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I recently returned from Cancun where I attended the TBEX Travel Blogger conference.  I found the event randomly on Twitter and I am grateful...

When I was a college student, I backpacked through Europe and stopped in Lisbon. Fast forward twenty years, and I joined my parents and...

Should I Buy Travel Insurance? Many travelers ask themselves.  Here's my story... A few years ago, I wrote about being “stuck in Puerto Rico”...

When I see tourists coming to my current city of Washington, DC in the summer, I cringe. It is hot, humid,...

After listening to the White House Travel Blogger Summit talk about study abroad I felt inspired to write this post and share my experience...

When my husband and I went to Vietnam earlier this year we had to choose between a nine hour layover or a nineteen hour...

I visited Shuri Castle for the first time in 2003 when I first lived in Okinawa.  It was my first time living abroad and...

This post is the start of a deliciously stylish collaboration with one of my faves, the beautiful Metanoya Webb of Globetrotting Stiletto. She's the...

One of the things I enjoy the most about blogging is the amazing people I get to meet. Some I meet in person and...

Last November, I had the opportunity to sail on Royal Caribbean newest ship, Quantum of the Seas. I must say that I am not...