It is late June. The grills are fired up, the sunscreen is stocked up, and the firecrackers are on standby for the Fourth. Summer 2026. It’s here. And I’m already thinking about summer 2027. That’s not a sales pitch. It’s just the reality of how summer travel works, especially for Europe. The short version: Europe […]
Stories That Inspire the Way You Travel
I've been traveling since before I could walk. Literally. So when I write about a place, it's not from a brochure. It's from a terrace, a back road, a kitchen table, or a train I took because the timing was right. Some pieces are practical — the timing that matters, the question to ask before you book. Some are just stories I couldn't stop thinking about long enough to keep to myself. Pour yourself a coffee. Or wine. Probably wine.
Pull up a chair. This is where the stories live.
“We’re thinking about a group tour.” It’s one of the more common ways a conversation with me begins, and it’s always a good starting point. Just not quite a complete one. Because group tour covers an enormous amount of ground — from a fifty-person motorcoach rolling through five countries in eight days to twenty travelers […]
August has a reputation problem. Ask most seasoned travelers what they think about August travel and you’ll hear some version of the same answer: too crowded, too expensive, too hot, too much. The airports are full of families in matching t-shirts. The hotels charge what they like because they can. Every good restaurant in every […]
