25 Nov Join us for a fun local event: December 6 & 7
We are very excited to participate in a local event at a great shopping area here in beautiful Alexandria, VA. https://www.alexandriava.gov/CarlyleFun Hope you can join us!...
Author: Judith McGinley
26 Sep Prague 2
This week we are focusing on Prague. Prague is reportedly the fifth most visited city in the European Union after London, Paris, Istanbul and Rome, so you won’t be alone and don’t expect the local Czech’s to be so interested or amazed at wherever you’ve come from… they’ve seen it...
19 Sep Prague
Our last many posts have focused on general tips as well as great day trips from DC, so now we’re going back to the continent that began our love of travel: Europe. We love the USA but it was our first trip to Europe, back...
12 Sep Business Travel
So, with summertime over it seems that we are all back to working hard and juggling busy social, family, home and work lives. Travel for fun seems to be over for a while, but that doesn’t mean that travel itself is thrown to the wayside...
05 Sep Longwood Gardens
Before moving to DC, we admit that we had never heard of Longwood Gardens and can’t believe we never did, since they are spectacular. We’ve visited Biltmore Estate in North Carolina and Longwood Gardens is just as amazing (except, of course, they are outside gardens...
29 Aug Falling Waters and Frank Lloyd Wright Houses
Staying on our focus of day trips or weekends away, we’re focusing this week on quick trips from DC and, specifically, Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses in Pennsylvania. From DC to the best of the houses, Fallingwater, is a three and a half hour drive –...
22 Aug Virginia Wine (and Brewery) Country
Less than an hour west of the DC beltway, reached via the rain-forest like GW Parkway and Georgetown Pike, is Virginia’s wine country. It’s a lush, green area of rolling hills, grand estates, and large vineyards filled with charming tasting rooms and beautiful views of...
15 Aug For the Love of Day Trips!
As summer comes to a close, it seems that everyone we know is on their summer vacation – trying to get their final adventures in before the turn of the seasons and heading back to school and work on the Tuesday after Labor Day (if...
08 Aug Italy (3 of 3)
The last two posts we focused on Italy in general and Rome in particular, this week, we will focus on the most magical part of Italy outside of the magical cities of Florence and Rome… the Amalfi Coast. The Amalfi Coast is famous for it’s...
01 Aug Italy – Part 2 (of 3)
For our second post on Italy, we’re concentrating on one of my favorite cities in the world – Rome. The eternal city is exactly that – magical, ethereal, eternal. The Vatican, the Roman ruins, the Spanish steps, the Renaissance fountains that are sprinkled throughout the...