Two Day Bike Trip on the Mekong River

Two Day Bike Trip on the Mekong River

Planning our own Southeast Asia jaunt, we discovered Sinhbalo Adventures. Cong and his driver picked us up at our hotel in Saigon and stopped to show our daughters how rice grows out in the paddies before we hopped on bikes to pedal the Mekong River. From the dirt...
Secret Italian Lodging Discoveries

Secret Italian Lodging Discoveries

I found three delightful Italian lodgings and I must share them. Cortona – Driving through Tuscany in 2012, we decided that we had to see Cortona because we had just watched the fabulous movie, Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes. Bramasole had to be found....
Back of the Bike Tour

Back of the Bike Tour

We almost missed this amazing tour ! Another one of my fabulous secrets is this Back of the Bike Tour in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Our family had returned from a 3 day bike trip by the Mekong River, literally dragging ourselves into our hotel with 10 minutes to...
Exclusive Penguin Tour with Derek in the Falklands

Exclusive Penguin Tour with Derek in the Falklands

Taking a southern cruise from Santiago around the Cape and up to Buenos Aires, we had a port stop in the Falkland Islands. Doing my do diligence, I found that penguins could be seen in the Islands. We plan to take a Lindblad trip some day to Antarctica, but until...