Wisetrips Travel Blog

2025 Year in Review Highlights  A fabulous trip to Iceland ( Golden Circle ) and Scotland (Edinburgh & Highlands) A fun trip to Kauai, for surfing, sun, and relaxation Inna's trip to Northern Italy Inna's company trip to San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico Fun weekend trips to  Calistoga Incline Village (Lake Tahoe), Nevada Carmel-by-the-Sea Mendocino Sonoma Attend…

Welcome 2025!  We are celebrating the New Year at Aqua Dome in Langenfeld, Austria! We had a wonderful New Year's Day celebration at Aqua Dome with a fine dinner and an enormous dessert buffet.   2024 in Review Highlights  A fabulous trip to Portugal with stops in Porto, Douro Valley, Aquadome, Piodao, Coimbra, Lisbon, Sintra, and Cascais …

With the COVID-19 global emergency declaration lifted in 2023, we are happy to move into 2024! Let's hope for better tidings. 2023 in Review Highlights  A fabulous trip to Southern Italy with stops in Rome, Naples, Sorrento, Pompei, Salerno, Amalfi Coast, Capri, Ischia, Matera, Alberobello, Otranto, and Ostuni An exciting trip to Costa Rica featuring close encounters with toucans, sloths, and mo…

We are happy to move into 2023 and hope for fewer disruptions from COVID-19! Let's hope for better tidings. 2022 in Review Highlights  Jobs (Inna accepted an excellent position at Drata) A month-long workation in Boston Day trips to Portland, Maine, New Hampshire, Newport, and Cape Cod Mini-trip to the Berkshires A month-long workation in San Francisco Learning to wing foil in Crissy Field Enjoyi…

Ah, 2020 be gone!  With COVID-19 changing our lives (mainly for the worse), we are happy to move into 2021! I look forward to a time when wearing masks is no longer required, when lines to Whole Foods are a distant memory, and when I can sip my Philharmonic coffee at Philz  and enjoy my freshly baked croissants at Fleur de Cocoa. Despite COVID-19 in 2020, we have a lot to be thankful for. Highlights Health (I had no U…

I have always dreamed of snowboarding or skiing in Switzerland, so when an opportunity presented itself, I decided to seize it. From the many possible Swiss resorts, I selected Verbier  based on feedback from a Swiss citizen who has lived there. My alternatives included Zermatt , Chamonix in France, and St. Anton am Arlberg in Austria. Since I originally planned to take the train…