EXPLORING THE WORLD
There is something strangely satisfying riding a train, in relative comfort, across a foreign country. And so Stephanie and I
Day Two on our 48 hr Innsbruck Cards (Day One can be found here): We arrived at Hofkirche in time
Ordinarily we do not purchase city cards marketed to tourists, for the simple reason that we have no interest in
Innsbruck (meaning bridge over the inn, referring to the Inn River) is situated in the Inn Valley between the Tux
After walking past Augustiner Bräu for several days in a row, we finally ventured over to the largest beer hall
We spent our first hour in Salzburg wondering how in the hell we booked an Airbnb with no living area.
Hallstatt is an absolutely beautiful small town (population: less than 1,000). It is postcard pretty, which is probably what lures
Der Prunksaal der Ӧsterreichischen Nationalbibliothek, the State Hall of the Austrian National Library, is fascinating. Constructed in the early 1700s,
The two big ticket tourist destinations in Vienna are the imperial palaces of the Habsburgs, the Hofburg and Schloss Schönbrunn.
No visit to Vienna is complete without a trip to Wiener Staatsoper, the Vienna Opera House. We toured the building,
Albertina was the first art museum we visited in Vienna. It is located in a wing of the Hofburg imperial
We are getting better at using local transportation. For only the second time we took a train from the airport
We left Inverness early in the morning to drive over to the Isle of Skye for two days. It was
Cawdor Castle sits several miles east of Inverness, and is the next stop on our Highlands tour. We arrived early
Scotland has a very efficient train and bus system that will get you to pretty much any city you want
ScotRail’s half price sale made a day trip to St. Andrews super affordable, though our choice of trains was somewhat
The Edinburgh Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse bookend the Royal Mile in Old Town. No visit to Edinburgh, a designated
Our plane from New York landed in Edinburgh about 8:00 AM. Passport control was a quick trip through automated scanners.
In my trip planning notes Amaru Zoológico Cuenca was designated as both a zoo and a hike. And so it
The weather in Cuenca is slightly more predictable than in Quito. It is rainy season, so there are clouds overhead
Dear Ecuador (specifically, Quito and Cuenca): You know you want to be a tourist destination when you have those cutesy
No matter how much time you spend preparing to take successful photographs, it is almost impossible to get everything right
In part one of my series about photography in the Galapagos Islands I went over the gear I used and
What camera and lens did you use? This is a common question since my photos from the Galapagos Islands were