The Coromandel peninsula on New Zealand's North Island stands out to me as one of the most beautiful places I've ever visited, with its...

Northern France is a charming place, full of good food, good wine, and good fun (and great people!). While there may be more dramatic scenery across other parts of Europe, I find the gentle rolling hills of Champagne, the long sandy stretches of beaches along the coasts of Normandy or Brittany, and the intricately designed châteaux of the Loire Valley to be absolutely stunning in their own unique ways. My biggest takeaway from this itinerary below is that we need to spend mor

Growing up at the Jersey Shore, New York City meant one thing and one thing only: the mean streets of Manhattan. Even when I lived in New...

One of my favorite methods of traveling is seeing a place as independently as possible, to chart my own way and get slightly off the...

Some cities are not meant to be seen by cruise ship. Sure, some could argue that Helsinki has just enough to do that a cruise ship visit...

There are certain places on earth where the art of the stroll is not only celebrated, but a quintessential facet of life. And in Paris,...

One of my goals when visiting Belgium in 2014 was to see some of the quaint little villages that speckled the countryside. Namur, located...

Ahh, Sintra, we hardly knew ye. And what a shame, too, for what we saw convinced me that we will, at some point in the future, be back....

Many major cities around the world have arisen organically - perhaps they surround a natural harbor, or maybe they sprung up along the...

Some places feel like they belong in a fairy tale. Giethoorn, located in the eastern part of the Netherlands, is one such location, where...