Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
The hardest part of international travel on a budget is getting there. Finding cheap flights can be daunting, especially if you have a job or other obligations to work around and can’t be as flexible on dates. I was faced with this very predicament this summer when invited to London at the most expensive…
I have been attending the Food and Wine Festival for years now, but have never done any of their special events. This year I changed that and attended the Mexican Tequila Lunch at La Hacienda de San Angel. This is an informative and tasty lunch that takes place at noon every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday…
It’s November Contest time! I’ve yet to hear back about all the great travel I probably won during October, but in the meantime, here are some excellent free travel opportunities going on through November! International- Bookmark and enter every day Win a trip for 2 to Venice from Travel Channel– 21+ ends 11/30 Win a…
What better way to finish off a Halloween night than by revisiting some of my more bizarre travels? The following are 10 of the eeriest places I’ve visited. 1- Carnton Plantation, Franklin, TN The subject of my last post, a civil war era plantation that was used as a hospital during the battle of Franklin…
In honor of Halloween I’m going to revisit one of my favorite spooky locations, The Carnton Plantation in my hometown of Franklin, TN. Now, I’m a sucker for a ghost story and I grew up in Franklin, TN, a small town that’s still milking the Civil War because that’s the last interesting thing that happened…
So I only recently found out travel hacking was a thing by reading several blogs on the subject. So far everyone is a lot better at it than I am, like this guy that traveled the world for $418, or this guy that flew to Brazil for $5. If you do a quick search on…
So, I had every intention of making my next post (this one) about my fabulous new Barclaycard Arrival Master Card that’s going to get me so many miles that I can fly anywhere in the world, whenever I want, but it turns out this card is somewhat inappropriately named since it may never actually arrive…
Now that I’ve eaten and drank my way through every stop at the Food and Wine Festival, I’ve compiled a list of my favorites. Mind you, I’ve enjoyed something from each booth, but have not tried everything. So, if one of your favorites is missing from the list below let me know! DRINKS! Best Red…
Well, it took 7 trips to the Food and Wine Festival this year, but I finally did it. I finally got all 30 of my stamps! Today was a short day with a mission. First stop Canada, Canada is one of the most popular stops. Luckily, I was able to stop by here on a…
That’s right, round 6. I’ve never actually kept track of how many visits it took me to get around the world before. Yikes! Granted, I’ve been going at a relatively leisurely pace, but this is nearly impossible for the average vacationer. I really thought I was going to be able to knock out all the…
