There are so many reasons to visit Barcelona, Spain, from its gorgeous architecture and location as a port city on the Mediterranean to its museums and pretty Spanish plazas. When you start planning your trip to Barcelona, one of the first questions you’ll probably ask is: What’s the best way to get around the city? [...]

Ever wondered what it would be like to go solo on a long-distance train trip? Wonder no more. Today’s guest blogger, Brooke Schoenman, outlines what train travel can be like for both the solitary–and the sociable–solo traveler.   Out of necessity, I started traveling solo, as many of us do. After several jaunts and jumps [...]

You see them in almost every major city that is a tourist destination: The brightly-colored double-decker buses packed with tourists snapping photos of every building, every landmark, every dog they see whizzing on a fire hydrant. Maybe you’ve been on one. Maybe you’ve made fun of everyone on one. Maybe, just maybe, you’ve done both [...]

One of the richest assets the city of Paris has as a tourist destination is its location on the river Seine.  Aside from the practicalities of being able to transport goods on the river, it makes Paris all kinds of photogenic.  There are bridges criss-crossing the river linking the city’s neighborhoods on either side, and  [...]

For those of you who don’t read my other blog, I’ve been in Las Vegas for the past week for the Christmas holiday.  I had a blast.  At this very moment, I was supposed to be home in Burlington, but my flight home last night was canceled, and now I’m stuck in Vegas for a [...]

One of the beautiful things about Paris for the visitor is that you don’t need to rent a car to get around easily.  Paris is a very walkable city, and its metro system is extensive and useful for getting from one part of the city to another.  During my time in Paris, I used the [...]

When I thought I might be traveling to more than one European country this fall, I found myself struggling to figure out whether to get from place to place by inexpensive regional air carrier, train, or bus. There were so many factors to consider–price, comfort, and speed, among others.  Sadly, for me, the decision was [...]

Recently I wrote about 7 Things About Travel That Stress Me Out.  Little did I know how prescient that post would be for my trip to Montreal that weekend, where I experienced numbers 4, 5 and 6 from my list of 7 stressers.  I also realized I missed one:  When the unexpected derails your best-laid [...]