Winter Escape: Cruising the Bahamas aboard HAL’s Nieuw Amsterdam
As much as I love Maine, come December, I'm craving sunshine and warmth. When the opportunity to cruise aboard Holland America Line's 2,106-passenger Nieuw...
Arizona’s White Stallion dude ranch delivers all-inclusive fun
I rekindled a childhood love of riding horses, savored warmth and sunshine, and appreciated the one-price-covers-almost-everything rates at the White Stallion Ranch in Tucson,...
Score! Suite dreams in Boston for Red Sox & Bruins fans
Yo, Red Sox and Bruins fans: Check out these sweet splurge-worthy Boston suites dedicated to the teams you love.
Fenway Park Suite at the Hotel...
Postcard from Edinburgh: Forsyth’s Tea Room
While gadding about Great Britain by rail (especially easy with a BritRail pass) a few years ago, I stumbled into the delightful Forsyth's Tea...
Great Britain by rail: All aboard for Bath, England, a UNESCO World Heritage site
You're probably expecting the Maine Travel Maven to share her thoughts about Bath, Maine, but this time I'm heading across the pond to Bath,...
Great Britain by rail: All aboard for London & the Courtauld Gallery
In late February, I spent the better part of a week exploring Great Britain by train. The last time I took trains through...
Grazing through Quebec: Les Peres Nature market and cafe is a bon choice
Whenever traveling between Maine and Quebec City, instead of stopping en route for that ubiquitous fast-food cheeseburger, I savor a taste of Quebec at...
A ramble through Quebec’s Eastern Townships: Coaticook
Drive northwest on Route 27, a Maine Scenic Byway, from Sugarloaf, in Carrabassett Valley, and after passing Flagstaff Lake and Chain of Ponds and...
Northern light nights
I've been negligent in posting over the past few days, primarily due to exhaustion. I'm in Churchill, Manitoba. Not for the polar bears, not...
Mind the gap
Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge is a tenuous tether crafted by fishermen 350 years ago to bridge the gap between Northern Ireland's mainland cliffs and an...
A giant mistake
I think my dad summed up the Giant’s Causeway quite accurately: “I’ve wanted to see this for years, and this is it?”
Over touristed, over-priced...
Feeling sheepish
Okay, truth be told, I probably took at least 100 photos of sheep; they're so darned cute. This one's one of my favorites. I...
Shear entertainment
James McHenry shears a sheep the old fashioned way, with scissor-like shears, at Dieskirt Farm, Glenarif, Northern Ireland.
Northeast by Down East
If you want a taste of Maine's Down East coast abroad, loop around the Antrim Coast, which wraps around the northeast of Northern Island....
Bermuda dreaming
If Crayola doesn't have a color named Bermuda Blue, it should. Nothing compares with the brilliance and depth, the clarity or the dreaminess of...
