After spending an afternoon checking out Siena, we hopped into the rental car and headed south on SR2. The road cuts through the increasingly rugged terrain. Whereas northern Tuscany is gently rolling hills, southern Tuscany gets more wild. After about 45 minutes on SR2, we took a few roundabout exits underneath the hilltop town of Montalcino, eventually ending up on… Read more »
After our stay in Florence, it was time to check out some more bucolic Italian environs. We slogged our way through driving rain back to the tram and rode to the Florence airport to pick up our rental car. As usual, we finally got into our car only to discover that although we paid for “in-car WiFi”, the car rental… Read more »
After two stops on my 2019 midlife crisis tour – Atlanta and Orlando – it was time to head to the final stop in Miami. Monday around 1pm, after some work calls, I was in the Caddy heading south. The drive towards Miami on the Turnpike was much slower than the ride north, made seemingly much slower with the lack… Read more »
After my night living like a rock star, I was severely sleep-deprived when I made my way to the Atlanta airport. I was hoping to sleep on the flight to Fort Lauderdale but there was a young boy in the seat in front of me who spent the entire flight asking his mom questions every 20 seconds. I applauded his… Read more »
After the amazing day in Denali National Park, we figured it would be a let-down trying to do anything else in the park. So I let Mom sleep in a bit while I worked. When she got up, I asked her what she wanted to do. After hemming and hawing a while, she said, “Let’s just go for a drive… Read more »
Anchorage was more relaxing that I anticipated, despite all the walking Mom and I did. After two days of checking out Alaska’s biggest city (population roughly 300,000, the next largest is Juneau with 32,750 just to give you a bit of perspective), it was time for us to head north – towards Denali National Park. As I mentioned in a… Read more »
I woke up the early in the morning after the storm grateful that the air temperature had fallen enough for me to get a few hours of good sleep. I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and got packed up, opting to skip breakfast. I had to catch a ferry and there seemed to be some discrepancy online on… Read more »
After exploring Hopewell Rocks, I drove about five hours to Mahone Bay in Nova Scotia, about an hour-ish south of Halifax. Mahone Bay is a cute little fishing village that is starting to become a tourist destination due to its close proximity to Lunenburg, which is a full-fledged tourist town due to its UNESCO World Heritage Site status. Prices for… Read more »
I got to my hotel in Moncton – finally – and was told I had been given an upgrade at the front desk. I’m not exactly sure how that was an upgrade, but at least there was a clean room and king size bed. Unfortunately, there was also a loud AF French Canadian family that did not understand the concept… Read more »
After a long day of driving the Cabot Trail and then driving all the way to Charlottetown, PEI, I was delighted by my next accommodation – Sydney Boutique Inn and Suites. Once a convent, the hotel is well-located and incredibly stylish and comfortable. In fact, it was the nicest place I stayed on my entire trip (so naturally, it was… Read more »