Category: Europe

Our Second Around-the-World Trip

Angela Ballard 23 October 2023

We have embarked upon an epic journey, circumnavigating the globe over the next several weeks. We will visit four continents and 22 countries, including seven that will be new to us. Planes, trains, ships, cars, and mostly likely a tuk …

Twin Lakes of the Azores featured on Atlas Obscura

Angela Ballard 7 September 2023

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland

Angela Ballard 16 March 2023

Avoid the crowds at Dublin's Temple Bar and celebrate St. Patrick's Day across the Emerald Isle at these other Irish institutions.

Oh, The Places You’ll Never Go

Angela Ballard 20 May 2020

As humans, we tend to want what we don’t — or can’t — have. So while you’re building your never-ending list of places you can’t visit right now, add to it these locales you can literally never visit, under any …