Four Part Series on Royal Residences and Gardens Near Madrid, Spain – Part Three Walking down the front steps of our hotel in Segovia, we head toward a waiting taxi. The driver smiles when I tell him where we are…
Four Part Series on Royal Residences and Gardens Near Madrid, Spain – Part One The Royal Palace of Aranjuez will be our first stop on a tour of this region of Spain. We depart from Madrid’s bustling Atocha Train Station…
Four Part Series on Royal Residences and Gardens Near Madrid, Spain – Part Four King Philip V certainly had location in mind when he chose La Granja as his retirement spot. After purchasing the lodge from the Hieronymite monks and…
Hampton Court Palace is my favorite place in England thus far. It might actually be one of my favorite places in the world thus far. As an expat who was new to the UK, Hampton Court was one of the…
Four Part Series on Royal Residences and Gardens Near Madrid, Spain – Part Two Like many, we keep adding to our bucket list over the years. With Aranjuez Spain topping the list, we spent a day there as a side…
The grand prize package for this sweepstakes (link removed, contest is now closed) includes a tour of the set of Downtown Abbey. Also included are: • Airfare for two and accommodations for seven days and six nights in London, England…
The History of Afternoon Tea According to some sources, the tradition of Afternoon Tea started in London in the early 1840s. It is often attributed to Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford who requested a pot of tea and snack…
American writer and filmmaker Susan Sontag once said: “I haven’t been everywhere but it’s on my list.” Friends and family in Arizona have long raved about Puerto Peñasco—the place where the Sonoran Desert meets the Sea of Cortez. So, it…
Creating a scent of your own at Aquaflor Firenze in Florence, Italy transforms you from a harried tourist to a pampered local. There is no better way to find the true expression of your personality than to have a “perfume…