Independent Travel, Thoughtfully Planned
Peacocks! Waterfalls! A haunted mansion and so much more! If you have more than 3 days in L. A., don’t miss the beautiful Los Angeles County Arboretum. This mesmerizing botanical garden in Arcadia, is one of the best weekend getaways from Los Angeles.
How to Spend a Day at the Los Angeles County ArboretumRead More
This month I had the pleasure of interviewing Lyn Baker from A Hole In My Shoe. Lyn and Steve are travel bloggers from Perth, Western Australia. Their thirst for travel started at 50, when for their honeymoon, they took their first overseas trip together and travelled to South East Asia. Within the next 2 years they visited 16 countries and …
Red Rock Crossing trail is one of my favorite hiking places in Sedona, Arizona. It’s also the location where photographers go to get the iconic photos of the Cathedral Rock with the stream in front of it. The beautiful 1.8 mile trail is located in the Red Rock State Park, just outside the town of Sedona, …
Red Rock Crossing – Hiking Sedona’s Most Iconic TrailRead More
This week I am starting a new series of interviews with Rosemary Kneipp, the writer and photographer at Aussie in France. Rosemary was the one who encouraged and inspired me to write. After reading the first few posts from Aussie in France, I felt a great desire to start my own blog. Rosemary is an Australian-born …
Interview with Rosemary Kneipp, from “Aussie in France”Read More
Forty years after leaving Romania, I can still spot it across a room: the face a foreigner makes the moment they realize they’ve broken a rule no one warned them about. And I always know exactly which rule it was. It happens because when visiting Romania you may easily feel at home and forget that you are …
What You Should Know About Romanians Before You Visit RomaniaRead More
Standing on an island in the middle of the Indre River, about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Tours, lies one of the finest châteaux of the Loire Valley: the Château Azay-le-Rideau.
Château d’Azay-le-Rideau – a Hidden Gem in the Loire ValleyRead More
Chateau de la Napoule is not your typical French castle. In fact, the old medieval fortress in Mandelieu, France, shares neither the sophistication nor the glory of its famous sisters in the Loire Valley. A Brief History of Château de la Napoule Chateau de la Napoule was erected as a military fort in the 14th …
Château de la Napoule – the Destiny of an Enchanted CastleRead More
If you are wondering whether Romania is worth visiting, you probably heard a thing or two about my country of birth. Sadly, for most westerners, Romania is this former Eastern Bloc country of Nadia Comaneci – the famous Romanian gymnast who scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic history at the 1976 Montreal Games. But there is …
Located in the in southwestern Transylvania, the Citadel of Alba Iulia is one of Romania’s most recognizable places, a landmark whose history goes back 2000 years. Also known as Alba Carolina, the Citadel was one of most representative fortresses in Romania and also in Eastern Europe.
Alba Iulia Citadel – the Most Beautiful Vauban Fortress RomaniaRead More
