If you’re headed to Montevideo (or if you’re already here) then you simply must eat at the Mercado del Puerto! This converted train station is now arguably the best barbeque spot in all of South America and is one of the true must-eats in Montevideo. However, don’t show up […]
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21 Pieces of Awesome Montevideo Street Art
Got back from Montevideo, Uruguay on Sunday afternoon. Spent Monday and Tuesday recuperating/work/catching up with friends/watching Real Housewives. Finally got around to editing the photos that were on my Nikon. The street art in Montevideo is just amazing. First of all, it’s effing everywhere. It’s almost all extremely well done, […]
How to Tour the White House
I have had the privilege of getting to tour the White House twice–once when I was 11 on an epic family road trip in a minivan from Oklahoma to Washington and again this week. Both times it was my mother, a lover of all things American […]
How to Go on a Self-Guided Driving Tour of Gettysburg
A Trip I should have Taken Years Ago Living in Philadelphia, I take a lot of trips up and down the Acela/I-95 corridor. Whether by car, train, plane, or Megabus (RIP Chinatown Bus), I’ve wandered up and down the east coast from Montreal to Florida. Knowing that my long-term […]
If you love Italy, consider a trip to Malta
I don’t know what I expected when I booked my trip to Malta for last October. I pick countries based on the most random inspiration–an episode of Vikings, chocolate, a single photograph. This trip had been inspired by the ending of Stieg Larson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, when Lizbeth […]
8 Things to Do on Gozo
Gozo is the smaller of the two main islands of Malta and is home to less than forty thousand people. Here are eight things to do if you decide to stay on this lovely little country island. Venture to Dwerja Bay to see Fungus Rock Since my first visit to […]
How to Enjoy the Perfect Day Trip to The Blue Lagoon in Malta
Every day, tour boats drop off hundreds of sunbathers onto the little island of Comino in Malta Home to only four permanent residents and a small hotel, the beach fills up quickly with tourists lounging under umbrellas and swimming in the shockingly clear water. I’ve been to Malta twice, and […]