Living our routine at home is so rote. Even when we strike out to get away for a short while from the norm while we’re not traveling, we frequently wind up gravitating toward it anyway, returning inevitably to our favorite spots, time and again with a force of habit stronger than gravity. We travel to [...]

Who are the people behind the home page? As travel bloggers we often have a real curiosity about our blogging buddies. Trying to get to know people through tweets filled with shortened URLs and hash tags leaves but a few letters available to actually convey thoughts. Blog comments offer a lot more room for socialization; [...]

Travel opens our eyes to the ways of the world. Our cultural norms are shaken and stirred, never again to settle in the same spot, as we intermingle with people very different from us. Experiencing life around the globe pulls us out of our mindset and set us down in another, forever. Sometimes, though, after [...]

Boarding a nighttime overseas flight doesn’t have to be walk down the gangplank of no sleep. Spending 15 hours tilted slightly backwards seatbelted onto a small slab surrounded by 400 strangers runs counter to relaxing off into the dream world. You can, however, take steps to ease yourself into hours of slumber rather than suffering [...]

Almost immediately upon arriving in Australia, I set about to locate and experience a local specialty called Vegemite. Beloved by Australians, regarded with suspicion by the uninitiated, and generally rejected by the rare few non-Aussies who dare to taste it, I knew I must experience this native treat. This Australian food came to my attention [...]

As I spend literally the bulk of each day now preparing for my upcoming move overseas, I’ve been thinking a lot about the journey itself – the lengthy flight, the jet lag, the five hours I’ll be hanging out at LAX. The act of travel itself is not exactly a blast – for me anyway. [...]

I really don’t like traveling. As I think about the 8,092,480-hour plane ride I’ll be enduring on my way to Australia at the end of this month, I find myself wincing and wanting only to arrive. I wish I could just drag my bed and my blankie on board and sleep tight through it all. [...]

At the end of this month, I am moving out of the country. Where precisely I will end up, I don’t know. I’ve always wanted to live overseas and, when I came back from my last Middle East trip, decided the time is now. I’ve rented my home on a two-year lease and soon will [...]