By Land and Sea By Kristy Alpert CRUISING HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY over the past century, first providing travelers with a means of transportation and then ushering in a new era that attracted leisure travelers looking for variety in the midnight buffets Read More …
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Bali Break By Kristy Alpert I TOOK MY SEAT on the floor beneath a large wooden pergola alongside a handful of fellow travelers sporting sun-kissed tans and eager eyes. A trio of girlfriends in their 40s huddled together to my Read More …
Street Food Tours By Kristy Alpert THE CULINARY WORLD is full of restaurants where reservations can take months to score and where elaborate dishes come adorned in edible gold or delicate shavings of rare white truffles and expensive caviar — Read More …
Solo Travel Tours By Kristy Alpert IT HAD BEEN TWO DAYS since I had spoken to another person. It was just me and my rental car, cruising along the highways and back roads of the Baltics on my way from Read More …
Picture Perfect By Kristy Alpert THESE DAYS YOU DON’T always need the most expensive equipment or latest lens to get a quality shot during your travels. Not only have modern smartphones greatly surpassed the standalone point- and-shoot cameras of the Read More …
Russian Evolution by Kristy Alpert LONG BEFORE THE FORMATION of the European Union, or even the United States for that matter, St. Petersburg, Russia, stood as a strong city with a keen eye for globality. Prior to the city’s founding in Read More …
Best Walking Tours Photo: © JULIA KUZNETSOVA – DREAMSTIME.COM By Kristy Alpert WHAT DO BREATHING in the delicate perfume of alpine rock jasmine on an early-morning hike in the Swiss Alps, discovering a Parisian patisserie in the back streets of Hanoi Read More …
Private Jet Tours Photo: © FOUR SEASONS PRIVATE JET EXPERIENCE By Kristy Alpert TRAVELING BY PRIVATE JET was once a luxury only afforded to royals, presidents and, sure, the occasional musician or two. Today, private jet travel reaches new heights, and Read More …
Green Space Tours Around the Globe April 2019, Tours Photo: Chelsea Flower Show in London © LONDONGAL27 – DREAMSTIME.COM By Kristy Alpert – April 1, 2019 FOLLOW THE GUIDEBOOKS in your next destination and they will likely have you pound the pavement in Read More …