I’ve already raved about tiny Cortona, a charming and quirky medieval Italian hill town that towers over the Chiana Valley. But I didn’t have nearly enough time in that post…
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Visiting Guinness Storehouse In Dublin, Ireland
Read moreAin’t she a beaut!!! With over 1.7 million visitors in 2019, the Guinness Storehouse is the most-visited tourist attraction in Ireland. And because of that, I was kind of unsure whether…
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Visiting The World’s Largest Starbuck’s: The Chicago Roastery
Read moreWhen I heard that Starbucks was building a massive new customer experience called the Starbucks Roastery Chicago, I wasn’t sure what to think. On the one hand, I’m not generally…
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My Favorite Photo Spots In Rome (& When To Catch The Best Light)
Read moreRome, like Italy as a whole, occupies a special place in my heart. And as someone who loves photography, it offers some of the most magical, best photo spots around.…
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11 Of My Best Travel Tips for ANY Trip
Read moreI recently realized that I spend so much time going into detail about planning for specific destinations that I haven’t really talked about the big picture as much. There are…
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Where To Stay: Craigellachie Hotel, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Read moreEvery so often, work travel has a nice little surprise for me. And when I pulled in at the Craigellachie Hotel after a chilly, rainy afternoon of touring distilleries (I…
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A First-Timer’s Guide To Cappadocia, Turkey
Read moreI’ve said this before, but getting to visit a place that is #1 on your personal bucket list is quite the heady experience. There’s always a worry that somehow it…
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The 10 Best Books I Read In 2019
Read moreI basically have the attention span of a gnat when it comes to watching a movie or TV show. Or pretty much anything else…except reading. For some odd reason, reading…
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Beautiful Bow Fiddle Rock On Scotland’s Aberdeenshire Coast
Read moreI’m a big fan of capitalizing on business travel when I can make it work, and so when I was visiting some of our scotch whisky distilleries I was excited…
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Aberdeen, Scotland: What To Do With One Day
Read moreAberdeen was meant to be a glancing blow, a place to catch a flight but nothing more. I only had mediocre expectations for the city, based on what co-workers had…
