“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
Happy New Year Travel with Lisa Fans! I hope your 2011 was wonderful and 2012 will be even better! 2011 was an amazing year of travel for me. I was able to cross a few locations off my bucket list, and lucky enough to have some fantastic friends with me along the way! 2011 was the year Tom turned 50, so we celebrated HUGE with a group cruise to the Eastern caribbean. If you have never taken a group cruise before, I would be happy to organize one for you!
After some serious time to recover, Tom and I headed to Tar Heel Country for Spring Break. We stayed at the lovely Carolina Inn for a few days and then went to the historic Pinehurst Resort for Easter. This resort is for all you avid golfers out there and families that are looking for some quality time together ensconced in a quaint little village atmosphere.
Summertime/Fall brought trips to The Hamptons and Chicago, two places that offer plenty to see and do for a long weekend.
My bucket list had Paris at the top, and I was thrilled to be able to see all those amazing sights with my own two eyes! Switzerland was just the icing on the cake with that trip! I have the most adorable boutique hotel in Paris for you, with the best concierge ever! See the slideshow below for more on the Artus Hotel.
As the holidays approached, we finally took the plunge and went to NYC for the Thanksgiving Day Parade. This is something you have to plan pretty far in advance, but so worth the trip! We watched the balloons get blown up the night before, and then spend an amazing Thanksgiving Day enjoying all that the Club Level at the Ritz Carlton has to offer. Ask me how you can do this affordably at any Ritz Carlton Hotel!
