by Steven | Nov 24, 2021 | Travel Review
Hale Koa is Hawaiian for “House of the Warrior.” And the Hale Koa Hotel is precisely that: a place for our nation’s warriors and their families to escape the rigors of military life. Every hotel should have a pool and water park! The Hale Koa has recently completed...
by Steven | Jan 16, 2021 | Travel Tips
Learn all you can about the travel scams that are out there Many people enjoy traveling because it can offer us so many different things: adventure, the taste of another culture, a learning experience, or a chance to relax and forget about the worries of home....
by Steven | Jan 8, 2021 | Articles
The Vasari Corridor of Florence: An Architecturally-Gifted Historic Passageway The Vasari Corridor of Florence, Italy is an overhead or enclosed passageway having a length of about a kilometer. It has been named after Giorgio Vasari, who constructed it within a...
by Steven | Dec 31, 2020 | Articles
Highlights of Hampton Court Palace One of the finest Tudor palaces in England, Hampton Court is one of the best ways of spending a day in London. It was originally occupied as a manor by the Knights Hospitalier in the mid-thirteenth century. Royalty began using the...
by Steven | Dec 18, 2020 | Articles
The Corinth Canal has a very long and interesting history, going all the way back to the time of Roman Emperor Nero. Emperor Nero actually began digging in the very spot where the canal is today. There is even a memorial to the Roman workers who tried to establish a...
by Steven | Dec 17, 2020 | Articles
On a trip to Italy a few years ago, my wife and I took a side trip to Interlaken, Switzerland. We had been there before but weren’t able to visit the Jungfraujoch. We had heard a lot about the train ride up into the rocky peaks and wanted to experience a trip to...
by Steven | Dec 17, 2020 | Articles
One thing that becomes instantly apparent in Bangkok, Thailand is the presence of food shops, stalls, restaurants, night markets, and food courts. They’re everywhere! When arriving in Thailand, the airport is so large that I was anxious to get out of it and head...
by Steven | Dec 12, 2020 | Articles
When in Rome, and you have an afternoon free, take an exciting day trip to the Roman port of Ostia Antica. The ancient town was an important and thriving center of trade. There were baths, warehouses, a theater, apartments, and shopping arcades. A stone road...
