I’ve been a traveler since age 3. It was a long goodbye to California then bright wide eyes in Paris. My parents worked for the government and we were a young family, so we traveled. That first voyage was one of many trips that would leave an indelible mark on how to go places.

The Feria de Sevilla is a once-a-year event that puts all other parties to shame. The whole city turns out to celebrate life with traditional flamenco dresses and shows of dance and horsemanship. Parties last from dusk to dawn for the week of the feria.

Lisbon is the stunning capital city of Portugal. It is one of the most charismatic and vibrant cities in Europe, effortlessly blending culture and traditional heritage, with striking modernism and progressive thinking.

Istanbul (historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium) was once the capital of both the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, Florence, Istanbul, Havana, Lisbon, Marrakesh, Paris, Tokyo, Vienna!

Perched on the edge of the Empty Quarter, the world's largest uninterrupted sand desert, the Qasr Al Sarab Resort is an opportunity to explore one of the world's great wildernesses.

What did we bring home this time? Breaking open the beautiful packaging (always a sucker for something nice on the outside), our souvenir was the nibbling kind.