Track Your Travel Belle Trips
“So why did you pick Morocco?” my friend Leo asked when I announced I was moving to Casablanca at the end of 2008. I pointed … Read more
6 Tips for Near Zen Travel in Stressful Situations
Because we love to travel, but sometimes travel doesn’t quite love us back… … and because air travel and zen travel don’t really go together … Read more
Lessons from the Girl Scout Law for Today's Travelers
While I wasn’t the most motivated scout – I’m pretty sure my grandpa bought most of those cookies – some things did stick with me and are often applied to my life as an expat and traveler. And no, before you get ahead of yourself it’s not the well-known motto Be Prepared (although you have to admit, that is a pretty good motto,) it’s the Girl Scout Law
Incommunicado in Costa Rica
Letting go of the cellphone and the best laid plan As soon as I learned I’d be celebrating a milestone anniversary in Costa Rica, I … Read more
Visiting Rome’s Testaccio Market and Marcello Mastroianni’s Cousin
Grocery shopping in Rome, Italy at the covered Testaccio market means taking home a little piece of the Eternal City every time. And there are two … Read more
Packing Less can be Fashionably More when Preparing Your Suitcase
You there – you know who you are. You think you know everything there is to know about how to pack a suitcase? When you travel, … Read more
How to Get the Most out of your Independent Game Drive
Safari Session III A safari is like a meditation. That might sound like a strange simile, but I swear it’s an apt one. To get … Read more
How to Liven up a Bad Night Tour of Istanbul
When travel, friends and a dancing pole are involved, a night on the town in Istanbul only seems to be a travel nightmare On my … Read more
The Anti-Bus Tour of San Francisco with Vantigo
Tour San Francisco in a 1971 VW Bus named Harvey Going on a city tour first thing in a new place is a great idea, but … Read more