It’s hard to imagine better results from zero planning but what can I say? It’s a gift. We all know I’m like a goldfish – I think I’ll go over here now. Last week was no different. The day started…
Category: solo travel
Three is my lucky number
Question: Three hangovers in a week – is that too many? Discuss. I bet you never wrote an essay on that in Year 9. Speaking of writing, I wrote this article while pretending to work. You know if you keep…
Ideas and certain reality
The Festival of Tina started two years ago to make certain that I celebrated the first half century of my life in style then launched the second with a bang. It was so much fun I decided to keep it…
Life’s a beach…
So it turns out that acronyms are awesome. Because they can stand for more than one thing… Like TBI. It was previously Tina’s Bar Investigations. But when you are on a cruise in the Mediterranean, or anywhere really, it can…
The people you meet
Someone asked me today if I had finished my book of adventures. I had to think about it for a few minutes. My answer: my adventures are ongoing. There are some very exciting ones in my near future: The Great…
Not TMI but TBI
The Festival of Tina is technically a travel blog. And that means you are supposed to review places, events or experiences. The problem is I’m not really good with the details.
Soup from a stone… fancy that!
So last weekend I paid $30 to attend a luxury travel event that included free champagne. As it turned out, it was bottomless champagne.
It seemed like a good idea at the time, again
I’ve now asked a few important people in my life to make sure that when I die, the children get this written on my tombstone.
Caution, deep water
You might think my work trips are just an excuse to visit friends in the USA. You’re wrong. I really do go to the office in New York. And then I sing at the Bitter End. And then I visit friends.
Second Honeymoon
There is nowhere more romantic than Hawaii. So when the internet said that the cheapest way to get to Arizona for a conference was via Honolulu I literally swooned. Who knew I’d end up on a honeymoon? Turned out, this…