Heading south from the Amalfi Coast, Paestum tucks away from the tourists and crowds that seem to linger solely at Pompeii. Having never heard of this ancient site, I figured it was worth the gamble to go see. The UNESCO listed temples of Paestum seem like a well-kept secret. With only a handful of tourists wandering around the site in the heat of summer, I could appreciate Paestum fully, letting my imagination run wild. All that can be heard amidst the reverberating locust’s song are the sounds of history lingering. The Greek settlement of Paestum contains some of the best-preserved Continue Reading
To There and Back With No Postcards To Prove It
Sicily is a place you can’t really escape after visiting. I was putty in Sicily’s hands, returning after just a year of being away. I found myself back where I started, but not. I was looking for a “slow travel” day. Alone on an island, I felt somewhat useless. If I have a day here and there when I travel where I don’t get out and see the world, I feel like I have let myself and the place down. As a result, one gray day, I boarded a train to Ragusa to go see, as they say. Not really knowing much about the city, I sat in the Siracusa station as construction workers kept trying to make eye Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of January 10, 2011
In case you are new here, each week I ask writers and readers to submit their favorite travel post of the week. I read, comment, tweet (using Twitter), stumble (using Stumbleupon) and place the post on my Facebook page. The following Monday, I select five favorites submitted last week to be featured below and the stumbling continues into the next week. Just some rules to keep in mind, you can submit one post each week, leaving a link in the comment box below. The post must be travel related. You must submit the post by the end of the day on Friday. Links left after Friday will not be Continue Reading
Praiano, Italy Wishes You Were Here
You might not know about Praiano. However, the name Positano may be familiar. Praiano rests a town down from the famous Amalfi Coast city. Positano is without a doubt more popular, while Praiano is subtle, quiet and small. I first visited Praiano with family, back when I fell in love with Italy in those incredibly awkward, there shouldn’t be any photos from that time, teen years. I remember walking down to a local restaurant on the water at night, in disbelief somewhere like Praiano existed. For my last birthday, I decided to head back down to Praiano. I knew it would be the perfect spot to Continue Reading
The Solo Travel Fraud
With a heavy southern accent, an older man approaches me at the airport. “I’m going to follow you little lady because I don’t know where I’m going. I can’t hear the announcements.” I laugh and say I will alert him when the plane starts to board. My flight on the eve of New Year’s Eve is set to go out in Denver’s first blizzard of the winter. The airline employees keep doing a song and dance of “let’s board, then let’s not.” I can see why the man was confused. Once boarding is called, I motion my friend traveling solo it’s time to get on the plane. He shuffles behind me like some child that Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of January 3, 2011
Hopefully, everyone had a Happy New Year. Now it is back to work and stumbling. In case you are new here, each week I ask writers and readers to submit their favorite travel posts of the week. I read, comment, tweet (using Twitter), stumble (using Stumbleupon) and post a link to the post on my Facebook page. The following Monday, I profile five of my favorites from the week before and the stumbling continues into the next week. Just a few rules to keep in mind, you must leave the post in the comment box below. The article must be travel related. You have until the end of the day on Friday Continue Reading
Freiburg, Germany Wishes You Were Here
This week’s Wish You Were Here post comes from Andrew Couch of Grounded Traveler. Andrew left the US to pursue work in Germany, where he became an expat, living and doing as the Germans do. Be sure to check out Grounded Traveler, follow Andrew on Twitter and enjoy Freiburg, Germany through his eyes. My newly adopted hometown of Freiburg is a university city nestled against the Black Forest near both the French and Swiss borders in the south west of Germany. They say it is the warmest and sunniest corner of Germany, which makes for wonderful times sitting outside with a beer, watching Continue Reading