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  • Sweden2May 19, 2013

    Great Drives – Exploring The Villages and Inlets of Sweden’s West Coast

    It was my first time in Sweden and I had an admittedly unusual agenda for a first time visitor. I didn’t visit Stockholm or it famous neighborhoods, instead I was in West Sweden; a beautiful part of the country famous for its coastal getaways. Even…
  • South Africa Lion0May 16, 2013

    Meet South Africa Instagram Video

    I returned just a few days ago from beautiful South Africa, where I was part of an exciting project designed to promote the country. The campaign included 15 international bloggers following a variety of different routes around the country in order to explore and share…
  • Norden's Ark, Sweden0May 15, 2013

    Tigers, Leopards and Wolves – Saving Lives at Norden’s Ark in Sweden

    The drive along the E6 from Gothenburg to the small area of Hunnebostrand in Western Sweden was the perfect first introduction to the landscapes of Sweden. Spring had not yet arrived, but it was threatening and the earliest of buds and blades of grass were…
  • Matt South Africa6May 13, 2013

    Quick Thoughts on South Africa

    As I board a plane back home to Washington, DC today I find myself reflecting on my second experience traveling through South Africa. After my first visit last year to Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula I fell in love, but I wasn’t sure how…
  • Sweden0May 13, 2013

    42 Things I Love About West Sweden

    I was in Sweden as part of the Car Plus Vacation promotion, highlighting Volvo’s program that allows overseas buyers to receive complimentary tickets to Sweden and to drive their new car around before Volvo ships it home for them. They’re also running a sweepstakes right…
  • Bermuda9May 9, 2013

    Travel Obsession: Still Thinking About Paradise and the South Pacific

    So a few months ago I wrote about my obsession with the South Pacific and while I’ve never visited, it remains a place I think of often. Well lately it seems as if the universe is conspiring against me and wants to only add fuel…
  • Sunset in Antarctica3May 7, 2013

    Antarctica in Five Words

    Antarctica isn’t your normal travel experience; it’s extreme in just about every way imaginable from how you get there to what you see during the trip. There are a lot of ways to describe and share this experience, but these five words encapsulate it for…
  • Bermuda flag4May 5, 2013

    Exploring the Colonial Town of St. George’s in Bermuda

    I didn’t know a lot about Bermuda before I first visited as the guest of Bermuda Tourism, and that’s my fault. I was busy and while I was really excited to visit for the first time, I hadn’t done the normal research I conduct before…
  • Volvo Car Sweden6May 2, 2013

    How to Buy a Car and Visit Sweden for Free (Plus a Sweepstakes!)

    Last week I was in Sweden as part of an initiative cosponsored by Volvo, Visit Sweden, West Sweden Tourism and Skåne Tourism. The goal was to highlight a sweepstakes they have going on and to bring more attention to a cool program Volvo runs for…
  • Florence Italy26May 1, 2013

    I Was Supposed to Like Florence, Italy

    So this has happened before. I travel to a destination, sometimes one that is universally loved, but I don’t have a great experience. I’ve written about it before and it happens to everyone, but I was shocked ( and still am) that it happened to…
  • Near Cape Town, South Africa12April 30, 2013

    Meet South Africa: Adventure Travel Itinerary

    Last week I received an unconventional invitation in my email inbox from South Africa Tourism. It was a video inviting me to return to South Africa and explore more of this wonderful country. In August 2012, I was part of a remarkable campaign to highlight…
  • Malmo Sweden3April 28, 2013

    Seeing the Two Faces of Malmo, Sweden

    The last stop on my brief but thorough trip through the regions of West Sweden and the Skåne was Malmö, a city I was a little nervous to visit. I was nervous because I made the mistake of listening to what others thought of the…
  • Goslings Rum Bermuda1April 25, 2013

    Rum Reimagined – The National Cocktails of Bermuda (Including Recipes)

    It seems that every place I visit has a special wine, beer or cocktail for which it is famous. Islands tend to have a higher concentration of liquid refreshments, but few have I enjoyed as much as the official, unofficial national drinks of Bermuda –…
  • palm tree11April 24, 2013

    The Law That Isn’t – The American Ban on Travel to Cuba

    A couple of weeks ago Beyonce and Jay-Z made the news not for their relationship or musical abilities, but because they dared to visit Cuba. One of the very few places in the world where Americans cannot freely visit, Cuba is a frustrating travel consideration…
  • Bermuda2April 22, 2013

    42 Things I Love About Bermuda

    1. Avoiding the Triangle 2. Learning very fast that everyone knows each other 3. Exploring the Dockyards area 4. Fresh rockfish (If that’s your thing) 5. Learning how to make a Rum Swizzle 6. Walking around the hip but laid back city of Hamilton 7….
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