Practical travel information for practical travelers
A frequently used passport is often a beat up and ratty looking passport, and while that used look may be a badge of honor to you, it can also raise eyebrows and cause delays at customs and immigrations. Why not slip it into a passport cover that both protects it and serves as a wallet [...]
For most people, a trip to Rome is going to include a trip to Vatican City, and a stop to see the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s (Square and Basilica). It may seem like an easy stop on your travels, but it can be daunting. A little research and advance planning can help [...]
Summer is a time of vacation road trips, and when the nice folks at Reader’s Digest asked me to Off the Beaten Path last summer, it was a big hit with me. I’m reviving that review in preparation for the 2010 summer’s travels, because I think it makes a great planner for a road trip. [...]
I’m a coffee lover. I love to start my day with a cuppa joe, savoring the flavor as I check my email inbox, read the overnight news, check my RSS feeds, and plan out the rest of my day. When I’m traveling, however, I don’t always have that same luxury. I’m relegated to hotel room [...]
On my list of “travel experiences before I die,” a safari figures prominently. It’s always seemed like one of those once-in-a-lifetime vacations. Lately I’ve been committed to getting through a lot of experiences on my “bucket list” and the safari keeps moving up the list. That’s part of the reason why I was so excited [...]
The more you travel, the more you appreciate how much we have in common with the rest of the world. While superficially our differences might seem great, when you look beneath the surface, what most people want is to enjoy the love of family and friends, and to feel that their presence in this life [...]
Just because I get most of my travel information online doesn’t eliminate my interest in getting information the old fashioned way – in print. With so many newspaper travel sections (and newspapers entirely, for that matter) and magazines cutting back or closing, those print publications that I read and enjoy are becoming ever more precious [...]
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time is a great adventure travel book, sure to delight the hearty adventurer as well as the arm chair traveler. The title of the book comes from a Baltistan proverb: The first time you share tea with a [...]
While I normally wait till after Thanksgiving to start featuring travel gifts for the holidays, it’s clear that this year people are shopping earlier, hoping to budget their gift expenditures over a few more pay checks. And that seems like a very practical idea! So, today I’m starting with my first holiday travel gift guide [...]
In addition to traveling, Mary Jo likes lingering over a cup of coffee, wandering in a museum, sipping wine at a cafe, enjoying a relaxing massage, and sharing it all with friends and readers.
Her most recent travels were to Portugal and Italy.
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