categories: europe travel tags: train travel In this episode of the Amateur Traveler podcast, host Chris Christensen talks with Bart from Trip Tailor, a travel agent and former train steward who has been working with European rail for decades. Bart shares his deep knowledge of night
17 If you only have one day in Mongolia, how should you spend it? What are the best things to see and do near Ulaanbaatar? I faced this question recently when I had a very short stay in the country after traveling in China. Don’t get
One of my favorite activities in San Francisco is to take in a baseball game at the home of the San Francisco Giants, Oracle Park. While I highly prefer when the Giants win, any day watching baseball in one of the best parks in the major
10 Wae Rebo is a nice little traditional village that you can visit by hiking into the mountains of Flores, Indonesia. I visited Wae Rebo recently and enjoyed it. It takes some effort to get there, but you can stay a night in one of the
Hear about a road trip in Oman as the Amateur Traveler talks to Max Walton from Sloths with Latitude about the country he thinks is the best in the world. In this episode of the Amateur Traveler podcast, we explore a two-week road trip through Oman,
Last Updated on August 26, 2025 Visit Senegal for a peek into West African culture and history. Here’s my detailed Senegal travel guide and itinerary. Perched on the westernmost tip of Africa, Senegal beats to a different rhythm as its neighbors. The country is lined with
Great egret in a “fireant” tree I never set out to become a birder. I enjoy spotting wildlife on my travels, but I have never been the kind of person to keep a list of sightings or carry a massive telephoto lens. Still, when I joined
Last Updated on August 27, 2025 Florence is a city that grabs you and doesn’t let go. I remember that overwhelming sensation when I arrived in Florence after walking the Path of Gods from Bologna, wandering its cobblestone streets, completely mesmerized. It felt less like a
39 If you’re planning a trip to China, one of the things that’s probably at the top of your bucket list is the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. This is one of the most unique places in the world in my opinion, and it inspired the floating
The center of Meteor Crater as seen from a viewing platform on the rim of the crater As an elementary school geography teacher, I had the privilege of instructing 4th and 5th-grade students about numerous wonders of the United States. Some of my greatest joys in
