Blog - cool adventures

March 2020

Isolation: the beginning

We were still living in Boston a few blocks from Fenway Park when the Coronavirus outbreak began. We’d moved to Boston in 2018 when we came back from living in […]

Redsox

Boston Red Sox Winter Weekend: What’s it really like?

For the past few years, before the Red Sox have […]

Christmas

Christmas in Athens, Greece

After visiting so many wonderful places over the last year on the road, we wanted to return to one of our very favorites for the holidays – Athens. Greece in […]

A Niagara Falls getaway

Say “Niagara Falls” and thoughts instantly turn to the massive, majestic natural wonder that is one of the world’s most famous waterfalls. But, Niagara Falls is actually a region with three […]

Toronto

Toronto: Bargains, baseball and blue skies

We originally planned to spend the month of September in Toronto and had booked and paid for a fabulous apartment between Queen Street West and King Street West back in […]

Airbnb

10 things every Airbnb needs

Living on the road full time so much over the past few years, we spent 227 days in Airbnb apartments in nine countries and some have been great, some okay, […]

Montreal

What’s Montreal like in August? Rainy, breezy, muggy, sunny, cloudy … and that’s all before lunch. Weather fluctuations aside, Montreal is beautiful in August, with average daytime temperatures peaking at […]

Montreal

Eating (and drinking) in Montreal

During our month-long visit to Montreal in August, we sampled our way through quite a few dining and drinking establishments around the city. From quick and simple to celebratory fare, […]

Seattle

Buy me some peanuts and…

Move over peanuts and Cracker Jacks®, food at MLB ballparks has definitely improved in recent years. Sure, peanuts are still readily available (and consumer), but these days going to a […]

Vancouver

July in Vancouver

After 45 days of roaming around England, Scotland, and Ireland, we were ready to settle in one spot for a month. Seeking cool temperatures to avoid the summer heat and […]

Italy

February in Venice

We shouldn’t love Venice. It’s touristy. It can be very crowded. It can take forever to go a short distance as packed water buses slowly navigate canals. Yet, as our […]

France

January in Paris

Is January a good time to visit Paris? If you don’t mind the colder weather and prefer a quieter Parisian experience with far fewer tourists, then January is perfect. Monuments […]

Cuba

American Travel to Cuba: A Guide to Traveling to Cuba

Sitting on the tarmac in a Southwest Airlines jet, I […]

Kansas City

Kansas City Plaza Lights, a spectacular holiday tradition

Kansas City Plaza Lights create a spectacular holiday winter wonderland during December - one of the United State’s most beloved annual traditions.

Asia

Visiting Singapore

English-speaking, spotlessly clean & easy to navigate, Singapore has countless things to do including shopping, fabulous food & cultural districts to explore.