Much love and thanks to fellow Wanderblogger Rhonda Mix for nominating me in the Capture the Colour photo contest! Travel Supermarket is requesting photo submissions from travel bloggers featuring the colors blue, green, yellow, white, and red, with a brief description of each photo. Applicants are then requested to nominate five fellow travel bloggers, who […]
Italy
Sweating out wine in the Cinque Terre
Well, the vino quickly wore off and the endorphins kicked in, as the initial part of the hike was nearly completely vertical. It is a bit more challenging than I expected, and several hikers gave up and turned back, but after the first hour, I felt pot-committed and was not about to give up. The path is so narrow that, in most places, for someone to pass in either direction, one person has to kiss the wall. That sort of proximity builds an easy camaraderie that is undeniably encouraging.
The Lone Rangette: A love of solo travel
To all those ladies who romanticize love on the run with a stranger, my take on it is this: if the guy is safe enough to bring back to your hotel, the experience probably wouldn’t be anything to write home about. Once you hit your thirties, it’s not worth worrying about your wallet going missing (at the very least) or translating “it burns when I pee” into Portuguese. Yes, Luigi will act heart-broken when you leave him on the street at the end of a pleasant evening, but you’re representing America, missy! Our rep is already pretty bad in Europe due to college exchange programs, so it’s best not to contribute to the impression that leads European men to treat us rather differently than they treat their own women.