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 Lithuania to Estonia. I dreamed of exploring this lesser-known region…
Get Squeaky Clean With These Fancy and High-Tech Toilets Around the World By Kristy Alpert Fancy a flush? No one needs a fancy desk or a posh company car to take care of business, but you’ll never find a boss, a secretary, or even an intern complaining about those sweet little perks….
Retro Revival: 14 Cool Roadside Hotels Kristy Alpert These former motels have gone from seedy to stylish. Once a national icon, motels fell out of fashion in the late ’60s with the invention of the chain hotel, leaving many mom-and-pop moteliers stranded on America’s roadsides with nothing but a surplus…
The Maltese Mystique by Kristy Alpert I kept my eyes down while I navigated the smoothes stone pathways that led through Malta’s old town; painfully aware that wedged heels were the wrong shoe choice for my afternoon of exploring in Valletta. I glanced up as I entered Republic Square and…
Finding Om in India Photo: Group at Rishikul Yogshala © RISHIKUL YOGSHALA By Kristy Alpert – June 1, 2017 I WAITED MY ENTIRE LIFE to be where I stood, the Taj Mahal long acting as a sort of mecca in my long list of bucket-list experiences. I expected that moment to…
Eco-Friendly Journey of Thailand’s Isles Photo: Canoeing in the waters off the Thai islands © KRISTY ALPERT By Kristy Alpert AS I FLOATED just above the water in a three-person sea canoe, I found myself grinning with every ripple and splash from the Andaman Sea. All around us rose clusters of…
