Experiencing Costa Rica Highlights on the Fly

Costa Rica’s borders are opening to travelers from some U. S. States. As of September 1st, residents of Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Vermont, Virginia and Washington D. C. will be permitted to enter the country. Two weeks later, on Sept. 15, residents of Colorado, … Read more

Stockholm

Exploring Stockholm’s SOFO Neighborhood

With hip fashion boutiques and stylish vintage shops, organic cafés, candy stores and laid-back pottery studios, Stockholm’s SoFo is where innovative and eclectic meet and creative and kitsch collide. Located on Södermalm south of Gamla Stan, Stockholm’s Old Town, the seven-block square area is a short subway ride or walk … Read more

San Francisco Sampler

San Francisco Sampler

Hailed as a tourists’ mecca and damned for those killer hills, San Francisco’s reputation definitively precedes it.  Famed for its glory days as a beat generation outpost then later the epicenter of flower power and acid rock, today the glorious city by the bay has lost none of its “alternative” … Read more

All the World’s a Cruise

 In Grand Cayman you can snorkel with stingrays; Costa Maya, in Mexico, attracts thousands of cruise passengers for kayaking and windsurfing; and in Barcelona, wine tasting and Basilica tours take center stage. These are just the tip of the iceberg (glaciers, fjords and rainforests, too) as far as the assortment … Read more

Travel Resources

So, you’re planning a vacation. Maybe you’re still in the early stages of the process –  you haven’t picked a destination, and you’re not clear yet on the exact dates. Maybe you’re not even sure who’s going with you or how you’re getting there.  Maybe you’re weeping under a pile … Read more