11 Inspiring Stories Of People Who Left Normal Life And Embarked On An Adventure If you follow social media and travel, you had to be hiding under a rock to miss BuzzFeed’s piece on travelers who “Left Normal Life and Embarked on an Adventure.” I managed to ignore it for the first 24 hours, then …
The day before the winter storm warning was released, I got an email from my editor. “Oh, gosh, I’m sorry, your story has been delayed. We still need it, we’re still going to run it, but probably not until summer.” I looked at my tickets — I was leaving in the morning and thought, “What …
I’m in Philadelphia on assignment for an inflight magazine. What follows is not that story. FYI — Because I’m on assignment, nearly all of my travel expenses, including the entrance fee to the museum I write about here, are covered by Visit Philly, the city’s tourism office. Dear Dr. Barnes, I want you to know …
Last spring, I was invited to bring the coveted “plus one” along on the inaugural sailing of a luxury river cruise ship on the Rhine. The operator, Avalon Cruises, picked up the tab for my airfare, plus, covered all on-board expenses — cabin, meals, a modest bar tab — for the duration of the shortened …
For those of you that care, Panasonic Lumix ZS20. J. took the one of me.