Travel Articles

Old Town’s Oldest Street After you are done visiting Edinburgh Castle head through the gates and across the esplanade to the Royal Mile. This series of streets has…

Centuries of Scottish History Perched on a Hill I have wanted to go to Scotland ever since I was a little girl. As a teenager…

Affordable Accommodation in Zurich Switzerland is expensive. And as the financial capital of the country, Zurich is really expensive. That does not mean a stay…

Part Four of our Alpine Adventure For every soaring, snowy range in the Alps, there is a lush green valley at its feet. The Lauterbrunnen…

As soon as we saw the beautiful blue waters of Lake Zurich, we knew we had to jump in. After a quick trip to H&M…

Part Three of our Alpine Adventure We all know that being a tourist is about eating, going to the top of things and seeing things you…

Part Two of our Alpine Adventure As we discussed yesterday, the charming village of Murren makes the ideal home base for exploring the Jungfrau region of…

Part One of our Alpine Adventure The Swiss Alps. Just saying it conjures up visions of snow-capped peaks and lush green valleys. Dainty edelweiss and…

In Costa Rica you can buy cashew fruit! See the green “stems”? That’s the part that holds the nut part we are familiar with!

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: TOP SECRET LAIR IN MKE Are you a secret agent on the run? Or maybe just hungry? Come in from the cold…

Isn’t the new Finnish passport is entertaining and cute? via @quipsologies Oh how I wish I had seen the snow monkeys in Japan! Beautiful photos of India…

The hills are alive…

Expand your photography with a flexible tripod My favorite camera accessory is my GorillaPod. A tripod is essential for capturing low light shots, and this…

Plan your summer now! Temps have been in the 30s and 40s in Wisconsin during the last few days, and in celebration of this heat…

Exploring a rainforest in Costa Rica Carara National Park is a popular and easy to access rainforest near San Jose. The hiking trails are easy…

Hey guys, I’m writing this LWL in the rainforest in Costa Rica – hope your week is awesome too! Wow! Check out this awesome waterfall…

Ear Buds that stay in your ears! I’ve got to tell you, these ear buds changed my life. I don’t know if my ear canals are…

St. Margaret’s Chapel in the Edinburgh Castle complex is the oldest surviving building in the city. The chapel was built in the 12th century, but…

Jewish History and Culture in the Old Ghetto The Jewish Museum in Prague documents the Jewish experience in Czech lands (Bohemia and Moravia) for the…

Europe’s Oldest Synagogue When the Old-New Synagogue (Staronová Synagoga) was built in 1270 it was originally called the New Synagogue, because there were older ones to…

Exploring the work of the Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha is the Czech Republic’s best known artist. His work can be seen today in St.…