Things can change on vacation.  It could be luggage that shows up late.  Or hotels that fall through, rental cars that aren’t there, or worse.  Thousands of travelers to Europe lived this possibility in April when a volcano in a faraway land erupted.   It was an exercise in their ability to improvise, rearrange and [...]

Summer heat.  You have to love it.  And if you don’t, choices boil down to coping or changing hemispheres regularly.  Here’s survival techniques picked up during my years in Texas, Tunisia and Italy.
Schedule: Follow a Mediterranean rhythm; schedule your most strenuous activities and outdoor time in the early morning and late afternoon.  (Who would have [...]

Musing on the difference between needing caffeine or needing the coffee break itself, it occurs to me once again the importance of savouring the moment.
Learned about a very interesting U.S. lacemaking boom in  The Laces of Ipswich: The Art and Economics of an Early American Industry, 1750-1840
Anyone out there on Goodreads?  I’d love to see [...]

Funny how this web of life connects!
If you’ve hung out with me virtually or in real life, you know that Tactile Travel focuses on the textiles, the food and the people that give each place its soul.  And if you’ve listened to the podcast lately, you’ve heard me tell stories about Winehug , that snazzy [...]

It eventually happens to every Traveler, experienced or naive.
Traveler arrives in the hitting range of their destination.   Just one transfer needed to reach their hotel, a museum or store… and he or she get taken for a ride.  And it might not be the ride they anticipated.
So many Travelers forget the link between arrival [...]