Back to my series on how to budget for your vacation, we’ve discussed several different forms of lodging. We started out with hostels, made our way to bed & breakfasts, talked about local vs. chain hotels, agriturismi, camping, and in my last post, we discussed apartments. In this post, I’d like to talk a bit [...]

I am not a health nut. I don’t like exercise and I don’t usually do it. I’ve been heavier than the average person all my life but I have never felt compromised by my weight…until my first trip to Europe. The first time I went to Italy, my friend JoAnn and I got off the [...]

Because I am currently planning a trip to Europe in November of this year, I have been doing quite a bit of research on different types of lodging and for the majority of my trip, I have opted to choose an apartment as my first choice for lodging. In my series on how to budget [...]

It goes without saying when we decide to travel, we do our best to be as prepared for the unexpected as possible. Most of us travel with some sort of gadget that allows us to do a multitude of things with minimal effort but we should keep in mind that we are only going to [...]