Destinations

When we decided to visit Australia, I wanted to incorporate a lesson in Aboriginal culture and history into our itinerary.  But it was imperative that the education we received came through the prism of the people themselves.  I found a few aboriginal exhibits in museums but I was interested in something a bit more independent…a FUBU (for us, by us) version, if you will. After a bit of research, I stumbled upon this review of the…

We recently took our first international family trip to Sydney, Australia!  When we arrived, our son was 4 years old and our daughter was 14 months old. But getting around in Australia with two small kids was not the easy undertaking I thought it would be.  Since we were only planning to be in Sydney for 5 full days (we had 3 additional days already earmarked for day trips), we wanted to have the ease…

Baltimore, Maryland is a city replete with charm and grit. When I think of this seaport city, I can almost smell frying crab cakes in the air, see visitors walking down the picturesque cobblestone streets of Fells Point, and hear the waves crashing along the Inner Harbor.  Baltimore can boast of a very long list of top-rated, must-see attractions…one of my top kid-friendly activities is the Maryland Zoo!  This Zoo is beloved by locals and…

Antarctica with its cascading mountains and majestic landscapes is the most pristine and untouched place on the planet. Understandably, there’s an abundance of mystery surrounding it.  When I first announced my plans to travel to Antarctica, most of the questions I was asked were laden with misconceptions. To be honest, I too had some misgivings about the journey. Here are the most common myths I encountered about travel to Antarctica. 1.  You’ll be the Only…

I went to Antarctica y’all!!!  Antarctica -the white continent, land of ice, home to the South Pole, and my 7th and last continent. I visited earlier this year on an 11-day cruise with Quark Expeditions.  Even though I’ve had months to process the trip it was such a fantastic journey that ironically I – a travel journalist and woman of many words – have struggled to find the right words to adequately describe it. Antarctica is…

The itinerary for my bucket-list adventure to Antarctica included two layovers in Ushuaia, Argentina (before and after). Ushuaia (pronounced Oo-swi-yah) is the capital of the Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire), Province. The city, nestled between the Martial mountain range and Beagle Channel, is located on the southern tip of South America. Dubbed, the “World’s Southernmost City” and “El Fin del Mundo” (the “End of the World”), Ushuaia is the closest city to Antarctica. For most…