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Inspiration List, not Bucket List
Why keep using the term ‘bucket list’ (and everything negative that is implied with it) when you can instead create your own ‘Inspiration list” of places that appeal to you – for whatever reason. You just need to look at what piques your curiosity and aligns with your interests…here are some examples.
How I Saved a Roman Honeymoon
My desire to share travel tips probably started back in 1985 when I was living in Rome, and I couldn't help but offer advice to people on where to go and what to see in my favourite city. I wanted everyone to see the Rome that I had fallen in love with, and I soon...
Photo Memories or Exploitation?
I'm always a little uncomfortable when it comes to visiting indigenous people on their turf. And yet, in the desire for 'authenticity' in travel, understanding how people live is the best way to learn about a culture. It's just that in many cases, it feels contrived;...
Inquiring (and sadistic) minds need to know…
Discovering the New World often meant bringing the worst of the Old World along for the ride. This couldn’t be more true when it comes to the Spanish Inquisition, which was one of the most unsavoury imports (along with typhus and small pox) that the Spanish brought to Central and South America…
