Hello all! I’m delighted to be writing to you live from Seoul, South Korea. In this post, you’ll find daily recaps and observations from my Seoul searching (and finding!). Continue reading “Seoul Searching: Field Notes and Live Updates”
Category: Destinations
If a traveler, especially if they’re based in western North America, wants a place to go to get away from it all, they go to Hawaii or Mexico. If said person wants a place to get away from it all and do little more than lounge in the sun, float in a pool, and drink tropical beverages, they go to Cabo.
Continue reading “Review: Rating Cabo and the All-Inclusive Experience at Secrets Resorts”
anchored & adrift’s Insider Interview series connects our readers with the firsthand stories and perspectives of travel and design industry professionals and other featured guests.
While a travel blog focuses on storytelling, hospitality professionals are story creators. They work to make our adventures into incredible experiences that we crave and yearn to escape through again and again. Traveling is the dream, and these hard-working hosts make it a reality. Continue reading “Insider Interview: A Look Behind the Scenes of Hotel Hospitality with Megan C.”
Bruh, can’t wait to smash the pow with some super gnarly runs. -said by some ski bum, somewhere
Tahoe, in a very, very different way than Sabrina saw Paris, is always a good idea, despite the niche language barrier that settles in with snow season. The lake and surrounding scenery are beautiful in any season, whether the renowned blue water is paired with summer’s green forests, the warm palette of fall, or snowy layers from winter through spring. This time of year, if climatic conditions are willing and the snow gods are benevolent, the mountains are in great shape and weather forecasts often expect sunshine. This week, a “March miracle” leveled up the lakeside experience, dumping about 5 feet of snow at Tahoe-area resorts. After a previously dry season, this storm is a welcome game-changer for this year’s spring skiing.
Whether you want to “shred the gnar” (that’s filed under Phrases I’ve Learned in California) or relax in a winter wonderland, here’s what you need to know for a winter trip to Lake Tahoe. Continue reading “Lay of the Land: What to Know to Shred Your Snow Trip to Lake Tahoe”
There is a phrase in Swedish that refers to the essential “P’s” of travel packing list that can be roughly translated as passport, pounds, and poarding passes (pass, pengar, och piljetter). The almost-alliterative list is supposed to help you remember the items you absolutely cannot travel without: ID, money, and tickets. If you remember these, at least you can address anything else you forgot later. In a nod to 2018’s sweeping wellness travel trend, I’d say the new “P’s” are passport, pounds, poarding pass, and push-ups. And I hate push-ups. Continue reading “From Pushback to Push-Up: Incorporating Wellness into Your 2018 Travel Plans”
As a Swedish and Finnish travel writer, it is a bit difficult to get in the right state of mind to feature something Norwegian on anchored & adrift. They have an irritating amount of oil, impressively ugly trolls (compare this to, for example, Finland’s most famous trolls), some of Scandinavia’s best snaps, and an unfortunately high amount of Winter Olympic gold medals per capita. Generally I ignore their existence altogether unless something Nordic comes up on the world stage, and then we all amicably band together like an ABBA reunion tour. But, what I do in fact enjoy (and less-grudgingly admire) about that side of the Scandinavian Peninsula are the incredible fjords that dominate the coast of Norway. Here’s how to get your fjelltur, or mountain adventure, to the Norwegian fjords started. Continue reading “Fjelltur into the Fjords: A Starter Pack for Norway’s Most Dramatic Sights”
From anchored & adrift’s current HQ in San Francisco, it seems like everyone went to Hawai’i for the holidays. Some had a particular island or even a particular resort they always visited and continued to frequent, and some had the island chosen for them because of a wedding, a family gathering, or another event. But if you have never planned your own trip to Hawai’i, where should you start? With eight main islands (and 137 recognized islands total) it can be overwhelming to try to pick one lush, tropical oasis over the other. Continue reading “Hawaiian Holiday: There’s Something for Everyone in Blue O’ahu “
San Francisco is still developing its brand as turnaround port for major cruise lines, but it has always been a true destination city, topping travel bucket lists globally. With a new, convenient cruise terminal just steps away from the heart of the city -which, when occupied, also serves as an unavoidable reminder for all waterfront visitors to look into cruising- and all the attractions the City by the Bay has to offer, experiencing SF as a home port is a delight for any experienced or new cruiser.
Continue reading “From the Bay Area to the Open Ocean: Cruising from San Francisco”
Helsinki is truly a jewel in the crown of Nordic capitals, but is often overshadowed by its sister cities. Sweden gets billed as a socialist paradise, Norway gets name recognition through the cruise and airline, and Denmark is really pushing the hygge thing in an uhyggeligt fashion. So, what about Finland?
Continue reading “Oh Well, I’m Going to Hel…sinki”
Being Swedish, and Sweden being a popular tourism destination, I regularly get asked for recommendations on where to go, whether in a city or throughout the country. The issue? The people requesting recommendations usually want to “do Sweden” in about three days. I get it- vacation days, hard-earned travel funds, and limited points are precious commodities and the world is pretty big. So Sweden in three days it is.
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