More What to Wear posts for more destinations here! After our trip through New England at the end of May, the weather was less than predictable and ranged from the low 50’s to the high 70’s in just the 4 days we were there. Here’s everything that I wore and… Read more
A Hotel Review of Le Meridien Nice
Le Meridien Nice – Nice, France See more Reviews! This hotel was truly a joy to stay in. The views from our room were incredible as was the design and style of the hotel. Location couldn’t be beat and the service was top notch. This was actually one stay that… Read more
Beautiful and Resilient Boston
I absolutely fell in love with Boston. I had a feeling I would before we went as I’ve heard many people before say that Boston is a lot like Portland in a lot of ways: the greenery, the brick buildings, the general feel. And I can say, I totally agree…… Read more
New England: Cape Cod & Rhode Island
The second full day of our New England trip, we drove South from Boston through Cape Cod and Rhode Island. Truthfully, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from those areas, and especially Newport, RI, I had low expectations. Wow, was I blown away! Newport turned out to be our… Read more
New England: Salem, MA & Maine
I’m just going to jump right into posts about our trip to Boston and New England over the holiday weekend a few days ago. Basically, we stayed in Boston, but drove up and down the New England coast as well as spending some time exploring the beautiful city of Boston…. Read more
Travel Tips: Europe by Train
I’m headed to Hawaii today for a few days for some work projects and meetings, but while I’m flying across the Pacific, I thought I’d return to my Travel Tips series with a post on traveling around Europe by train. One thing I feel like the US, especially the… Read more
What to Wear in Europe in the Spring
More What to Wear posts for more destinations here! Traveling in the Spring to mainland Europe can be any sort of weather so you’ll want to pack for a variety of temperatures and layer your outfits. Some years in March we’ve had 70 degree blue sky days while other years… Read more
Paris (March 2013): Day 4
To start the week and end my day by day posts from our trip, I leave you with our last day in beautiful Paris. Our final day in Paris is always a sad one for me and every time I’m in the city it gets harder and harder to leave!… Read more
Paris (March 2013): Day 3
We returned to Paris at the end of our trip for a day and a half. The evening we returned from Nice to Paris, we took Nick’s family to one of our favorite restaurants in Paris, St. Regis on the Ile St. Louis. It’s a picturesque little French bistro with… Read more
An Evening in Monte Carlo
While we were in Nice, I really wanted to check out Monaco which is only about a 15 minute train ride East. I didn’t really know what to expect with Monte Carlo and in the end, I’m really glad we went, even if it was just for the evening. We… Read more
Nice: Day 2
On to our second day in Nice, we’d originally planned to take a train for the day to Menton, a little town famed for its lemon trees about 15 minutes East of Nice but we really needed a day just to relax and enjoy Nice, so we decided we’d hit… Read more
Nice: Day 1
So moving on to Nice… I immediately fell in love with this city. The red buildings of Old Nice, the Place Messena, the Mediterranean, the greenery, the rocky beach… seriously one of my favorite places I’ve ever been. I immediately said to Nick the first day there, “I could seriously… Read more
A Few Hours in Verona
One of the things I really wanted to do this time in Italy was take a train to a smaller city for a day trip from Milan. One of my favorite movies happens to be Letters to Juliet, which is based in Verona and when we decided on Milan, I… Read more
Exploring Milan in a Day
When we were planning this trip way back when, Nick and I really wanted to experience Italy again after our mishap in Rome a couple years ago. After our trip to Rome, we weren’t very eager to return to Italy for a number of reasons, but when I tell people… Read more
The Kingdom
After my last few posts on my childhood growing up in Saudi Arabia, many readers wanted to know a little bit more about the country that I called home as a child and my time spent in Saudi Arabia. I thought it might be beneficial before I delve too far… Read more