Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
During my recent trip to Europe, I finally got to visit Germany. Of course due to some inconveniences with the trains largely caused by my lack of organizational skills I was only able to spend 4 and a half hours there. In spite of the frustrating set backs, I took the train from Utrecht to…
It’s no secret the Europe is expensive and the dollar is not our friend abroad. There are lots of great museums and cultural attractions to be seen in Brussels, and you could honestly spend weeks there and not see it all, but my favorite things do see in Brussels are absolutely free (or pretty close…
“Where should I go when I’m in America?” This is a question I’m asked almost every time I go abroad, usually from people that don’t quite grasp the scope of our country. There really is no one place you could go to get a good feeling for the overall culture of the United States. In…
Never has the term “museum” been used so loosely. This is either a really terrible museum or a really great bar depending on your attitude. I’m a beer drinker, and everyone knows the Belgians know their way around a brew. So, naturally when I read the description of the Belgian Brewers Museum in my…
Call it the Halloween spirit, but my takeaways from Key West seem to be mostly ghost stories. Next door to Robert the Doll, about whom I wrote my last post, I discovered the strange tale of Count Von Cosel. Now, this is a ghost story that’s right up my alley and I’m not sure how…
I recently met one of Key West’s most famous residents, Robert the Doll. With my penchant for ghost stories, I don’t know how I’ve missed him on previous visits to Key West. Now seems like a good time to feature him however, due to the proximity of Halloween, my continual avoidance of voo doo curses,…
Savannah, GA is one of the most beautiful cities in the country. Savannah brings to mind trees dripping with Spanish moss lining cobblestone streets, stately historic homes, and some amazing cuisine; a throw back to a simpler more genteel time. Of course, Savannah does offer all of this, but they also know how to throw…
This isn’t going to be some long thought out post, but I was so excited by my latest discovery of Tui Fly that I needed to share. If you’ve read my post in the past, you know how much I love a low cost European carrier. I’ve flown them to the U.K. and Scandinavia, and…
During my time in Cancun, I was fortunate enough to have one of the most memorable dining experiences of my life twice in one day. Benazuza Restaurante is a molecular gastronomy restaurant located in the Oasis Sens resort in Cancun’s hotel zone. This day of gastronomic pleasures started at breakfast. Benazuza is open for both…
As of today I have officially been blogging for a year! I know that still makes me a newcomer in the blogging world, but we’ve all heard the statistic that most bloggers quit blogging after about 3 month, so I think that gives me the all clear to pat myself on the back a little. …
