For 20 weeks, from May to October, 2016, two young Brits – Lilly and Sarah – traveled to all 48 mainland U.S. states, 39 cities and covered more than 13,650 miles…
Read MoreLast week I wrote about a bunch of reasons why some people should NOT travel. International travel, in particular, requires fortitude, patience, flexibility and open-mindedness. Plus, an innate curiosity…
Read MoreGeez – I was reviewing my blog posts from a few months ago and realize I never finished recapping the extraordinary events of our WOW! Travel Club journey to Ireland…
Read MoreLittles doesn’t like to travel. Or so says Ashley, who is prone to ever-so-slight exaggeration. According to her, Littles – her cat – defecates (shits) every time she takes him…
Read MoreI birthed a baby last night. Gestation was a little over 9 months. It was a long labor, but not a difficult delivery in the end. I’m proud and happy –…
Read MoreUlysses, published in 1922 and considered to be one of the most important books ever written, is 265,000 words in 18 episodes. This blog about Ireland, now on Part 4,…
Read MoreI recently concluded an almost-two week journey around Ireland with a merry band of congenial WOWees (as I call my WOW! Travel Club travelers). The experience was remarkable for lots…
Read MoreThe Ireland journey from which I returned a week ago turned out to be the Ireland journey I’ve always longed to do. Here’s one reason why . . . In last week’s…
Read MoreA small island with a huge legacy, ancestral homeland for millions of Americans and an atypical destination choice for a WOW! Travel Club adventure . . . Our destination was…
Read MoreLast week’s blog began with an embarrassing admission of what happened on Day 1. I wrote about how my debacle had, by Day 3, become a distant memory, when I…
Read MoreThe month of March – and my journey to Baja – started badly. March 1st – Day 1: I missed my flight. This should not happen to a travel professional….
Read MoreMarilyn is off traveling the world again … this time on a WOW! Travel Club journey to Baja with a small group of adventurous travelers. They’re visiting the artsy town of Todos Santos, swimming…
Read MoreIn 1968, Sister Gertrude Mary displayed a map on the front wall of my 8th grade classroom at St. Stephen’s in Saginaw, Michigan. It was a map of Asia, with…
Read MoreVietnamese coffee… balloons over Bagan… and slow internet… oh my! Please excuse the recycling of a previous blog post, but as you may recall, I am busily escorting some very…
Read MoreI confess. I am a bonefide snob. A travel snob. A corporate client recently chose a major European city for his incentive program. I’d given him Cuba … where I…
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