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Dance Up the Nile River

For a peaceful getaway that allows you to read and laze in the steamy desert, hope onto a flatboat and slink down the Nile.  You embark from Cairo, which is a thriving metropolis filled with favorite franchises.  Evenings within the hotels lining the river entice lovers to take languishing walks a

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Huff in Stride, Take a Glide: Venice, Italy

Named in honor of the goddess Venus, 117 islands on the marshy, saltwater lagoon along the northeastern coast of Italy create an alluring atmosphere of maritime mastery and classical theatres.  Venetians love luxury and share their refined tastes in silks, architecture and masks with the same flare

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First Road Trip!!

After crunching some numbers and committing to living out of a car, Steve and I decided to hit the open road.  Our month in Lisbon had been great, but the time had come to start ramblin'.  I was pretty pumped for this.  Overall I love to travel, but there's just something about adding som

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Dubrovnik, Croatia Steals your Heart

An impressive entrance into the fortified community of Dubrovnik, Croatia is to arrive by cruise ship in Split and take a bus ride over an unblemished, coastal mountainside to the impressive City Walls, known by locals as the Gradske Zidine. The massive walls contrast with the fluid ocean surroundin

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Portuguese Students' Last Hurrah

“Lisbon shows off, Braga prays, Coimbra studies, and Porto works.”  This saying is used to describe the Portuguese cities, but the Quiema das Fitas, the Burning of the Ribbons ceremony in Coimbra is an exception.  At the University of Coimbra, the oldest and most traditional in the country, th

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