Have I ever told you I love to travel? Mmmm, maybe I have. The not so fun part about traveling for me, is the airports or bus terminals. So why not try to make things easier learning how to dress to be more comfortable and relaxed?

You know the drill, at airports you have to wait standing in line for long periods of time, or seat in not so comfortable seats, you are wheeling around luggage and getting stuff in and out of suitcases, always paying attention to what’s going on around you, so that you don’t lose a bag or miss a plane, right?
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could know the top sites that will help you plan a trip? A one-stop, all-in-one-place that will list them for you?

Along the years since I’ve been traveling, I see myself going back to some key websites that I always use in combination, to plan my trips and the best of all is that they’re free! Let me share my online travel essentials.
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When you hear the word “Cambodia”, what comes to your mind? I used to draw a blank or in the best of cases I thought it was a far east land, of oriental-looking people who… probably had a lot of wars?

It wasn’t until my friend Isadora lived there for three years that I got to learn more about this fascinating country.

Let me share with you four things I learned:
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The trip has been wonderful, you’ve had the experience of a lifetime, made new friends, seen unusual landscapes and learned so much history you feel you could almost teach it at college.

And you still have some money left over… Yay!

If you’ve planned your cultural travel carefully and been somewhat frugal in your shopping, there is going to be some money to spare, especially if you’ve had a little emergency fund that you didn’t use.

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Ever since I was in college and took art history lessons, I’ve wanted to visit Barcelona.

I fell in love with Gaudi’s architecture from the first time I saw those slides in class, with his intricate, unusual and almost unreal forms derived from nature and from his deep devotion to catholicism.

Barcelona is a gorgeous city and there are tons to see and do, but if I didn’t see anything else, I’d definitely have to see Gaudi’s work. Except they didn’t tell me about his hidden jewel, one of his obscure and most beautiful works.

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