Auvers-sur-Oise, Vincent van Gogh's Latest Colors

"Auvers is of severe beauty and the countryside is quaint and quaint". So wrote Vincent in a letter to his brother Theo describing his impressions of Auvers-sur-Oise, a small village thirty...

17 Amazing Places to Visit in London

I love London. There is always something happening with an abundance of things to see and do, not to mention having some of the best museums, hotels, and nightlife in the world, meaning this...

Small Museums

Museums came in three sizes-- tiny (the house where Mozart was born, the house where where Kafka lived), small (2-3 hours sees it all), and big (two hours is just a start). The problem a big museum...

How to Spend a Weekend in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

A three-day itinerary. While Visit Milwaukee hosted my visit, all opinions are my own. The Dubbel Dutch Hotel lives inside an 1898 English Renaissance Revival Style mansion. Located between...

Ten Things to Do in Hastings, UK

Hastings is a medieval seaside town situated on the south coast of England, about twenty miles from Eastbourne and is, of course, famous for its monumental battle of 1066. In fact, the Battle of...

La Casa Azul - Where the Spirit of Frida Kahlo Lives On

We had wanted to visit The Blue House, Frida Kahlo's home in Mexico City, for a many years. We have always been fascinated by the iconic artist's life and had been to several exhibitions of her work...