10 Less Obvious Things to Pack for a Trip Packing for the unexpected Who doesn’t dream of traveling the world and immersing themselves seamlessly into the local culture. Absorbing the exciting newness, and forging new personal bonds with interesting people? But the dream requires we establish a base of reality and practicality. And practicality starts with packing. We’ve just come off…
Things I’ll Talk about in this article: Smartphones and how to use them in other countries Prepaid SIM Cards and how to find them Wifi, Internet, and why you should love it. (hint: it’s because…) International travel is made easier and cheaper by smartphones and the internet Some resources on how to research your own details and get technical advice.…
Now is an amazing time to travel, even better than before. I took my first "solo" travel to Kenya almost 25 years ago. I put that in quotes because I put myself in the hands of NOLS instructors a few days after I got there. A couple years later I took 3 months to back through Europe and a few…
I'm the member of the family who likes to know the details about getting there and getting around a destination. On our recent family trip to London I had a lot of questions that seem obvious and simple after having visited but were kind of important to know beforehand so that we could make the most of our…
As I sit on the Dalmation coast trying to keep up with the pace of creating content that I set for msyelf and fall further and further behind, I decided I needed to just get the rest of the photos from Italy off my plate and onto this blog. I've tried to make them faster to load by compressing them…
Getting from Italy to Split, Croatia Ok, I’ll get to the info you really want here in a second on how to get from Italy to Split, Croatia. I had to dig through Trip Advisor forums (actually a quick google search) and then stumble my way through the process. I wanted a simple step by step instruction. It occurred to…
I'm not a pixel peeper. The specs of a camera only matter as far as they impact the end results that you need to achieve. What matters to me is how a camera performs for my needs. And my needs have changed. I'm switching from a location based production model to a location independent travel vlogging, freelancer, stock footage, etc…
I'm more of a video guy. For tons of great info and great writing about Firenze, see Melynda's blog at TravelingMel.com. I'm hoping to make this blog much more scopophilic. I came to Florence, Italy (here on referred to as Firenze) 20 years ago. I studied Italian at Scuola Lorenzo De Medici in the mornings and explored the city in the…
Or "Hello Mrs. Polar Bear, nice to see you again." Returning to Old Haunts Last year, I didn't see a polar bear. I didn’t go up to Churchill. I thought I’d enjoy an autumn off after 4 consecutive years helping Polar Bears International with their media outreach initiatives but, truth be told, I really missed it. It was rewarding to once again…
