In 2015, I decided I wanted to move to France. Tim’s job would be taking him on an assignment for a year and I couldn’t come along. I hadn’t lived in the United States in seven years at that point and didn’t have a “home” to return to. Italy had been my home, but I […]
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Carry-on Approved: Ricardo Beverly Hills Roxbury 2.0
As frequent travelers, we put the miles on our luggage faster than a runner training for the marathon puts the miles on their shoes. And as luxury travel writers, we need luggage that’s durable, mobile and won’t embarrass us with the jet-set crowd we’re often running with. Naturally, we were thrilled when a stylish California-based […]
Help Me Decide Where to Move
How on earth do people ever decide where to move when the world is your oyster? Choosing the place that you’ll call home truly affects every aspect of your life: how often you’ll see family and friends, what job opportunities you’ll have, what you’ll do for entertainment, how much money you’ll be able to put […]
5 Tips for Finding Your Travel Style
There’s no right or wrong way to travel, but there is a right or wrong way to travel for you. It took us nearly two years of pretty frequent travel to discover the way we most enjoy getting to know the places we visit. Once we found our travel style we started to see the […]
What It’s Really Like Staying at Sandals Resorts
All-inclusive. Until we stayed at Sandals Resorts, we heard “all-inclusive” and cringed. We couldn’t really understand why anyone would want to spend their vacation holed up in one resort for days on end. Wouldn’t you want to get out to see things and eat the local food? But with an invitation to experience both Sandals […]
16 Places to Travel in 2016
As the new year kicks off and you drag yourself back in to the office, you’re no doubt already day dreaming about your next vacation. This year has a lot going on with destinations abroad like Germany celebrating 500 years of the Beer Purity Law and Rio de Janeiro hosting the Summer Olympics. The US’ […]
Luxe Adventure Traveler’s 2015 Year in Review
Another year comes to a close. 2015 was a weird year for us and on one hand I’m honestly so happy for this year to come to an end. We spent the better part of the year apart with Tim in Afghanistan, our 16 year old cat abruptly became sick and now is in kidney […]
The River Cruise for Wine Lovers
I didn’t love the ocean cruise we’ve been on, but when Viking River Cruises invited me to explore Bordeaux on their Chateaux, Rivers and Wine cruise, the allure of all the French Bordeaux wine I’d no doubt be sipping convinced me to give river cruising a try. The verdict? I absolutely loved my Bordeaux Viking […]
Falling in Love with Oysters in Arcachon
I don’t know what possessed me to willingly to go on a trip to an oyster farm. Remember that scene from Friends when Phoebe is at Ross and Monica’s parents’ anniversary party and she takes the oyster and pretends to eat it while actually dropping it on the floor? Joey slips on “the giant booger” […]
Sipping Saint-Émilion Grand Cru at Château Cantenac
Bordeaux is France’s largest fine wine region in both production and vineyard acreage, with over 7000 producers and 65 Bordeaux appellations recognized by the AOC (the Appellation d’Origine Controlle). Saint-Émilion, both a town and appellation in the Bordeaux wine region, has a history that dates back to Roman times and is the oldest still active […]
