A Travel Blog
Nick and I, over the years of traveling around the world, have come to admire the ease of trains as transportation. We don’t have a great train system on the West Coast of the US and so when we travel, we love using trains to get around, particularly because the… Read more
I’ve always been a big advocate for traveling with carry-on only luggage, but this most recent trip to Europe we went even lighter and left an entire side of our carry-on’s totally empty on the way over knowing we’d want to bring souvenirs home with us. This meant that both… Read more
This year with the launch of my new business, I’ll admit, my income greatly dropped from previous years and along with putting a lot of money into our 1925 Dutch Colonial house renovation, our travel budget went down a lot from what we we became accustomed to spending in the… Read more
I’ve canceled a few small trips here and there over the years, but I’ve never canceled an entire 10 day International trip until a few weeks ago. Long story short, due to a family member finding out they have to have a large surgery related to an illness, where the… Read more
As a seasoned traveler, I’ve stayed in my fair share of hotels in different cities around the world. And I’ve learned (sometimes the hard way) that every major city has a different way it’s laid out which brings travelers the option of staying within the main tourist areas of the… Read more
Food is often a large part of why we travel. Tasting local flavors and having dinners at famous restaurants is all part of the allure for food for me when exploring. Certain places have certain foods or restaurants that you just have to try while there. The problem? Many times… Read more
A lot of people look at travel as a luxury, where you’re sipping cocktails on beautiful beaches or on a vacation where you get to escape all of your daily problems. And while sometimes, travel can be that way, it’s also important to realize that things go wrong while traveling… Read more
A month or so ago, I woke up one morning to an email from Norwegian Airlines, telling me my flight schedule had been changed. The fight in question – a direct flight from London to Seattle in late November after our trip through Scotland and London. When this particular route… Read more
If I’ve learned anything over the past several years of constant travel, it’s that I have a very deep emotional connection to places I visit. And if you know me or have traveled with (ok, that’s pretty much just Nick), you’ll know that when I like a place, I really… Read more
Nick and I love to be able to take trains when we travel over having to fly everywhere and unless flying really does make more sense, we’ll almost always opt for traveling by train. In Japan, the train systems are top notch so they are well worth taking instead of… Read more
For a long time, I’d always looked forward to seeing Japan during cherry blossom season and with the hype this season gets in Japan, I knew it would be amazing. So when our original idea for a Spring trip didn’t end up working out due to scheduling, we moved some… Read more
People often ask us if we get tired of traveling, tired of the rigor of going through the airport and enduring security and dealing with issues from check in to the gate agents of airlines. And the answer is, truthfully, we have the act of traveling down to a science… Read more
On Nick and I’s honeymoon 7 years ago, we arrived in Paris after a week in London and headed out to explore. On the way back, after walking probably 10+ miles that day, we got incredibly lost. We were staying at a hotel in the Opera District of the city… Read more
I’ve taken the Eurostar between Paris and London a few times now and every time I do, I’m reminded how this is truly the easiest way to cross the channel between the two famous cities. The Eurostar train is easy, quick, efficient and a whole lot easier than going to… Read more
In the reader survey a month or so ago, one of the things that people really wanted here on Land of Marvels was more information about how I go about picking flights and hotels and such for our trips in the lead up to the actual travels. I already did… Read more
