by Tricia | Feb 11, 2020 | Focus on Culture, Travel Junkie
About an hour’s drive from Riga city center, on a hill in the Lielupe river valley, sits a 19th-century gem. Those of us at WITS who opted for the manor estates excursion had no idea what was in store for us when the bus pulled up outside of the Mazmežotne Manor...
by Tricia | Jan 17, 2020 | Focus on Culture, Fun and Games, History and More
If you’ve ever visited a European city for the first time and wondered where to start exploring, I have a suggestion that is going to make your day. Secret City Trails is effectively an interactive, three-dimensional puzzle, where you follow clues and solve...
by Tricia | Mar 19, 2019 | Focus on Culture
International Living Magazine has kept me very busy for the past months. A book update, seven reports, 15 video scripts, a dozen articles, fillers, and Facebook posts later–I have resurfaced. Last weekend Keith and I explored one of the 12 Historic Villages of...
by Tricia | Sep 6, 2017 | Focus on Culture, Food and Beverage
Today I wrote a piece for International Living Magazine’s Globetrotter section, the portion of the magazine dealing with interesting events and practices around the world. I chose the Mid-Autumn, or “Mooncake” Festival, observed in China, Taiwan,...
by Tricia | Mar 26, 2017 | Focus on Culture
You don’t have to be from Brooklyn to appreciate this link, but since I am, I’ll tell you about my candy store. It was Freddie’s, on the corner of 47th Street and Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park. It was my source for pretzel rods and egg creams...
by Tricia | Mar 1, 2017 | Focus on Culture, Travel Junkie
Our destination on day three of our Russia/Baltic trip was Peterhof, the grandest of St. Petersburg’s suburban estates. After leaving our hotel on Nevsky Prospekt, we ventured back into the metro (note the pillars and chandeliers in photo below) and then boarded a...
