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A New BJ45, part 2
Curious how we ended up searching for a new home on wheels? Check out the first blog in this series for the backstory. June 2024 Our eyes had landed on a tempting BJ45 listed on a European version of eBay, located near Strasbourg. If we were driving 550 kilometers (300 miles) to check it out, […]
The Photographic Dreamscapes of Musuk Nolte
A conversation with the Peruvian photographer whose dreamlike new book is the latest in a rich and truly original body of work that explodes the boundaries between documentary and art photography. To describe Musuk Nolte as a photojournalist may be accurate, but it misses the point. Embracing strategies of documentary and art photography to confront […]
Hotel Find: Casa Degli Atellani Milan
Posted by Monique Kawecki on Friday, July 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment WAKE UP IN LEONARDO DA VINCIʼS 15TH CENTURY VINEYARD. Situated metres away from Leonardo da Vinciʼs Last Supper, the Casa Degli Atellani invites guests into their 15th-century building whose grounds play host to a museum, the Atellani Apartment private residencies and La […]
Camping Menu Week 2 – Fresh Off The Grid
All summer long, we’re putting together menu ideas to help make your trip planning easier! Every week we’ll share a new menu in our newsletter and on the site. This Week’s Menu Pro Tip: Many of these recipes have prep that can be done at home before your trip, saving you time at the campsite. Look […]
A Day In The Life Of A Pilgrim
Home » Travel Tips » What It’s Really Like To Walk The Camino De Santiago: A Day In The Life Of A Pilgrim Well, pilgrims start their day early. They wake up before sunrise and strap their boots to hit the trail before the world is up. Camino de Santiago is not just a walk. […]
The Business Platinum Card® from American Express Review
Advertiser Disclosure Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers. Enrollment may be required for select American Express benefits and offers. Visit americanexpress.com to learn more. Over the past nineteen years as a business owner, I’ve used countless business cards. Some have been amazing and elevated both my travel and my business. Others have been…well, […]
Thoughts on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine – Rick Steves’ Travel Blog
Today is a profoundly sad day. Russia’s aggressive action is heartbreaking for the death, suffering, and economic turmoil it will cause in Ukraine and, indirectly at least, beyond. Here at Rick Steves’ Europe, we hope that a diplomatic solution can be found and peace will return to that fragile and long-suffering part of our […]
Back to Cyprus and the Land Cruiser – Overland Travel
It was with a sense of loss that we left the Land Cruiser behind on Cyprus last summer. Still numb from Coen’s brain cancer diagnosis (read about it here), and with him just out of the hospital – part of his head shaved, stitches crisscrossing where the tumor had been removed – we drove through […]
Could a Handheld Device Reshape Farming in Africa?
By helping farmers measure soil moisture with precision, a simple sensor is reducing waste, improving yields, and making agriculture more sustainable. RANDFONTEIN, South Africa — Patricia Seaba faced many challenges when she began farming. But few were as perplexing as the exploding cabbages. One moment, the plants seemed fine, cocooned snugly in their leaves, growing […]
Hotel Find: United Places Melbourne
Posted by Tara Lange on Thursday, October 10, 2019 · Leave a Comment Attention to detail is certainly not spared at United Places Melbourne, one of the city’s recent additions to the hotel scene. Melbourne’s upscale South Yarra neighborhood is the perfect backdrop for the thoughtfully designed property, which offers high-end amenities and a personalised […]