This week Alex in Wanderland was featured on Nomadic Matt’s list of his current favorite travel blogs, as well as being spotlighted in the current issue of Native Foreigner Magazine! Many thanks to both for the honor! Today I’m back in Albany after a few days of birthday celebrations for my little sister. One of the…

I apologize for the late posting of this edition of Photo of the Week, but New York City can be a distracting place. In just a few days I’ve had a Groupon-enabled massage, seen Bring it On on Broadway, hit up Smorgasburg food market, spent another day at Rockaway Beach, and met up with a friend…

I’m writing this post from my hometown of Albany, New York, and it just feels so good to be here. On Tuesday I wrapped up a five-week stint living out of a suitcase, which brought me from, drum roll please, Albany to New York to Philadelphia to New York to Denver to Keystone to New York…

Greetings from the United Kingdom! I came primarily to visit friends, and thus I’ve taken a bit of a vacation (or a holiday, as the Brits would say) from being a travel writer. I have not stepped foot in a museum, purchased a souvenir or consulted a guidebook. I could say, however, that I’ve been moonlighting…

Oh, Iceland! This week I said a sad goodbye to the country I was so seduced by, a goodbye that thankfully was followed in close succession by a good old hello, again to the United Kingdom. Right now I’m catching up with friends in England and seriously starting to feel the work-pileup repercussions of so many…

Greetings from Iceland! I arrived only a few days ago and already I have amassed hundreds of photos. It was painful to narrow it down to just a few! I have fallen head over hiking boots in love with this country and since the moment I stepped off the plane I’ve been scheming my inevitable return…