I’m celebrating my 8th Expat Anniversary this month! I have a few different articles ideas but I wanted to start with a few of my favorite pictures from the last 8 years I’ve lived in Ireland and traveled. I can’t promise they’ll all be amazing quality, I’ve had some pretty meh cameras through the years, […]
What To Do When Your Wheelchair Breaks While Traveling
It can be an incredibly stressful time when your wheelchair breaks while you’re far from home. I know, this happened to me earlier this year while my husband and I were in Malta. For me it was a broken wheel, you’ll be able to see pictures of it further on in the post. I was […]
Cologne Chocolate Museum
On our most recent trip to Cologne we made a point of visiting the Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum, or in English the Chocolate Museum. It had been on our list of things to do while we were in Cologne for several years, because who doesn’t love chocolate? But since we go to Cologne more to work than to […]
World Tourism Day 2016: Tourism for All – Promoting Universal Accessibility
Today is World Tourism Day as declared by the United Nations and this year’s theme is Tourism for All, looking at accessibility concerns.
Is Cologne Wheelchair Friendly?
This is my first attempt at an article that looks at how wheelchair friendly or not a city is. I’m looking almost exclusively at the tourist areas of Cologne for this and will be going into detail about any areas that really stand out to me in either a positive or negative way. If there’s […]
Charging £5 to Skip UK Passport Control Queue
When you’ve reached the end of your flight and all you really want to do is grab your bags and get some fresh air you’re stuck inside, waiting in one last line. The lines in passport control areas have been a problem for as long as I’ve been flying. Sometimes there’s just too many flights […]
Star Trek Travel Destinations
Star Trek has been one of my favorite things for as long as I can remember. Without fail I’ve seen every movie since 1991’s Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country in the theater, I’ve watched the tv shows religiously…well you get the picture. I’m a nerd. This year, today in fact, the Star Trek franchise […]
My Travel Personality
I got bored this morning so I decided to find out what my travel personality is according to besttripchoices.com and it was surprisingly accurate. Also, it turns out I’m much more of the common type of traveler than I expected. I always thought I was a little bit odd, but we’ll go into more detail […]
My First International Flight
It’s always fun to look back at early travels and laugh at the silly things that took place along the way. My first international flight was uneventful, but I was crossing North America and the Atlantic Ocean solo as an 18-year-old who had barely ever left California. I made an Australian couple laugh in London, […]
National Camera Day 2016: My Favorite Photos
It came to my attention late in the day that today is National Camera Day. I’m never one to miss out on an opportunity to share some wonderful travel photos so I quickly started going through my vast collection. Through my years of traveling, I’ve not always had the best equipment, but I’ve always tried […]
