Ancient Street, Torgron, Italy
Oh how I wish I were walking down this street. It looks so peaceful and serene.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Pinspiration Wednesday
I am a Pintrest addict. Seriously. Wednesday's I have decided will be Pinspiration day! Each wed. I will post a link or picture I have found on Pintrest. Either a travel location, travel tip, or a travel quote. Enjoy! :)
Friday, April 12, 2013
How Do You Pack For A Trip?
"How You Packin?"
(Insert Joey Tribiani Voice from Friends.)
So my cousin is on a cruise this week. From New Orleans to Key West, Freeport and Nassau,Bahamas . Yes I told her I was jealous and begged her to bring me with her. I even told her she could hide me in her luggage. But she left me here and went to have fun in the sun without me :(
I went on the same cruise this past January, and I know how much fun she is having, while I sit here, in rainy, windy, cold, and pollinating South Louisiana.
A few days before she left I texted her asking her just one more time to bring me along. And we got on the subject of packing. I am an avid roller of clothes. It gives you more room and it is just plain easier, I think anyway. B is a folder. I tried to convert her but it wasn't happening. She was able to fit 7 days worth of clothes including 8 bathing suits into 1 suitcase. B is obviously the Houdini of packing because I don't know if I could have pulled that off. For the same cruise I went on in January I had 1 28' suitcase, a carry-on, and a duffel (plus my camera bag, I don't go anywhere without my camera!) The Suitcase was all clothes, the carry-on was shoes and hair stuff, the duffel was misc things. But by some freaky magic spell she was able to fit all hers in just one bag. I believe I will have to get her to show me how she did this when she gets home.
There are so many different ways of packing. Rolling, folding, and some people even arrange their clothes together by outfit (including jewelry) and put it all neatly in a zipper bag and write the day of the week on it. Like a coworker said "But what if I get there and its Monday and I don't want to wear whats in the Monday bag, I want to wear whats in the Thursday bag! Then what do I do?"
So fellow travelers I ask: How do you pack?
P.S. B gets 5 out of 5 Suitcases for her packing skills! Even though she only uses 1!
(Insert Joey Tribiani Voice from Friends.)
So my cousin is on a cruise this week. From New Orleans to Key West, Freeport and Nassau,Bahamas . Yes I told her I was jealous and begged her to bring me with her. I even told her she could hide me in her luggage. But she left me here and went to have fun in the sun without me :(
I went on the same cruise this past January, and I know how much fun she is having, while I sit here, in rainy, windy, cold, and pollinating South Louisiana.
A few days before she left I texted her asking her just one more time to bring me along. And we got on the subject of packing. I am an avid roller of clothes. It gives you more room and it is just plain easier, I think anyway. B is a folder. I tried to convert her but it wasn't happening. She was able to fit 7 days worth of clothes including 8 bathing suits into 1 suitcase. B is obviously the Houdini of packing because I don't know if I could have pulled that off. For the same cruise I went on in January I had 1 28' suitcase, a carry-on, and a duffel (plus my camera bag, I don't go anywhere without my camera!) The Suitcase was all clothes, the carry-on was shoes and hair stuff, the duffel was misc things. But by some freaky magic spell she was able to fit all hers in just one bag. I believe I will have to get her to show me how she did this when she gets home.
There are so many different ways of packing. Rolling, folding, and some people even arrange their clothes together by outfit (including jewelry) and put it all neatly in a zipper bag and write the day of the week on it. Like a coworker said "But what if I get there and its Monday and I don't want to wear whats in the Monday bag, I want to wear whats in the Thursday bag! Then what do I do?"
So fellow travelers I ask: How do you pack?
