Category: travel
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How a $99 flight to Europe becomes $780
I’m always looking at flights to the U.S., so I turned my research into a story for Thrive Wire. When WOW Air executives announced this spring that their Icelandic airline had begun offering $99 flights from the U.S. to Europe, it appeared that the company was appropriately named. With a fleet of just six planes, WOW Air…
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Paris: Je vais seule
Je vais seule is a line from one of my favorite Françoise Hardy songs. A song I’ve been thinking about as I’ve been touring the city. Je vais seule means “I go alone” or “I walk alone.” The song is about walking the Paris streets alone and looking at all the couples, happily arm-in-arm. It’s romantic…
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Wine tasting in Switzerland: Caves Ouvertes
About two months ago we tried to go wine tasting down the road from where we live–in the gorgeous vineyard towns of Dardagny, Satigny and Russin. But as we knocked on doors of cellars and peeked in windows of shops, we found no one home. Finally, we found someone working at one of the vineyards…
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This week I am…
…in Paris! Thanks to my husband’s work trip, I’ll be running around one of my favorite cities. …strolling the Champs Élysées armed with expert advice on avoiding buyer’s remorse. …mulling over this well-written article on how comedians have become public intellectuals. …loving this new law reducing food waste in France (how to apply the law in your home).…
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Camping in Switzerland: The Bernese Oberland
We camped Saturday night under a waterfall just outside of Lauterbrunnen and it was one of the most incredible places I’ve ever pitched a tent. Although my husband would prefer to camp completely in the wild–to simply find a clearing somewhere–I asked him to reserve a space in an official campground since I was worried…
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Bern and hiking the Bernese Oberland
As we packed our bags for our weekend camping trip Thursday night, my husband got an email from his editor asking him to cover a press conference in Bern Friday afternoon. Since Switzerland’s capital city of Bern is about halfway between Geneva and Lauterbrunnen we decided to squeeze a little more in our backpacks and…
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This week I am…
…taking notes from this article on how to have a $1,000 day in Paris on just $100. …earmarking these recipes for spiked summer treats (tequila-lime sorbet?!) …reading this article on smart pills. No really. …using this handy guide on how to make his and hers steaks since we like them done differently. …making sure I never become one of these airplane traveler…
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I want to go camping there…
I’m discussing camping this week…check out my post on packing and the best H20 gear. …Treebones Resort in Big Sur, California. Big Sur is my favorite place in the world and I’ve been lucky enough to visit many times, but I’ve never camped there. And what Treebones offers goes far beyond camping. Even their basic campsites are perched…
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Novel idea: Vacation where your favorite book is set
I originally wrote this story for ThriveWire–check it out here. Instead of searching for the perfect book to read on vacation, why not bring one of your favorite books to life on your summer vacation by visiting where it takes place. Road trip down California’s Highway 1 like Jack Kerouac Granted Kerouac traveled the entirety of the…
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Camping 101: Travel water bottles
I’m on a camping kick this week… Check out this post on packing for an overnight in the wild. Since we live just down the road from Evian, France–the source of the world’s fanciest bottled water–we can fill reusable water bottles any time with the good stuff out of public drinking fountains. I’ve been pathetically…
Paige Langton 