Category Archives for travel

Roma Aeterna

The most beautiful city in the world.  

12. September 2015 by Nicole R. Betters
Categories: art, travel | Leave a comment

A new postcard!!

I love, love, love getting post cards in the mail. I don’t keep many things, but I do keep every single post card that I’ve ever received. Unfortunately, I don’t get too many any more! I guess that makes it … Continue reading

17. March 2013 by Nicole R. Betters
Categories: travel | Tags: , , , , | 3 comments

When in Rome

Tourists shouldn’t be eating while sitting on the steps of monuments or churches. It’s not about decorum, as the article suggests. It’s about preserving both the monuments and the culture. During my last visit to Rome, I was disgusted by … Continue reading

08. October 2012 by Nicole R. Betters
Categories: travel | Tags: | Leave a comment

Congratulations to The Happiness Plunge!

A while back, my wonderful friend Adam decided that his life was not so wonderful . . . he’d finished his MBA in españa and got a “great” job in Norway. But he just wasn’t happy or satisfied. And it … Continue reading

13. September 2012 by Nicole R. Betters
Categories: travel | Tags: , , | 1 comment

Samsara Preview

Stunning!  

23. August 2012 by Nicole R. Betters
Categories: art, travel | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

High Speed Rail in Italy

I’m really looking forward to riding this train. I’ve taken all sorts of trains throughout Italy, regional and high speed, and they were all fine. My sister and I even took a somewhat silly one-car train from Pisa to Lucca. … Continue reading

30. April 2012 by Nicole R. Betters
Categories: travel | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

Beirut’s development dilemma

Amid the towering building projects dotting the cityscape of Beirut, that ancient city where Poseidon was worshiped millennia ago, a battle rages between the guardians of the past and the developers for the future. Read more here.

04. May 2011 by Nicole R. Betters
Categories: travel | Tags: , | Leave a comment

Adam in Malta

Postcard from Malta … thanks Adam!

25. April 2011 by Nicole R. Betters
Categories: travel | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Street Mosaic

I love this new app–Street Mosaic

20. April 2011 by Nicole R. Betters
Categories: travel | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

Pittsburgh’s lookin’ good

“IN about a million ways, crazy old Pittsburgh is not like other cities in this part of the world, but the first thing people usually notice about it — coming in from the Pennsylvania Turnpike and through the Squirrel Hill … Continue reading

29. March 2011 by Nicole R. Betters
Categories: travel | Tags: | Leave a comment

← Older posts