by Marybeth Bond | Feb 18, 2019 | France
Last weekend I fell in love with a new city, Paris. For three euphoric days I ran around the City of Lights and, like most first time visitors, I tried to see all the tourist attractions. We climbed the Eiffel Tower in the teeth-chattering winter weather, fell into a...
by Marybeth Bond | Apr 14, 2018 | France, Dining
Paris may be crawling with tourists scurrying to monuments and museums, but in Burgundy, a mere 90 minutes south on the TGV train, sightseeing is never an object. The pace is slow, the countryside bucolic and the pleasures of gastronomy rule supreme. The...
by Marybeth Bond | Nov 1, 2015 | China, India, Luxury, Vietnam, Bali, Adventure, Burma / Myanmar, Indonesia, Dining, Nepal, Luxury
Many of us travel, among other reasons, for the love of food. These travel tips to help you survive your culinary adventures worldwide. My culinary adventures include eating yak eyeballs in Tibet, bamboo grubs in Thailand, fried...
by Marybeth Bond | Jul 16, 2012 | Paris, France
The French Impressionist’s final home in Giverny is where Monet lived for 43 years, and painted every day in his gardens or studio. His water garden is perhaps the best known of all his subjects; weeping willows, a wisteria-draped Japanese bridge,...
by Marybeth Bond | Apr 24, 2012 | Travel
I’m excited to have you on my site. My credentials: Traveled to over 90 countries worldwide National Geographic Travel Book Author Meet the Gutsy Traveler. Video. Bon Voyage.