Ports & Adventures!
Circumnavigate Australia Cruises 2024 & 2025
Australia – the land down under – each year becomes an even more popular cruise destination. Australia is a lot…
Visiting Keukenhof Gardens 2023
When you think of the Netherlands – or think of Holland – idyllic images of tulips, windmills, and wooden clogs…
How to Get From Boston to Vermont 2023 (and vice versa)
Vermont is a winter (and summer and fall) oasis for many people looking to escape busy city life. Go skiing,…
Cruises To the Amazon River on Ocean Cruising Ships 2024 & 2025
A cruise on the Amazon River can be a cruise of a lifetime. An opportunity to sail through along the…
Visiting Scotland’s North Coast 500 2023
I am sitting in a charming Bed and Breakfast looking out at Loch Carron. We’ve found ourselves on the last…
North Hero House Inn & Restaurant Review
For an early Mother’s Day present my mom and I went to the North Hero House Inn & Restaurant for…
Laundry Detergent Sheets for Travel: EarthBreeze Review
I don’t enjoy packing. Much less – my packing often involves going to a cruise ship for months at a…
What’s the Most Important Travel Essential to Bring With You?
In my network of friends and past coworkers there are a lot of world-travelers. Many have been to over 100…
Have You Made a Post Pandemic Bucket List?
This past week I have had the pandemic blues. Lockdown, gloomy weather, and wanting to be home to help with…
Random Things To Do In Sydney, Australia
Oh Australia. I find myself in a lockdown thinking of places I’ve been and adventures to go on. What came…
How To Find Awesome Places to Visit in Scotland
There are so many incredible places to see in Scotland. Castles, lochs (their word for lakes), the Highlands, incredible natural…
A-Z Around the World by Cruise Ship
I recently completed an ABC’s of travel challenge, my A-Z Around the World. The goal is to think of somewhere…
2020 As a Tour Director
Today I am bringing you a different perspective on travel and those industries that have been impacted by the pandemic…
What’s It Like in Scotland Right Now?
Aside from, “how are you guys doing?” by far the most common question I get when I talk to my…
Coffee Plantation Tour in Antigua
A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to find myself on a 30 day Incan Empires cruise –…
Traveling With A Food Allergy
Traveling with a food allergy can be a challenge. As someone that has done it a lot I am here…
Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home
Recently a friend asked if we lived near Manchester, Vermont (we don’t) and if we would like to meet her…
Social Media Groups
There are all sorts of things wrong with social media, between how they use our data to how much time…
Ben & Jerry’s Around the World
I was chatting with a friend recently about the differences between foods in Vermont and Scotland and I mentioned that…
Me and My Alien Go to America
Stuart and I made it to America the other day. Doesn’t sound that complicated. We fly around the world and…
What is COVID Protocol Like in the UK?
That question is a bit like asking “what’s it like in the US?” the answer is entirely dependent on where…
Roadtrip to England
We have a friend that lives in Southampton, England. That friend had a week off of work and asked if…
A Taste of the South Pacific
One day you are wading out in the water as tropical fish swim by, the water the palest shade of…
Traveling During a Pandemic: Round 2
Let me put this out there: I appreciate that my need to travel during a pandemic is part of why…
The Questions Post: July 2020
I’ve been home on land for just over three weeks now. Life in VT is kind of like it normally…
Where Are We Going?: June 2020 Edition
Well, after months of writing this post and not knowing where I was going, I have set my feet on…
Throwback: A Long Weekend In England
A couple of years ago (2018) we decided to do a long weekend in England. We weren’t going to see…
Motivation: 3 Months In
Tomorrow is the lovely three-month anniversary of the last time that we were on land. If you’d rather count days,…
The Quintessential Alaskan Cruise Port: Juneau, Alaska
Cruising in Alaska is amazing. It is literally beautiful everywhere you go. It is one of my favorite places to…
What Is The Jones Act and Passenger Vessel Services Act?
If you’ve ever wanted to cruise to Hawaii you might wonder why so many cruises start in North America versus…
Where Are We Going?: May 2020 Edition
I’ve written a bit about how the ability to be flexible in this situation is what keeps you sane and…
That Time I Went To India
On the World Cruise in 2019 I had the opportunity to go to India. We stopped at two Indian ports,…
The Post That Isn’t Much of a Post
Somehow when I woke up this morning it was Thursday, and now as I’m posting it it’s Friday morning on…
Testing, Typhoons, and Tenders: Manila Update
Alright, alright. I promised an update this week, and an update it shall be. We are still at anchor off…
Al’Aqaba and Petra
To keep things on a bit of a lighter note, today’s post is going to be a Throwback Thursday to…
It’s Not All Fun and Games
There is a lot to be thankful for. I’m thankful that my family is healthy and that Stuart and I…
The Questions Post: April 2020, Covid-19 Edition
Welcome to the questions post! Thank you so much for people that have reached out to ask how we are…
Where Are We Going: April 2020 Edition
Over the last few years I have felt a bit like I didn’t have direction. So much of our identity…
Koala’s, Camels, and Dragons, Oh My!
One of my friends recently told me that sometimes in this new homeschooling world their family – kids included –…
Google Fi on a Cruise Ship: Why I Switched
A few years ago I was sitting on a train in China, I was trying to meet up with my…
An Adventure in Changing Plans: A COVID-19 Story
This is my story of living on board a cruise ship during the coronavirus epidemic. Our ship is healthy, does…
This Is Our Real Life
Onboard a little while ago someone asked me “what do you do in real life?” I responded with “This is…
Let’s Go For a Hike: A Lovely Day in Waitangi, New Zealand
Originally posted: March 19, 2020 Unfortunately, what is on everyone’s mind right now is the coronavirus. Ugh. That word. Pandemic,…
A Lesson in First World Problems
Today I learned a lesson in First World Problems. For those unfamiliar with the phrase, it’s a problem that might…
What Is a Cruise Ship Tender?
Today we had to tender ashore and it really went quite well. There are a lot of factors that go…
Aren’t You Going to Get Bored? An Average Day in a Not So Average Life
My thoughts on boredom: There are so many people, sometimes crew members, sometimes people on land – but never passengers…
Superlatives of My Travels
One of the most common questions that people ask me about my life is where my favorite place I’ve traveled…
The Perpetual Math of Travel
I was recently looking at going for a mini-spa day to get massages with my sister-in-law. She found a deal…
Two Days in Paris
A whole idea came about a while back for a couple of my girl friends to come stay in Scotland…
My Opinion on “Once In a Lifetime Experiences”
Today my friend and I were walking towards the Edinburgh Castle. For so many people they would consider that a…
Grand World Voyage 2019: Feb. 22-March 18
We have had… heat, and a lot of it. New Zealand was fairly comfortable in temperature for the most part…
Grand World Voyage 2019: Feb. 1-22
Alright – the last couple of weeks… So, I joined the Amsterdam with Stuart down in Lima, Peru, the port…
Tricks for Dealing with Time Changes
Today we “fell-back” and had our bi-annual time change. While for some they may only change their clocks twice a…
United Kingdom – England
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