Travel Lifestyle

I‘m pretty new to long-distance travel. And although I’ve done a couple of trips with family, to see charity work in Madagascar and India, it’s only over the past year that I’ve realised that trips from my native UK to the States look like being at least a twice-yearly occurrence. Given that my preferred means [...]

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Last year, as the global economic situation seemed to be plummeting further and further into the depths of despair, a new travel trend emerged: staycations (or a holistay, in the UK). The concept is simple: you go on vacation at home. The mainstream media took this concept and had a field day. Some said the [...]

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I am sure there are hundreds of articles floating around that tout the latest in greatest in techniques for looking like a local on your travels. I find this somewhat strange – the idea of a vacation is to feel relaxed (keeping in mind that for some, relaxed = adrenaline rush) and to enjoy yourself [...]

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I was sitting and having dinner the other night with a long time friend, someone who’s very close to me yet we’ve never lived in the same place at the same time.  We were sharing stories, from the mundane to the incredulous, and then the conversation turned towards family.  She’s newly engaged, so she walked [...]

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I was recently lucky enough to go travelling around India and South East Asia for three months. Of course I had an absolute blast and experienced some truly incredible things. But what I learnt most about travelling is that if you want to REALLY see the country you are visiting, you need to escape from [...]

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Some of us travel indefinitely, and some of us travel only a couple of weeks every year. No way is better than the other. A vacation is a vacation- no matter its length or destination. A vacation is a personal journey that is measured by your experiences, not by its length. That’s why they say [...]

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Sometimes we have to travel solo, without our partner or our children. Or maybe you aren’t going along but you are leaving someone special behind for awhile.  Whether you’re gone for a week or a month, sometimes that is hard.  Or maybe you’ve not travelled as much as you want because you are scared/worried/afraid of [...]

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During my recent visit to Rochester, New York, I made a stop at the Museum of Play. It’s one of those museums that is great for children and adults alike. If you find yourself in the area, I highly recommend you stop by, as the Museum of Play is helping to educate the world on [...]

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Few people know that during my teenage years, I spent four years studying Latin.  It was one of those opportunities that at the time, I din’t know why you need it, but it felt right, so I went with it.  While I’ll never use my Latin skills full-time, I do often find that background invaluable [...]

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