I remember my first trip to Bordeaux – the one where I fell in love with the French city and decided I would move here. But it wasn’t without its’ frustrations. I arrived on a Sunday for a river cruise and my first order of business was tracking down a SIM card so that I […]
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Luxe Adventure Traveler’s Complete Guide to Venice Carnival
La Serenissima, as the Republic of Venice is known, was anything but serene during the Carnevale di Venezia. At that time Venice was known as the pleasure playground of Europe; a must-stop on The Grand Tour. Carnival was a time that Venetians and visitors alike unabashedly took part in revelry and licentiousness, any cares cloaked […]

Lake Erie Treehouses: Erie’s Most Unique Stay Near Presque Isle
From Johann David Wyss’s fictional tale of the shipwrecked Swiss Family Robinson constructing a tree house on a desert island published over 200 years ago to Animal Planet’s Treehouse Masters tv series about building custom treehouses across the US, treehouses have long captured our imagination. Treehouses aren’t just for kids and a treehouse stay does […]








