I knew I'd like Prague as soon as our bike tour guide said, "Here, beer is cheaper than water." The birthplace of the Pilsner. The holy grail of all party opportunities.

I'm a beer gal. While this hasn't been beneficial to the healthy diet I typically try to stick to,...

When I first blogged about my upcoming trip to Budapest, a lovely reader named Tom commented and told me to be sure to check out the "ruin pubs."

They're exactly what you think they are -- abandoned buildings converted into pubs and artistic spaces.

Gritty enough for ya?

"The beginning...

My personality changed with each city I visited in Europe, just like how the people changed. I've always wondered: Is it the city that makes the people, or the people that make the city?

Vienna was classy, refined. "Refined" might be an inaccurate word, actually...it belittles the qualities of Budapest...

While I was in Budapest, I found myself faced with one of those difficult decisions that all travel writers must face on the road: which baths do I visit, Széchenyi Spa or Gellért Baths? The former had fat old Hungarian men playing chess in their skivvies; the latter...

So the thing about Budapest is that it just kinda takes you by surprise. Everyone raves about Vienna and Prague and all those neighboring cities (and rightly so), but Budapest is kinda lonely. Its streets aren't cluttered with hordes of tourists jockeying for the best camera space or picking their...

One week in the Dominican Republic at an all-inclusive resort for a good friend's wedding. This is the place where you DON'T bring your laptop.

When I told the bride-to-be I would have to work for a few hours every morning during her wedding trip to the Dominican Republic, she...

Most of us know the big names already, like Banff, Jasper, and Fundy. But did you know that Canada has 42 National Parks designated by Parks Canada? Some of them are pretty isolated, but all of them are jaw-dropping. Not surprisingly, many of them are located in the north.

We've...