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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Beautiful Italy! There are so many amazing things about Italy, but my favorite has to be the warm and friendly Italian people, almost all of whom seem to have a relative in New York or elsewhere in the U.S. I know a little about Italian...
I went to Croatia with one of my best friends a few years ago and I still think of it often - it remains one of my all-time favorite places. Croats are some of the most warm, decent, friendly people that I have ever had...
When you think of iconic places to celebrate holidays a few come to mind: NYC for NYE, Springtime in Paris, Easter in Rome, and DC for July 4th. The July 4th celebration in DC is something that you really should do once – it’s easy...