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That view tho! 🤩😂 What do you think — is i

That view tho! 🤩😂 What do you think — is it worth the price, just to be in Manhattan?

If you’re planning to visit NYC, do yourself a favor and check the dates for major events like Fashion Week before booking. (And SAVE this post for the list.)

Don’t get me wrong, I love this city, even though it’s never a very affordable place to visit. But hotel prices really surge during these times:

- New Year’s Eve 🪩
- Christmas time 🎄
- Pride week – late June 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
- Thanksgiving weekend near the Macy’s parade route 🦃
- NYC marathon week — early November 🏃‍♀️
- Fashion Week – September & February 👗(That’s when I was there – accidentally! I was on my way back from a blogging trip in the Azores, and just needed to be near the train station.)
- Autumn in general 🍂

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CC: “Nobody knew where you were! Your phone was

CC: “Nobody knew where you were! Your phone was OFF!” 😂

Wow, after a week in the Azores, this just seemed so fitting. If you’re looking for a place to go disappear, turn your phone off, and spend some time with nature, these islands are an amazing place to start.

(SAVE this if you’re planning an Azores trip & share it with the people you want to escape with!)

The basics:

- The Azores are part of Portugal. 🇵🇹 They’re a group of 9 volcanic islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

- 💰 They’re extremely unbusy & affordable for being part of Western Europe.

- This is a nature destination – NOT a mass tourism destination. Go for the hiking, volcanos, whale watching, diving, swimming holes, and fresh seafood. 🌋 🐋

- (There’s no night life & very few sand beaches. Just soothing green everywhere.)

- Several direct flights from North America on @sataazoresairlines_official (ad) from Toronto, Montreal, Boston, JFK, and Oakland – mostly on new A321 Neo LR planes. ✈️ (SATA has one of the newest & most fuel-efficient fleets in Europe. They sponsored my trip out there.)

- Of all the places I’ve traveled where I speak at least a bit of the local language, this is where people seemed to appreciate it the most. 🗣️ It’s worth the effort to learn some Portuguese before you go!

- Winters get cool & rainy, but this would be a great last minute trip before mid-October. (Or wait until May or so.)

Are the Azores on your list? Any other questions?

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Okay, I’ve outdone myself this time… but it’

A moment of calm.🎵 This weekend in the Adironda

A moment of calm.🎵 This weekend in the Adirondacks was surprising in more ways that I expected! We road tripped there – to a giant* state park in upstate New York – to visit the @wildcenter (sponsored).

The Wild Center is a sustainability museum with an uplifting exhibit called Climate Solutions, and lots of gorgeous ways to get outside. (Including guided canoe trips, a sculpture park by a famous artist, and a surreal, elevated walk way through the forest.)

All of the pieces on their own were worth the trip, but Forest Music was the part that really surprised me. 🌲 Just standing there in the rain, listening to the most fitting music for the moment, was a real moment of calm and wonder. Which I think is what going outside is supposed to be about, right?

Have you been the the Adirondack region yet?

If not (or even if you have) stay tuned for my itinerary (on the blog soon) for a sustainable travel focused weekend getaway with superb local providers.

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* “giant park” = 6 million acres! That’s 1/5 of New York State, the same size as Vermont or, for my fellow westerners, 3x Yellowstone National Park.

🎵 This song was composed & performed by Kate McAuliffe of @sunypotsdam for the @WildCenter and is shared with permission.
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SMALL GROUP ECO TRIP: Mark your calendars! Along w

SMALL GROUP ECO TRIP: Mark your calendars! Along with Marco, from @basecamp523, I’m putting together dates for a one-week cycling trip in Italy next year!!!
🫶Tag or share this with the person you’d go with ~ or come solo and make some new friends. (Sweating and then eating well together is a perfect way to do it!)

📆 We’re aiming for late-May or early-June (= the best biking weather, but still no crowds). LMK if you have a preference!

The trip is going to be more affordable than most bike tours in Italy, AND we’ll be exclusively visiting local, organic, sustainability-focused producers & small businesses in the Marche region of central Italy. (Hotels, vineyards etc.)

📍 This was the view at the end of Day 2, when I tested the trip in June. We’d biked 45km / 28 miles that day and I was SO glad that I chose an e-bike instead of regular mountain bike. (See my last reel for details!)

Finishing touches are coming to my blog post about the trip today! (Link in bio)

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