Travel Books, Part Two: Not-So-Favorite Ones

A follow-up to my popular post, Travel Books.
Here are some travel books that just didn’t do it for me.
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
In this memoir of her buying, renovating, and living in an abandoned villa in Tuscany, Frances Mayes reveals the sensual pleasure she found living in rural Italy, and the generous spirit [...]

Hello Kitty Travel

An online friend recently alerted me to a blog called Hello Kitty Hell, which hilariously tells the story of one man’s ordeal living with a Hello Kitty fanatic in Japan.
Within this site it a travel section filled with the details of such unlikely but real items as Hello Kitty barf bags and an entire Hello [...]

Land of Evita? Land of Meat: Buenos Aires

Travels With a Gourmet is one of my favorite travel blogs - because it’s actually all about the food she eats while traveling, or even while staying at home. I love the way she writes about food - never precious, never snobby, with a true love of the bite she’s taking right at that [...]

Gettin’ Busy in…Vienna?

Megan Marinos talks about Public Displays of Affection, European Style:
“It is customary to keep actions of a more sexual nature private and most certainly separate from everyday public life in the U.S. On the contrary, Europeans are accustomed to seeing nudity in an orange juice commercial. In the U.S. it is common to see a [...]

People Watching in Airports

While waiting to board a flight, I never read or listen to music. I people-watch. I get nervous about becoming engrossed in my distraction and missing my flight - it happened to a friend of mine, so don’t laugh! Besides, it’s fun.
Flying has become more commonplace at the same rate as [...]