Nestled between the two largest countries in South America, Uruguay lies south of Brazil and east of Argentina with just over three million inhabitants. Considered the second smallest country on the continent next to Suriname, it boasts a heartland of fertile plains and rolling hills as well as a spectacular coastline dotted with art colonies, windswept beaches and quaint fishing villages.
Last fall after an action-packed weekend in Vancouver, I decided to head back to Canada for more, but this time with my French dictionary in hand and a ticket to Montréal. I crossed a couple of time zones, but it was still an easy overnight flight from San Diego via Chicago. Joining my travel companion upon arrival, we set off for the second largest city in Canada with our appetites and curiosity
If it’s been awhile since you dusted off your passport, why not choose an international destination right next door to ease back into international travel? In late 2019, I planned a weekend getaway to a city I had longed to visit but had always put off because it was “right there.” Never would I have guessed that Vancouver was a simple 2 ½ hour nonstop flight from San Diego. By 10 AM, we had lande
Sinking my teeth into the salty, mortadella slathered in melted cheese and bookended by a fresh, French baguette, I swear I saw the ghost of Anthony Bourdain lurking in the rafters above the sprawling, open market in downtown São Paulo, Brazil. The cold ‘chopp’, or draft beer, quenched my thirst along with a shot of the Dragonfruit cocktail whose shocking pink and black polka dot juice looked like
A little-known jewel on the southeastern Balkan Peninsula, Albania has emerged from a treacherous political history as a top Mediterranean destination. They boast their very own Alps, picturesque river canyons, fertile valleys and endless coves of turquoise waters. Nestled on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, Albania’s neighbors include Montenegro and Kosovo to the north, North Macedonia to the east a
Dreaming of a dive trip on a seafaring shuttle bus with lousy buffets and expensive drinks? If you’ve been a diver for as long as I have, (thirty years) you have surely encountered the unexpected hiccup or incredulous false advertising on a given liveaboard.Choosing to spend eight to ten days in a cramped space with several strangers sounds daunting in itself but add to that poorly designed cabins
Yearning to pass through customs again, shuffle through the TSA line, or kill time browsing novels at Hudson News? Mexico is open, folks, and now is a great time to explore its Spanish colonial towns, art colonies, and wine country. One destination that had been on my list for decades is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende. San Miguel lies in the heart of Mexico, just a three-h
What could be more exhilarating than watching a grizzly named Raspberry chase after her baby, Jam, on the shores of Yellowstone Lake? Maybe watching Jam’s older sister, Snow, dig for berries and roots on a hillside for an hour! Stalking amateur bear sleuths around Yellowstone National Park became our latest pastime to capture some close-up shots of these magnificent beasts. Our adventure into Amer
As we ascended a stony ridge on horseback, the valley floor lay silent below quilted by rows of tightly knitted vineyards and strung together by olive trees. Fleeing a cool, dusk breeze chaperoned in from the east an Orange Crush light spilled over the hills and into the belly of Ensenada. The late afternoon sun shed long shadows across a small, white cemetery and freckled the vines with splashes
We had it all planned: 2020 tickets to three UEFA soccer games in Budapest and Bucharest, bear watching, Dracula’s castle, monasteries, bathhouses, goulash, Tokaji, and then, well you know the rest. How does one hit reset and within two weeks coordinate a whole new trip without moving dates around? Simple, the National Park Service and Google. Without skipping a beat, we booked a roundtrip ticket
Walking through the narrow, crowded alleyways of the Fez medina, I inhaled an explosion of exotic and enticing aromas, some familiar, some intoxicating and some downright jarring. Buckets of gleaming olives overflowed next to camel and goat heads hanging from a hook, while wreaths of dried herbs drifted high above pyramids of rust colored spices. My senses spun a hazy web around my olfactory gland
Did you grow up in a big family where no one ever noticed you? If you are over fifty, you may have grown up tuning into the “The Brady Bunch,” “Eight is Enough,” and “Party of Five.” And like me, all of your values emerged from watching basketballs crashing vases, the kidnapping of Kitty Carryall and Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. The siblings of Chateauneuf-du-Pape are no different in terms of competing
When motoring through the ancient Roman ruins of Volubilis, navigating hair pin turns over the snowy, high Atlas Mountains and off-roading across the blush, undulating sand dunes of Erg Chebbi, silence uttered no voice inside our hardy, four-wheel drive Land Cruiser. This was a road trip, for goodness sake, and what road trip is complete without a proper soundtrack? Thank goodness for our driver,
Morocco might have a desert but it ain’t dry! The call to prayer echoed over the snake charmers at sunset while peddlers of peacocks bargained with men donned in traditional djellabas. Meat grilled with the signature Ras el Hanout spice spiraled over olive stands and fresh fruit stalls while skittish monkeys scampered sheepishly around the toes of their masters. Gazing over the intoxicating Djemaa
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