My very first partner was The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express 5 years ago. Since then I have been called an SPG Amex Star or an Amex Ambassador. It’s one of my most valued partnerships and I love the card! I literally use it every single day. I actually have 3 SPG […]
My 16 Hour Normandy Road Trip
July 7, 2016 by 10 Comments
The day before I started my Euro 2016 road trip in France while I was still enjoying my Paris Perfect vacation rental in the City of Lights, my friend and I took a Normandy road trip. Normandy is best known as the site of D-Day; the massive allied invasion of Nazi occupied France known as […]
Euro 2016 Road Trip in France
June 17, 2016 by 8 Comments
If you love sports and travel like I do then what I’m about to say should immediately go onto your bucket list. I just did a Euro 2016 road trip around France attending 4 games in 5 days in 3 different stadiums in 3 different cities. My 3 friends and I also drove over 1000 […]
3 Places Not to Miss in Sicily
June 9, 2016 by 5 Comments
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear Sicily? The Godfather, mafia, Goodfellas, crime and several other non-flattering things brought about by Hollywood. You probably don’t think about stunning landscapes, amazing food, beautiful destinations and a sensory overload of pretty much everything! I just visited Sicily for the 3rd or 4th time and […]
5 Awesome Things to do in Trieste, Italy
June 8, 2016 by 14 Comments
Trieste, Italy is a place that not many people know much about. It’s tucked away in the far northeast corner near the Slovenia and Austria borders. Trieste has a checkered and interesting history but not many people visit. The area of Friuli Venezia Giulia is relatively unknown as a wine-producing region with a coastal gulf […]
5 Awesome Things to do in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
June 7, 2016 by 17 Comments
Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada is the premier skiing destination in Eastern Canada. It is a gorgeous place full of natural beauty, wildlife and seclusion. A little known secret is that Mont-Tremblant is a full year resort destination as well. I am not a big skier so I was happy to go up in late May and […]
What to do with One Day in Slovenia
June 2, 2016 by 9 Comments
It’s funny because all I really remember about my first visit to Slovenia in 2004 was that it rained the whole time. I have some photos from Ljubljana somewhere that I took with a throw away camera but I have no idea where they are. So when I recently had one day in Slovenia, I […]
5 Awesome Things To Do in Vienna, Austria
May 5, 2016 by 4 Comments
It’s funny how your perspective changes as you get older. For example, I first came to Vienna in 2000 just after graduation from college. I had left my buddies who I was backpacking with as I wanted to go to Bratislava and Vienna and they wanted to go down to Milan from Salzburg where I […]
How I Spent a Day in Dubrovnik, Croatia
May 3, 2016 by 11 Comments
Dubrovnik, Croatia has an aura about it. The name just sounds European exotic. You are constantly berated by pictures of Dubrovnik on social media and to see it for yourself is to realize the photos don’t even do it justice. You could spend a week in Dubrovnik and base yourself for day trips to neighboring […]
A Bosnia Road Trip Has 2 Can’t Miss Places
May 2, 2016 by 8 Comments
Bosnia Herzegovina is an interesting place. If you’re a citizen of a certain age you’ve been through more than most of us could ever fathom. To me, Sarajevo was always the center of the 1990’s Balkans war. It was the most recognizable name from the Balkans as it hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics. It had […]
