How Not to Order a Pizza in Italy
I went to Italy for the first time in the winter of 1994 with my boyfriend of two years. We stayed with his godparents in Rome, where his mother met us and many of his cousins lived. While I was...
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How to Plan a Heritage Trail in 7 Steps
By Emily Potter [Preservation Tips & Tools] Seven Steps to Plan a Heritage Trail from PreservationNation Great heritage trails are more than just a list of stops at historic places along a mapped...
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Drink the World: Morocco
In certain cities, I won't mention which, but you know who you are, if I left an overly large cardboard box lying around long enough someone would convert it into a bar named Flimsy, or Recycle,...
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Painting Through Peru
Perched on a Rock Painting Machu Picchu For many years the New Yorker, the New York Times, Gourmet and other magazines would publish my travel drawings in their magazines. I've been to Africa, painted...
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How to Fly to Europe On a Budget
Earlier this week, Fly.com released its Top 50 International Summer Destinations for 2014. The list, which was compiled using data collected from more than 5 million Fly.com user searches, contained...
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Five Things to Know About the Kentucky Derby Experience
On May 3, thoroughbred racing insiders, fans, experience seekers and celebs will flock to the most popular horse race in the U.S. Even if you know nothing about horse racing, it's well worth it to...
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Festive Barcelona Is Packed
My visit to Barcelona coincided with a particularly crowded and lively time: Holy Week and Easter. I enjoyed getting a Catalan take on this holiday. Barcelona -- Where People Stroll Like Sardines...
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How to 'Shush' People in Different Languages
Credit: All images by James Chapman Obviously different languages have different words for things, but did you know they also describe sounds differently? Yes, a sneeze in English (a-choo!) doesn't...
View ArticlePergamino Café: Forging a Coffee Culture in Medellín
Colombia is one of the largest producers and exporters of coffee in the world, and some may believe its coffee to be among the best and most famous. Since the 1960s, Juan Valdez has been representing...
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The RIGHT Way to Pack Your Luggage!
Photo courtesy of Michael Mohr. Article by Ryan Murphy, contributor to Budget Travel. Sunscreen? Check. Extra socks? Double-check. There are some things you'll never forget to pack, whether you're...
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6 Festivals for Throwing Shit Around the World
Toss tunas, chuck oranges, and drench strangers with Rioja in the name of celebration! Photo by: flydime As broke-ass backpackers, we know a lot about throwing shit. When the party gets a little too...
View Article20 Gorgeous Seaside Towns In Italy
Have you ever been to Rome in August and wondered where all the locals are? The truth is that they're likely in one of these towns, as Italians in major cities make a mass exodus toward the coast every...
View ArticleMust Love Cats
Before my family and I went on our Moroccan odyssey, we fully expected to see cobras and monkeys in the market square in Marrakesh, donkeys pulling carts through the narrow streets of the Fez medina,...
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Powerful New Documentary Shows Effects of Tourism on Barcelona
We're all familiar with the upside of tourism...the food, the sun, the cultural experiences. But in the same way that we've blindly sucked oil out of the ground for decades before waking up to the...
View ArticleWATCH: Mind-Blowing Images Show What's Right In Front Of You Each Day... But...
Life goes by too fast. Or is it actually too slow? Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg uses time-lapse technology to show us unseen dimensions of life as we know it, from ocean currents to dragonfly wings....
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Why Gay Travel Is Great for Straight People
Key West, Florida is a destination popular with gay and straight travelers. During the recent New York Travel Festival, a travel conference and expo that takes place every year in New York City, I was...
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Ready, Set, Race! Anticipating the Great Urban Race in Boston
When I turned 21, the first thing I did wasn't buying my first legal drink, putting on my poker face at a casino, or showing off my dance moves at a club. Instead, my older brother and I applied to be...
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How to Care for and Store Your Ski Gear in the Off-Season
The end of ski season always brings me mixed emotions. On the one hand, I hate to see winter go. Yet, on the other, I'm happily anticipating summer. Still in between the fun of winter and summer there...
View ArticleMidnight Baseball Games in Anchorage, Alaska
What do you do in a city that gets up to 22 hours of daylight in summer? Play ball, of course! The locals of Anchorage, Alaska, love to take advantage of the midnight sun, and one of their favorite...
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4 Steps to Overcoming Your End-of-Ski-Season Blues
Most people greet the coming of spring with enthusiasm and joy. "OMG. Summer's coming!" Shouts the floppy-hat girl in flip-flops. Soon masses of misguided warm-weather lovers will begin prancing around...
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