In October 2023, I booked flights for a month-long solo trip to France. My husband and I had visited Europe twice in 2023 and had begun dreaming of retiring there one day. I’d been reading about the Occitanie region in southwest France and wanted to explore. And I was tired – tired from working, and
When I was growing up, travel apps didn’t exist. Preparing for a family trip meant going to the Auto Club office, where my mom would get all the paper maps available along with a TripTik, which could be flipped through page by page on a road trip. But with technology today, there are myriad travel
When I began researching hotels to stay in Porto, I didn’t imagine that I would end up at a hostel across the river. But I’m so glad I did, and if I go back to the area, I’d stay there again. Somehow, I made it into my 60s without ever staying in a hostel. Dorm
Growing up, I dreamed of traveling the world and seeing far-off places, but our family vacations were limited. Other than family camping trips, we had two “big” trips .The first was a road trip from California to the Grand Canyon. My little sister and I bickered in the back seat along the way, we stayed
