Inspiring travel one pin at a time.

Mid-morning in Reykjavik and I am briskly walking down Laugavegur – the city’s main avenue – keeping my eyes peeled for a controversial food: whale meat. As a child of the Free Willy generation, I have about as much interest in tasting whale meat as I do in eating a tire. I am more…

Paved highways

Paved highways give way to bumpy, gravel roads that hug the sides of cliffs and overlook an endless ocean. The tour buses that clog southern Iceland are replaced with dirt-covered Land Rovers that proudly wear the mud-strewn mask of the day’s past adventures. Welcome to Iceland’s West Fjords, a treasure trove of natural beauty far from the tourist…

Birthday Reflections

Like so many things in life, my 30th birthday snuck up on me unexpectedly. For a while there, my twenties felt as though they would stretch on for an eternity in that wildly unpredictable, youthful way; then November 2017 rolled around and I found myself staring down the barrel of a new decade. Rather…

Parisian Dream

There’s just something about Paris and how the cobblestone avenues and sweeping rooftops overlook the grey-blue waters of the glistening Seine. How in the vanilla twilight hours of the evening, the Eiffel Tower casts a glow over the city; or how patisserie store fronts with decadent pastries call to pedestrians like a siren.

Arrival in London

It’s early morning when I arrive in London sleep deprived and jet lagged after a red-eye flight from New York. In all honesty, I am not the biggest fan of London town. Something about the city is oddly reminiscent of NYC. London is simply too corporate, too busy, too similar to NYC; a cleaner,…

The Joy of Cliché

Be damned, this is the Paris of my dreams. French mingles with English while the light clinks of champagne glasses and tea fill the parlor room of Ladurée in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. I am sitting at a window table facing the Rue Jacob in the 6th arrondissement. An impossibly intricate pastry rests on the plate in…

Culinary Delights of Spain

One of the great pleasures of exploring a new destination is sampling the culinary delights on offer. Diving into traditional and local food is a great way to get a real feel of a country’s culture, and Spain is no exception. Traditional styles vary considerably across Spain’s many regions providing a host of wonderful…

Icelandic Adventures

With a population of less than 400,000 people, surreal landscapes, dramatic glaciers and untouched nature, Iceland has been at the top of everyone’s travel list this year.   For my first assignment as Travel Editor of Culture Trip, I had the pleasure of flying to Iceland for a whirlwind tour of east Iceland -…

Galway Impressions

My first impression of Galway, this enchanting city by the sea, was one of mixed emotions. I had just gotten off a 4.5 hour bus leaving the small village of Glencolumbkille, which had unexpectedly stolen my heart. As the bus pulled away from Glencolumbkille, I had to keep myself from jumping off, knowing just how…