P.S. B gets 5 out of 5 Suitcases for her packing skills! Even though she only uses 1!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Quick trip to Nashville, TN
April 1 - 3
When you hear the word Nashville, most people think immediately of Country music, Mountains, and well.... Country Music. After crossing the state line into Tennessee I can swear I heard Conway Twitty singing to me "Hello Darlin`"
And so here goes the experience I had while there for a few days this week. From an Awesome Tour at Belle Meade Plantation to the nights at the "Uncomfortable Inn"
Stop 1-
Belle Meade Plantation
Belle Meade Plantation is located about 7 miles from Downtown Nashville. I knew this plantation was going to be one of the highlights of my trip the moment I logged onto their website and started poking around. While most southern plantations raised sugar cane, cotton, and rice, Belle Meade Plantation raised, raced and sold Horses. Our guide Margret told us stories about the owners of the home, and of the champion race horses that they raised and loved like they were pets. The home is filled with beautiful antiques that nearly all belonged at some point to the various owners of the plantation. But by far my favorite was the first floor hallway which was filled with paintings of many of the beautiful horses that lived and raced on the plantation. There is a Winery (which gives free samples woohooo), you can tour the stables, slave cabin, and a few other out buildings on the grounds. They have an on site restaurant and a really well stocked gift shop for all those souvenirs you want to bring home.
If ever you are in Nashville you have to tour Belle Meade Plantation. But until then feel free to go here Belle Meade Plantation and order some of their awesome wine. Yum!
So over all Belle Meade gets five out of five suitcases on my scale of awesomeness :)
About nine miles down the road from Belle Meade Plantation sits a small cafe called The Loveless Cafe. After seeing this restaurant featured on the Food Channel and The Travel Channel I made sure that when we got to Nashville we went there. World famous for their homemade biscuits and country cooking. So we headed right on over after our first stop of the day. We got there at around noon and were told that there would be about a 45 minuet wait. This was ok with me because they had a gift shop and Lard knows I love me a gift shop. So I shopped while I waited. I got some fridge magnets and a cook book of recipes from the restaurant itself. I had wasted about 30 minuets so when I walked back over to the Cafe I went inside and asked the hostess if she knew how much longer we had to wait. She looked at her watch and said well you got here 30 mins ago and I said there was a 45 minuet wait so that leaves you another 15 minuets. (Yes she was a little rude, a lot rude actually) But I walked back outside and waited, mainly because after all I had driven from Louisiana and this was one of the places I HAD to visit while I was in Nashville. About 5 minutes later our little buzzer light thing went off for a few seconds and then stopped. I told my friend we should go in and ask her if we were buzzed or if it was broken. when I handed the buzzer to the gentleman behind the counter next to her she looked over and said.. "I didn't buzz that." I told them that it actually had gone off and stopped and she repeated what she said the first time. Well this was the places second strike as far as I am concerned. The third strike was people being seated before us who got there a good 10 minuets after we had gotten there. Ten long minuets latter our buzzer finally went off and we were seated. That's when things started to get much better. Our waitress Joy was great, she was friendly and very welcoming. Brought us more than enough of their famous biscuits while we waited for our lunches. AND OH MY GOSH THE FOOD WAS AMAZING!!! I had chicken fried steak with sides of homemade mac and cheese and caramel sweet potatoes. I am seriously drooling just thinking about it right now. After stuffing our selves so full we could barely walk, we were off on our way to the next stop after getting directions from our server Joy. Oh and did I mention the piece of peanut butter pie i got to go? OMG you should all be jealous....
Visit them online here The Loveless Cafe they sell some pretty cool stuff including biscuit mix :)
So all in all The Loveless Cafe gets 4 1/2 Suitcases on my scale of awesomeness. Even though the food was amazing and I can still taste those awesome biscuits they are getting some points deducted for the not so nice hostess. Maybe Joy can give her a few lessons in how to treat customers.
When you hear the word Nashville, most people think immediately of Country music, Mountains, and well.... Country Music. After crossing the state line into Tennessee I can swear I heard Conway Twitty singing to me "Hello Darlin`"
And so here goes the experience I had while there for a few days this week. From an Awesome Tour at Belle Meade Plantation to the nights at the "Uncomfortable Inn"
Stop 1-
Belle Meade Plantation
Belle Meade Plantation is located about 7 miles from Downtown Nashville. I knew this plantation was going to be one of the highlights of my trip the moment I logged onto their website and started poking around. While most southern plantations raised sugar cane, cotton, and rice, Belle Meade Plantation raised, raced and sold Horses. Our guide Margret told us stories about the owners of the home, and of the champion race horses that they raised and loved like they were pets. The home is filled with beautiful antiques that nearly all belonged at some point to the various owners of the plantation. But by far my favorite was the first floor hallway which was filled with paintings of many of the beautiful horses that lived and raced on the plantation. There is a Winery (which gives free samples woohooo), you can tour the stables, slave cabin, and a few other out buildings on the grounds. They have an on site restaurant and a really well stocked gift shop for all those souvenirs you want to bring home.
