Pennsylvania Girl Abroad

I had a very naive perception of the Middle East for the first 30+ years of my life, a picture that included arid land, deserts, camels and oil. Lots of it. It was never on my bucket list of travel spots as it seemed almost too foreign, way too removed from the world I grew […]

Continuous waves of new microbreweries and unique beer bar establishments are shaking up the world’s craft beer industry, and London definitely has a hand in shaking it up! Born and raised in the U.S., I observed the changes in the American beer market from the time my interest in craft beer began over 12 years […]

As adults, it’s often easy to forget the remarkable childhood capability we all once had to get excited by the little pleasures in life. Work, everyday responsibilities and our own “to-do” lists often replace some of the carefree-no-worries-in-the-world fun. While vacationing in the United Arab Emirates last week, I found a way to recapture all […]

While inside the Vatican complex in Rome, all I could see in front of me was an endless sea of humanity. Vatican security staff used ropes to block certain entrances and force the crowds to take the long route, away from the most direct entrance to the Sistine Chapel via a maze of small collection rooms within […]

Living in London….incredible, gratifying, aggravating, memorable, frustrating, exciting. All of these descriptions could accurately match my feelings at certain points in time over the last two years. In less than two months, I’ll be moving back to the New York City area, the place I used to call home for eight years prior to my […]

Our travel itinerary often feels incomplete without a special line item for Craft Beer, but Hong Kong was not a place we ever expected to find it.  Jim had to work at his firm’s Hong Kong office for 18 days, while I was using the opportunity to explore the city and concentrate on my travel […]

I thought I could go without turkey.  I had stuffed myself with it every year for 30+ years before so what was one Thanksgiving without it? After all, I was lucky. Jim and I were flying to Vienna, Austria for the long weekend on Thanksgiving night, a trip guaranteed to be memorable. But when Thanksgiving […]

Indescribable Beauty I’ve spent weeks contemplating how to begin this article other than using cliche words like “Beautiful, Charming, Breathtaking,  Awe-Inspiring” but in this case it’s unavoidable. The town of Granada, Spain really is all of these things and it ranks high on my list of  “Most Beautiful European Spots Ever”.   Here’s a short […]