Ireland: Can an Irish-American Go Home Again?
“How long are you home this trip?” A distant cousin asked me this question on a recent visit to Ireland. As an Irish-American on an ancestral pilgrimage to Ireland, I […]
A Ticket to Ride? Disneyland’s “Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance”
Dreams shattered. Hopes dashed. Tears flowing. This was the scene at 8:01 AM at Disneyland, the happiest place on earth. Nine days earlier, Disneyland in Anaheim, California, debuted the much-anticipated […]
A Paris Strike: Unexpected Detour
Unions in France were planning a transportation strike over pension reforms. The strike would begin five days after we arrived from California.
A Christmas Hike in the Alsace: Riquewihr to Ribeauville
During the last week of November 2018, I talked my husband into traveling to the Alsace region of France for holiday festivities. We based ourselves in Colmar, France, and took day […]
CANCELLED: Travel Insurance Lessons Learned
My calendar had been filled with plans for fun travel. As the saying goes, “Life is what happens when you are making other plans.”
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