This is a collaborative post with Hilton Grand Vacations* Lately, I’ve been dreaming about fun travel again. Dare I even think about a vacation during a global pandemic? Is there a new normal to follow when trip planning? Where is…
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This is a collaborative post with Hilton Grand Vacations* Lately, I’ve been dreaming about fun travel again. Dare I even think about a vacation during a global pandemic? Is there a new normal to follow when trip planning? Where is…
It’s raining outside and the wind is blowing the trees around. However, walking down my stairs to prepare breakfast my mind is far from the gloomy skies of New Jersey. Instead I’m pretending to be in Italy as I gaze…
While travel plans are on hold due to Covid-19, I’ve found joy by globe-trotting the world with my travel mementos. The framed pictures, postcards, and posters that line my walls in my home allow me to savor memories of the…
As I sit here hunkered down for the duration of Covid-19, I’m reading Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. It’s a fitting book for these stressful times. This is my third reading of Anne’s “meditations on youth and…
I’ve been going through my notes from The New York Times 2020 Travel Show to share with you. A month has passed since I attended what is considered the largest travel show in North America. Much has changed in the world…
Ciao in Italian can mean “hello” or “goodbye.” For these purposes ciao means goodbye as I share my final day in Taormina, one of Sicily’s most quintessential resort towns. It was a grand farewell for what was a wonderful first-time visit…