A favorite among tourists and Vermonters alike, here’s our North Hero House Inn & Restaurant Review The North Hero House Inn & Restaurant has become among my favorite stays in Vermont. Staying here for weekend getaways with my husband or to spoil my mom for Mother’s Day – the North Hero House Inn & Restaurant…
Laundry detergent sheets are among my favorite packing hacks for travel and Earth Breeze makes it easy. Check out my review of Earth Breeze laundry detergent sheets. I regularly pack my life into a suitcase for months at a time – and now I do that with a baby in tow. Anything that I can…
In my network of friends and past coworkers there are a lot of world-travelers. Many have been to over 100 countries and places like Antartica more times than they can count. So, when I posed the question, “What’s the most important travel essential to bring with you?” I got a myriad of answers. Some of…
Oh Australia. I find myself in a lockdown thinking of places I’ve been and adventures to go on. What came about was this, some random things to do around Sydney, Australia. When I had first drafted this post it was very early in the pandemic shut down and my opening line was, “Today we’re going…
There are so many incredible places to see in Scotland. Castles, lochs (their word for lakes), the Highlands, incredible natural beauty, so many sheep, historical monuments, battlefields, and more. While driving around it’s not uncommon to see a castle off on a hillside and the sheep are in fact too numerous to count. In this…
I recently completed an ABC’s of travel challenge, my A-Z Around the World. The goal is to think of somewhere you’ve been for each letter of the alphabet. I decided to specify that it had to be somewhere I had been by way of cruise ship. Each day I would write a tweet with a…
A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to find myself on a 30 day Incan Empires cruise – from San Diego down to Lima, Peru, and back up. One of our ports on the way back to San Diego was Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala. Guatemala is home to some incredible coffee and while there…
Traveling with a food allergy can be a challenge. As someone that has done it a lot I am here to tell you it doesn’t have to be what stops you from flying away – although right now COVID and/or COVID related travel restrictions might. There are times that it has been incredibly frustrating or…
If you’re visiting Manchester, Vermont – a stop at Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home is a must, for the history, the grounds, and the view. As a born and raised Vermonter, I’ve been lucky enough to see a lot of this beautiful state and experienced fall foliage almost every year of my life. When a…
I was chatting with a friend recently about the differences between foods in Vermont and Scotland and I mentioned that we can still get Ben & Jerry’s in Scotland. For anyone somehow not familiar with Ben & Jerry’s it is an ice cream company that was started in Vermont (where I’m from in the US)….