My husband and I are vegetarians, and we spent a couple of weeks in Seoul, eating our way across the city. In addition to the hundreds of cafes with delicious baked goods, we stumbled across some delightful vegetarian restaurants. I created this map to guide you to some of the vegetarian hidden gems we found! … More A Vegetarian’s Guide to Seoul
For Michiganders, lakes = life, particularly in the summer, and with good reason! For two summers in a row now, and certainly with the hopes of making this an annual tradition, I’ve visited the tiny lakeside Northern Michigan town of Petoskey with a couple dear friends. It’s a perfect place for a 3 night vacation, … More Fav Destination: Petoskey in the Summer
My husband is a big fan of the national parks, which I have barely visited. Most of my travels are out of the country, so I am woefully under-traveled in the US. And when I do travel in the US, it is typically for work or to visit friends. So this year we decided to … More Fav Destination: Glacier National Park
Several months ago, I booked us two nights at two different lodges in Glacier National Park. A few things about that: I’ve never been there, I wasn’t sure what would be best, there wasn’t a ton of availability, and it was a bit pricey. So I booked at in two hotels that are on different sides … More Do we stay or do we go? A lodging conundrum…
My colleague at my day job brought in a book today that I immediately added to my Amazon wishlist: “World Heritage Sites: A Complete Guide to 1,031 UNESCO World Heritage Sites“. And of course that got my travel planning brain going… So tonight, for fun (seriously), I mapped all the UNESCO World Heritage Sites I’ve … More UNESCO World Heritage Sites I’ve Visited
It’s travel planning season! Every day I’m searching flights, lodging, destinations, sights, etc… Not always for myself, but every time I research for someone else, it pretty much adds that destination to my list as well. So many amazing places to visit in this world! So, as I plan my own travel for the year, … More Kat’s 10 Destinations for 2018
Our Fall 2017 trip to Belgium started with three nights in Brussels – an impressive city that is the hub of the European Union. I honestly had no idea how to narrow in my search for lodging at first, it was so overwhelming looking at all the options. So I decided to see if I … More Fav Lodging: Vaudeville Theater Guest Rooms in Brussels
This Fall, my husband and I visited Belgium for the first time. It was also the first time we went somewhere based exclusively on the price of the tickets – Belgium had never been on our lists, but when we found it was cheaper to go there than Chicago, we were quick to buy. Upon … More Fav Destination: Bruges
A few years ago I went to Costa Rica to visit a friend, and we spent 5 days on the Caribbean side, almost down at the border with Panama, in a sweet little cabin tucked into the rainforest. Korrigan Lodge is located near Punta Uva, just 20 minutes south of the hippy tourist town of … More Fav Lodging: Korrigan Lodge in Costa Rica
As the first in my series of Fav Destinations, I’m going to highlight my current obsession: The Azores. First, a few facts. Then, the photos. The Facts: These 9 islands in the Atlantic are an Autonomous Region of Portugal, and the biggest island is São Miguel, which is where we went. They are volcanic, sub-tropical, … More Fav Destinations: Azores