So over all Belle Meade gets five out of five suitcases on my scale of awesomeness :)
Stop 2-
The Loveless CafeAbout nine miles down the road from Belle Meade Plantation sits a small cafe called The Loveless Cafe. After seeing this restaurant featured on the Food Channel and The Travel Channel I made sure that when we got to Nashville we went there. World famous for their homemade biscuits and country cooking. So we headed right on over after our first stop of the day. We got there at around noon and were told that there would be about a 45 minuet wait. This was ok with me because they had a gift shop and Lard knows I love me a gift shop. So I shopped while I waited. I got some fridge magnets and a cook book of recipes from the restaurant itself. I had wasted about 30 minuets so when I walked back over to the Cafe I went inside and asked the hostess if she knew how much longer we had to wait. She looked at her watch and said well you got here 30 mins ago and I said there was a 45 minuet wait so that leaves you another 15 minuets. (Yes she was a little rude, a lot rude actually) But I walked back outside and waited, mainly because after all I had driven from Louisiana and this was one of the places I HAD to visit while I was in Nashville. About 5 minutes later our little buzzer light thing went off for a few seconds and then stopped. I told my friend we should go in and ask her if we were buzzed or if it was broken. when I handed the buzzer to the gentleman behind the counter next to her she looked over and said.. "I didn't buzz that." I told them that it actually had gone off and stopped and she repeated what she said the first time. Well this was the places second strike as far as I am concerned. The third strike was people being seated before us who got there a good 10 minuets after we had gotten there. Ten long minuets latter our buzzer finally went off and we were seated. That's when things started to get much better. Our waitress Joy was great, she was friendly and very welcoming. Brought us more than enough of their famous biscuits while we waited for our lunches. AND OH MY GOSH THE FOOD WAS AMAZING!!! I had chicken fried steak with sides of homemade mac and cheese and caramel sweet potatoes. I am seriously drooling just thinking about it right now. After stuffing our selves so full we could barely walk, we were off on our way to the next stop after getting directions from our server Joy. Oh and did I mention the piece of peanut butter pie i got to go? OMG you should all be jealous....
So all in all The Loveless Cafe gets 4 1/2 Suitcases on my scale of awesomeness. Even though the food was amazing and I can still taste those awesome biscuits they are getting some points deducted for the not so nice hostess. Maybe Joy can give her a few lessons in how to treat customers.
Stop 3-
The Uncomfortable Inn
I'm not going to mention the actual name of the hotel but I am sure you can guess. It was horrible. While it was in a really good location, nothing can make up for dirty smelly rooms, construction noise and rude staff. Run don't walk to another hotel!
So all in all Nashville gets Five of Five suitcases! It was a great trip. Friendly people everywhere we went. Good food and interesting history!
And as we cross the border from Tennessee into Alabama I can hear Garth Brooks Singing to me "When You Come Back to me Again"
For most of my life I have wanted to be a host on the travel channel. Truley Samantha Brown has my dream job. I love to travel. Who doesn't? Meeting new people, seeing new different places, learning about different cultures all around the world. I have been on a few cruises and traveled all over the Continental United States, and one of my favorite things is to tell my friends and family about my trips when I get home. Giving them suggestions and tips if they were to ever go where I have been. So I have decided to share with the world my travel tips. From the beautiful destinations and friendly people I encounter to the horror stories I'm sure we have all had to deal with one time or another when we travel.
My first Post will be about my recent trip to Nashville, TN.
My first Post will be about my recent trip to Nashville, TN.
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