This post was most recently updated on April 14th, 2019. A Perfect Ireland Itinerary? Everybody Has One! Ireland is a perfect travel destination, with it’s gorgeous and verdant landscape, steeped in myth and mystery. It is a country with a unique religious, and political history, and has the cathedrals, castles, and ruins to go with […]
This post was most recently updated on June 2nd, 2022. As 2017 comes to an end, my original plans were to have dinner with Keyauni Friday night, as we laid out our plans for taking Gypsy with a Day Job forward into 2018. I expected to be writing a summary of what we had done
This post was most recently updated on June 16th, 2019. The truth is, I really hate Christmas. No, I am not a Scrooge, with an overall stingy and bad attitude. In fact, I am pretty kind and very giving the rest of the year. But, I am one of those people who works in a job
This post was most recently updated on January 8th, 2020. A Grand Canyon Experience is sort of on your bucket list, right? When I say sort of, I mean, many of us think of our bucket list travel destinations as those far off places that we have a fat chance of ever getting to. In
This post was most recently updated on July 15th, 2024. Travel and Thankfulness Go Hand in Hand! 11 Travel Writers Share what Makes Them a Thankful Traveler We have so many things to be thankful for in our lives. Travelers, and travel writers, may be more keenly aware of that than non-travelers, because the experience of
This post was most recently updated on October 21st, 2018. If you’ve ever considered a visit to Ireland, you may have come across dozens of articles and hundreds of pictures of the Cliffs of Moher, with a tad bit about O’Brien’s Tower thrown in. By the way, O’Brien’s Tower is that little castle on top
Been dreaming of that one lucky win that changes your life?? When many people plan their inaugural Vegas trip, they look forward to their First Vegas Gaming Experience, with excitement. We probably have all had those fantasies. Gambling can be a lot of fun! But, the old adages should remind you to keep the
This post was most recently updated on May 4th, 2022. Some of you may know that before I traveled to Las Vegs the first time, it was the last place on earth that I had a desire to visit. Friends and acquaintances kept saying that I had to go, at least once, I would inevitably reply
This post was most recently updated on April 11th, 2024. For years people were telling me that I needed to see Las Vegas, so many people, that I started to believe that I was one of the last people on the planet who had never visited Las Vegas. Now I know this isn’t true, and
This post was most recently updated on June 2nd, 2022. September going into October of 2017 has been a month of tragedies that are deeply felt by many Americans, and at the forefront of the media. For me personally, my heart is with the victims of these catastrophic events, from hurricanes, to earthquakes, and mass shootings.
This post was most recently updated on October 2nd, 2018. Road Trip Through Rocky Mountain National Park- A Rookies Guide Contributed by Robert Stauffer During a recent vacation in Colorado, we decided to take a road trip through Rocky Mountain National Park, on the Trail Ridge Road. Rocky Mountain National Park has a ton of
This post was most recently updated on October 30th, 2017. Hulshoff Castle, or Burg Hulshoff, is another water castle, or Wasserschloss, located in Havixbeck in the Muenster area of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The castle is one of those rare locations that is frequently visited by tourists, yet is still loved by locals, for some common reasons,
This post was most recently updated on January 17th, 2019. The Outdoor Playground Called UTAH by Janiel of Culture Trekking II was born in Layton Utah, I grew up all over Davis and Utah County moving every few years with my parents. I didn’t like the culture, I felt trapped in a tiny bubble of
This post was most recently updated on December 16th, 2018. We have lived in Florida for just a couple of years, but we have been to this park several times. When we have guests, we love visiting Silver Springs State Park because it is beautiful, described as “old Florida.” We also go because we are
This post was most recently updated on October 2nd, 2018. As a great big history and culture lover, visiting local castles is a must for me, in any destination, but particularly when in Europe. The entire continent boasts amazing castles of all ages. Burg Vischering, or Vischering Castle in English, is what some locals referred
