After all the cash and time we saved DIY-ing our trip to Knossos, what would us culture vultures do with our afternoon in Crete? Visit the world renown Archeological Museum? Explore the towns and villages of the North Coast? We went to the Cretaquarium. We headed back to the bus station and switched from the Knossos…

Our first port of call on our Mediterranean cruise was Iraklion, Crete.  It was kind of a throwaway stop for me, and as I couldn’t find anything in my guidebook or online that made my heart go pitter patter (other than the pre-vetoed Cretaquarium) I had given my Mom my blessing to plan the day as…

I love this week’s travel quote, which I find applies especially strongly to travel bloggers. “Pilgrims are poets who create by taking journeys.” -Richard Niebuhr See? I’m not bumming around the world, I’m creating a piece of art! That’s what I’ll tell any naysayers from here forward…

The taxi strike that saved us some cash by forcing us onto a shuttle bus from the airport into Athens was still raging on two days later as we scrambled to find a way to get to the pier. Little did we know we were approaching a decision that would lead to the lowest point in…

It’s odd spending the tenth anniversary of September 11th halfway across the world, when today my heart is only in New York. Living in Brooklyn the last four years, I found great comfort in attending the annual 9/11 memorials. Some people are bothered by the yearly incessant media coverage and the endless discussions of “where were…