Travel, Wine & Shoes

Oh Morocco, I have longed to wander throughout your country! Casablanca Casablanca, the White City, a port city on the Atlantic Ocean.  Who can forget Rick and Ilsa (Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman) and these lines: We’ll Always Have Paris Here’s Looking At You, Kid Of All The Gin Joints […]

The Kingdom of Jordan is a country at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe.  I have often looked at pictures and longed to visit.  The pictures are beautiful and Queen Rania is an inspiration. What do I want to do in Jordan?  First of all, I want to hike!  […]

I’ve been planning a return to Turkey for many years ~ there is so much I want to see and do. Pera Palace Hotel Built in 1892, the Pera Palace Hotel is in Istanbul and I must stay in the Agatha Christie room.  She wrote “Murder on the Orient Express” […]

Rapa Nui.  Easter Island.  The highlight of my Bucket List.  An island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and a part of Chile. Easter Island.  Home of the Moai.  Giant statues with their heads aboveground and bodies below.  A mystery. Rapa Nui may be a tiny island stranded in […]

Did you know you can purchase an “Around the World” plane ticket?  There are a number of options available with the different airline alliances and they all offer something a little different. Online planning tools are available and it’s too easy to go down a rabbit hole planning your RTW […]

I have always wanted to sail across the Atlantic Ocean on an ocean liner.  RMS Queen Mary 2 is the only passenger ship operating as an ocean liner and I have a berth! The Transatlantic Crossing, by Cunard Queen Mary 2 is Cunard’s flagship and I am booked on the […]

I looked further at the DIVE.IS site and decided to go ahead and take the beginner diving course.  What better place to learn to dive than Iceland?  It is the clearest water in the world and visibility is at 100m. I’ve been added to the waitlist because a minimum of […]