You are wandering along Old San Juan’s Atlantic coastline and fortress wall between San Cristobal and San Felipe’s El Morro castles, in Puerto Rico, taking in the magnificent ocean vistas, and suddenly you stop. Everything. Completely. Your mind, already in travel vacation mode, further escapes the daily infernal pace it has come accustomed to. Your body comes to a halt. From […]
First cruise? Think packing a suitcase for a cruise is simply packing yet another suitcase, “same old – same old”? I beg to differ. Not for us classy gals. Here we are packing for an exotic 7 night cruise, taking us to sunshine drenched sandy white beaches, and maybe with single cruise group activities on the menu. We want to […]
I dreamt of participating in the Carnival of Venice, Italy, since adolescent. At the time living in France, in the Loire Valley, Italy did not seem that far… Yet, it is only after returning to my father’s land when 30 yrs of age (as a woman I do not like to use what I call “the O word”…), the United […]