Wine Tasting in a Castle (Duino, Italy)
My father is Italian (the -talian part of “Chitalian”), and several years ago, my parents decided to move back to Italy for my father’s work. This has positives and negatives, […]
Category Archives: Holidays
Take Two: Another New Year’s Eve in Lisbon
My 2nd trip to Lisbon was with my Australian friends N & V in December of 2007, and while they were into the daytime tourist thing like I am, they […]
Lisboa! (My first visit to Lisbon, Portugal)
Ah, Lisbon! My first visit here was in 2004 for New Year’s Eve, with my friend B. I was studying in the Netherlands for the year, and B was coming […]
Hotel Review: Hampton Inn – Ocean City, Maryland
The essentials about our stay Rate: $105/night (advanced pre-payment rate) Room type: 2 Queen beds, non-smoking When: September 2012 Booked: on Hilton’s website Breakfast: Free breakfast buffet Rewards program: Hilton […]
Malawi – so much more than I had expected!
Now, at this point in my life, I consider myself a reasonably well-traveled person, having spent a reasonable chunk of time over the past 5 years travelling around, and for […]
Istanbul was Constantinople
OK, to start off, I had this old They Might Be Giants song stuck in my head for about 2/3 of this trip – just ask A, my travel companion, who […]
An American-Cretan wedding extraordinaire!
After a few days in Athens, I headed to the airport to meet my friends who would be attending my friend M’s wedding in Crete with me. Some, like my […]
