Itinerary Ideas to Inspire Your Next Adventure
Family Christmas traditions create memories that seem to last the longest for most of us. We care about them because they define our culture and give us a sense of belonging. Christmas is a magical time of year filled with traditions like no other holiday! Although many traditions are common to the entire Christian world, each and …
10 Family Christmas Traditions That Make Our Holiday SpecialRead More
As 2017 is drawing to a close, it’s time to step back and reflect on these past 12 months. How has my year really been? What did I accomplish? What did I learn? Am I where I want to be? My Travel Year in Review My year started with the exciting news that one of …
The holidays come and go each year giving me that eerie sensation of déjà vu. As the days get shorter and the nights get colder, I find myself anticipating all the best things about Christmas. It’s that time of year when the wold seems entirely magical. Every other radio station is playing carols … Streets and …
The Best and Worst Things About Christmas – My Perspective on the SeasonRead More
Growing up in communist Romania had its own advantages. I could tell you all kinds of dreadful stories about those times and they would all be true, but not everything was bad. Yes, there were five of us living in a one bedroom apartment (sometimes even more when relatives came to visit); the lines to the grocery store …
6 Things You Can Surely Relate to If You Were Raised Under CommunismRead More
The world is filled with so many spectacular places that one lifetime would not be enough to visit all of them. Most of us will never be able to visit each and every beautiful place on this planet, but it’s worth trying. If we can brag about seeing the most famous sites in the world, we should consider ourselves more fortunate …
Best in Travel: 10 Most Amazing Destinations in the WorldRead More
Europe is home to some of the most beautiful cities in the world. But since beauty is so subjective, what makes a city attractive? Is it architecture, landmarks, cultural life? If you traveled long enough you probably discovered that the world is full of boring, colorless and uninspiring cities. And yet there are so many captivating ones that will steal your heart and lure you …
So here we are again, ready to celebrate a new year. I can’t believe 2017 is just around the corner. How did time fly so fast? As 2016 draws to a close, it’s time to pause and reflect on it. But before I plunge into that I want to thank everyone of you –my readers– for your support in 2016. Travel Notes …
Ah, the Land of the Free! I’ve been dreaming about coming here for so long, yet I never expected that I will have a culture shock in America. I remember my first day in America like it was yesterday. The big arrival area at the LAX airport with people from all corners of the world …
Perplexed by America: the Culture Shock of a European ImmigrantRead More
The month of January has always been a bit sad for me and that’s because I fiercely love the Holidays. I love the twinkling lights that garnish the buildings all over the city, the aroma of freshly baked apple pie, the jingle bells’ sound in front of the department stores, the Christmas carols that are being played in …
