So Much Travel!

When I started doing blog posts again, it was part of my bigger plan for enriching my life with more travel and brining the joys of travel to you. I thought I’d be able to crank out a couple posts a week, but the reality is that writing takes a lot of time. There is…

One Month Video Challenge

At the World Domination Summit last month in Portland, Oregon, I declared to record a one-minute video of myself every day, which I’ve done. However, I have not shared them publicly. I’m kicking up the accountability several notches now by committing to posting a video on YouTube every day this month. I will talk about…

Postmarked: F’burg

One of my long-time hobbies is marcophily, better known as postmark collecting. Despite being quite an obscure thing to do, there is a nonprofit club devoted to this, and I have been a member for 25 years. To commemorate the occasion, I was invited to receive a plaque at this year’s annual convention in nearby…

The Best Layover Ever

Let’s face it, the layover is a frequent inescapable byproduct of air travel. Wasted time, rushing from terminal to terminal, a tiny granola bar for $7…these are just some of the things that come to mind. Once in a while, an opportunity presents itself that makes you rethink the whole thing. Such was the case…

Traveling the World in One Day

Once a year in Washington, DC, lucky residents get the opportunity to travel around the world without leaving the district borders. There are some 170 embassies and consulates located in the city, and Cultural Tourism DC‘s Around The World Embassy Tour optimizes this position by offering an event that is unique to the city.  This year,…

Milestone Achieved: Fifty Countries!

In honor of my impending 45th birthday, I decided to gift myself a travel milestone. My criteria required to select two countries I hadn’t been to that were close enough to each other to fit within a 10-day vacation so that at the end, I could finally say that I’d been to 50 countries. It…

Fear not traveling

Travel! That is a word that causes some people to panic. I wanted to create a place where I could cut through the hype and hopefully bring the concept of traveling to a level that would be more manageable for the typical person…simply by showing you how I’ve done it and what interests me about…