Looking for one of the most beautiful road trips in the world? Consider driving the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. While this is one of the best known road trips in Canada, I hadn’t heard of it until recently — and I was stunned at just how special it was. This summer I’ve
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Solo female travel to India is much more popular than you might think. In some ways, India is actually a very good destination for solo female travel, despite all the warnings and dire media reports. I’ve spent many years traveling solo in India, and I now live there – in Rishikesh, which is an ideal
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Of all the best countries for a woman to travel solo, Croatia is one of my absolute favorites. After traveling to more than 80 countries, Croatia is forever in my list of top five favorites, often battling for the #1 slot with Italy. I love traveling in Croatia. It’s one of the world’s most beautiful
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Summer is my favorite season, and New York is one of my favorite cities, but I can’t stand New York in the summer. Take how I was welcomed back to the city. There were no 1 trains running between 137th and 96th, and I was running a bit late, so I had to pay $15
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Today is my thirty-fifth birthday. Every year, I look back and reflect at the changes in my life over the past year. How I’ve grown and learned from the past year’s lessons. The biggest change this year? How I’ve handled a big question that has dominated my life for the past few years, often relentlessly.
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If you’ve been reading this site for a few years or so, you may have noticed that I’ve frequently mentioned South Tyrol and the Dolomites as a travel goal. For years I’ve been yearning to explore this beautiful part of northeast Italy, but it hasn’t been part of my Italy travels until recently. For our
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I just got back from one of the best trips of my life — and I don’t say that lightly. I just spent 10 days traveling through remote parts of Atlantic Canada on an expedition ship with OneOcean expeditions — specifically their East Coast Fins and Fiddles trip. I found out about this trip earlier
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One of my favorite places in Italy to travel is Puglia — the heel of the boot! I first visited Puglia in 2014 and I consider it one of the most unique and memorable regions in the country. This year, Puglia tourism launched an ad in New York City for the first time ever. I
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I recently took a three-week trip to northern Italy that blew my socks off. I had an opportunity to attend a conference in Trento in the Trentino region, and I used it as inspiration to plan a trip concentrating solely on the far north of Italy. Concentrating on this part of the country gave me the
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La dolce vita. This was my sweet Italian month. Three weeks in one of my favorite countries in the world (though seriously, it has to be my favorite favorite by now, don’t you think?), followed by a week and change in New York. And while I will remember all the travel from this month, I
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