For such a little island, Exuma has a lot of history.
For such a little island, Exuma has a lot of history.
There’s something delicious about that first morning in a tropical destination.
In a week where I needed to be reassured that peaceful people and places still exist, I haul out my photographs and memories of visiting the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park.
Since the coronavirus locked down many aspects of life as we used to know it, especially the ability to travel, I’ve noticed that the media has frequently tapped travel guru Rick Steves on the shoulder for a few words of hope about when we might get off the ground again. In early August, The Atlantic …
A couple of weeks ago, after a U.S. steel plant across the river shut down, Windsor, Ontario residents finally got rid of the mysterious “hum” that had plagued the city for more than 10 years. According to the lead researcher into the hum’s source, the plant’s blast furnaces had been running at higher than normal …
After an afternoon spent wandering the shops of Positano, a quaint little cliffside village on the Amalfi Coast, I’m sitting at a cafe table, sipping red wine, the day’s ambient heat radiating up from the cobblestones. The sun is just beginning to set, tingeing the turquoise Mediterranean candy floss pink. Ya, right. My mom always …
Whenever I travel, I’m always delighted to find out that there’s a market scheduled for wherever I’m staying. Small town markets are the best, like the one I ran across last Wednesday in Banff. Unlike so many of the highly commercialized and cookie cutter businesses along Banff Avenue, the Banff market captures its grassroots culture. …
“Keep your faith. Travel hopefully. The universe will surprise you. Constantly.” (Dr. Who, 2018 season finale) Thanks for following Wise Woman Travel. I hope 2019 holds many good things for you and yours.
1816 had been a year of great suffering for many Austrians. In the wake of the Napoleonic wars and a major crop failure that brought famine and epidemics in its wake, comfort and joy for most people seemed a long way off. As a writer and musician, 24-year-old Joseph Mohr responded to these hardships with …
Innsbruck boasts one of the quickest transitions in Europe between urban and alpine