Practical travel information for practical travelers
Orlando is a city of theme parks, tourists, and is frequently plastic and sterile. One year it was named the angriest city in America – I guess that fake smile starts to grate after awhile. When you’re ready to take a break from the theme parks and angry mobs, chances are you’ll be looking for [...]
It’s been a busy year of traveling, both in Europe and much closer to home. It’s always fun for me to look back on where I’ve been over the year, so I can plan where I want to go the following year. Here are the highlights from 2010: January Starting the New Year with a [...]
Since I’m on a crazy travel schedule and way behind in my travel blog reading, my usual round up weekly favorites will not appear today. Instead, I’ll share with you a couple of favorite photos from yesterday’s trip to Kennedy Space Center, along with a question to ponder. If we can go from this — [...]
I’m in Orlando, Florida, for a week, attending the US Travel Association’s annual International Pow-Wow, the premiere opportunity for the United States to sell travel to the world. Neither a trade show nor a conference, this remarkable event is a marketplace that matches up buyers and sellers of US travel. And buy and sell they [...]
Today is Admission Day for Florida, our 27th state, admitted to the Union on March 3rd, 1845. Florida is located in the southeastern part of the country, with the Atlantic Ocean flanking one side, and the Gulf of Mexico the other. Ponce de Leon named it, and many believe that it was in Florida that [...]
If you want to splurge for Halloween, you could try Orlando’s SeaWorld Spooktacular, where kids get to combine artificial trick-or-treating events with artificial sea life. It may seem plastic and artificial, but kids love it, and there’s no disputing it’s safe. Included with the price of park admission, Spooktacular includes trick-or-treating at 15 different stations [...]
A recent MSN article listed 15 tourist traps that the writer recommended avoiding, claiming they weren’t worth the time and/or money. I disagree with most of them, believing that they are things you need to do at least once in your life. Read my reasoning here, compare with MSN writer Jon Douglas here, and then [...]
New pal, and AOL City Guide, Andie Taylor, tipped me off to a study of the 100 angriest cities in the United States. It was a big surprise for me to learn that Orlando, Florida was found to be the angriest city. Is it too much Disney-mania? Too much fake touristy niceness? The study, commissioned [...]
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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