4 tips to save money in Austria's expensive capital Vienna

“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between”, Mozart once mentioned. I love to believe this was a thought cultivated by his life line meandering in between the sumptuous city...

Visiting Norway

Impossibly steep-sided Norwegian fjords of extraordinary beauty cut gashes from a jagged coastline deep into the interior. Glaciers, grand and glorious, snake down from ice fields that rank among...

A day in Phoenix, Arizona

Following our most recent USA road trip, I thought this would be a good opportunity to create a series of blog posts documenting our experiences there and hopefully provide some useful tips and ideas...

Hygge at Home: A Danish Lifestyle Trend

Winter is officially upon us here in the Northeast region of the US. It's season of restoration. A time to focus on home and family. If the warmer months bring a business to our days, the...

Venice in a day

There are so many attractions to visit in Venice that it would be best to stay in town at least for a long week-end. However, if you are only going to be in Venice for a day, you can still make the...

Algarve, off the beaten track

The Algarve is well known for its tourist resorts and family fun holidays with lots of water parks and bars and cut price breakfasts, but have you ever wondered if there is more to the Algarve? The...