Do you keep a travel list? I do. Some people keep a book list of books they want to read. I keep a list of destinations I want to visit. For example, Montana is on my list. And with that is…

There are many itinerary ideas available for Italy, so why not one more? (This itinerary was for two travelers who both like history and hiking. My traveling companion had never been to Italy and had not traveled much.) Note: Italy today is not the…

Do I have any ideas on what to do on a weekend in Newport, Rhode Island? You bet!  Although only about 60 miles away, Newport is about a two hour drive from Boston. There can be a lot of traffic…

Watching the willing water splash over Niagara Falls was like watching someone having the best sled ride ever. And they did say someone went over the Falls in a barrel and survived the trip. But that didn’t sound like much…

“All things ready, if our mind be so.” —William Shakespeare In getting ready for another trip to Italy, I wanted to get my mind in gear. In addition to another Italian language course, I watched some movies and read some…