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Prior to visiting this pretty as a picture city, l would have never considered using the word delightful to describe Copenhagen. I was convinced l would feel about the city the same way l feel about Amsterdam, a place that certainly did not warm the cockles of my...

I wrote this post about 6 weeks ago, shortly after l had attended my first conference. It has been taken me this long to decide to publish it because l know it will ruffle some feathers. You know what though? C'est la vie! I have been blogging for about a year and a...

Fathom Cruise to the Dominican Republic - Our trip was aboard the Adonia. It was a very enlightening and fun voyage. It was a chance to see another side of the country that most tourists never get to see. It was also a chance to meet new people and do some good, no...

Bologna, Italy. The name alone conjures up visions of rich food and gorgeous medieval architecture. The largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy had long been on my list of places to see, even more so because Federico talked so fondly of it. I got...

A week in Madrid is barely enough to scratch the surface of this wonderful city, never mind a day! It is however possible to get a sense of its magnificence in  24 hours or less. Madrid is one of our favorite places in Spain, and we have had the good fortune to visit...

I fully admit that this epic fail is partially, if not completely my fault. First, we were traveling in August. Can you say the height of summer? Foolish l know, but l was on a high. We were at the tail end of a 31 day trip that had seen us in Madrid, Rome, Stockholm,...