Lake Maggiore’s Isola Bella: Gardens and an Italian Island of Beauty, Whimsy and… you fill in the blank
Daughter, Dog and a Hint of Fall in Asheville, NC
There are so many things to do in Asheville with your dog (and you can bring your humans along too!) When visiting somewhere I often say to myself, “I’ve got to bring so and so to this place.” Last time I found myself saying this, I was referring to Asheville, North Carolina. I was talking [...]
When the Italy Day Trip is about the Journey: Trains, Boats and Automobiles
Italy day trip by boat and train on the Lago Maggiore Express Last Saturday was the one full day our group of five Travel Belles would have together while staying in Piedmont, Italy. We had a big day planned and there was a train schedule involved — a Swiss one. We would be getting on [...]
Across the Cafe Table #5: What’s Your Favorite Museum?
Welcome to our 5th Across the Cafe Table! This month we’re asking the question: What is your favorite museum? We invite you to answer this question on your own blog (or Facebook, if you don’t have a blog) and link back to this post and add your link to your answer below. First time? You [...]
Editor’s Choice: The Fall Edition Featuring Belles on Location in Italy for Real
A Belles Trip happened last week… … and before then I didn’t know much of anything about Domodossola, Italy. Now I can pretty much drive to and from there blindfolded from a small Italian town you’ve probably never heard of called Vogogna. Both places are in the eastern Piedmont of Italy, in the Ossola Valley [...]
Loire Valley Wine Tasting at Chateau du Petit Thouars
What Travel Belle could resist a tweeted invitation to one of the beautiful wineries in France from a Frenchman with good manners and a chateau to a Loire Valley wine tasting? Today I’m in a waxing-about-Fall-and-France kind of mood, so I’m going to tell you about a favorite stop from my visit last September to [...]
Hometown Picnic at Maymont in Richmond, Virginia
This month’s question for Across the Cafe Table: “What’s your favorite spot to have a picnic?” When I sat down to write my answer to this week’s question, I had to struggle to think of the last time I actually “went on a picnic.” Sure I have eaten a sandwich wrapped in cellophane several times [...]
Where to Stay in Charleston: 5 Diverse Choices
There are seemingly endless options for where to stay in Charleston, SC. Here’s a guide to just a few. When visiting a new city, one of the most important decisions you make will be where to stay. Grand hotel? Quaint inn? Tourist central or “off the beaten path?” Traveling on a tight budget, or are [...]
Discovering Italy’s Piedmont
We’re going to visit the Piedmont Region of Italy I definitely feel the excitement. At the end of September a few Travel Belle friends and writers and I are going to be meeting in one of Belle-dom’s favorite places: Italy! We are chipping in and renting a villa in the small medieval village of Vogogna, [...]
A Belle’s View on Reclining Your Airplane Seat
One Travel Belle’s View: Is it ever appropriate to recline one’s seat during air travel? Even though your average Travel Belle is generally smaller than her Travel Beau counterparts, physically speaking (I personally am 5’4″), when it comes to a The Great Seat Back Debate this small belle has a big opinion. The questions revolve [...]
