful things about it. I have family there and was looking forward to visiting them (for the first time in almost six years) and to seeing what the quaint little town was like.
I’m kind of obsessed with seafood, and if you’ve been reading for a while, you probably already know that. I’m also totally obsessed with Iceland, and it’s a country with no shortage of seafood. Today’s Foodie Friday is seafood soup, which I ate at a charming little restaurant in Ólafsvík, Iceland.
Until recently, it didn’t really occur to me that some people put whale watching on their bucket lists. It was something that was always sort of in my peripheral, but it wasn’t ever something that I was just dying to do. A couple years ago, I’d made plans to go whale watching in South Africa.
If you’ll recall, I landed in Boston the day that it was on a complete lockdown while the hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued. I wasn’t sure I’d get to leave the airport when I arrived, but thankfully was able to at least get to my hotel where I spent my first day consumed by the