Erika Bisbocci
Erika is an avid traveler and explorer of over ninety countries on six different continents. Since 2011, she has spent time studying Arabic in the Middle East, teaching English in Namibia and working as a flight attendant for a major US airline. When not traveling overseas, she loves exploring her own backyard in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
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Visiting Volendam and Edam by Bicycle: A Day Trip from Amsterdam
Amsterdam is a vibrant, cosmopolitan and progressive city with a lot to offer—museums for art-lovers and history buffs, world-class cuisine for foodies, party-till-you-drop nightlife for young college students and a million pretty alleyways and canals for just about everyone else. Yet, while Amsterdam’s popularity is well-deserved, travelers who fail to venture farther afield are missing out on some of Europe’s most charming landscapes. Merely minutes from Amsterdam, the countryside is awash with lush green pastures, lopsided houses and quaint brick churches. These rural areas just outside the city limits, make for a perfect day trip from Amsterdam. …
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Two Day Copenhagen Itinerary: Highlights and Attractions
Consistently regarded as the happiest place on Earth, the tiny Nordic country of Denmark prides itself in its pleasant atmosphere, its high quality of life and its cosmopolitan vibe. The country’s capital, Copenhagen, is a city of storybook charm and cutting-edge cool. It is home to colorful neighborhoods, urban parks and a thriving nightlife. TWO DAYS IN COPENHAGEN Following a visit to Stockholm, I flew to Copehnagen and spend two days exploring Denmark’s pleasant world-class capital city. Copenhagen woo’ed me with its walkable streets, its beautiful architecture, and its…
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Two Days in Stockholm: Things to See and Do
The city of Stockholm is a picturesque jumble of narrow alleyways, cobblestone streets, colorful houses and world-class museums. It is a city that resonates with history, while embodying a modern and forward-looking persona. Spread out over fourteen islands and sandwiched between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea, the ‘Beauty on Water’ has found a perfect balance between charming visitors with its urban delights and enticing outdoor enthusiasts with its wonderland of forests, lakes and rocky islands. TWO DAYS IN STOCKHOLM I visited Stockholm for TBEX—a conference that brings bloggers,…
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Snorkeling in Komodo National Park
Komodo National Park is famous for housing the world’s only population of Komodo dragons. The Komodo dragons—deadly lizards famed for being the largest reptiles on Earth—are the park’s premier tourist draw. And rightly so. They are terrifying and utterly fascinating. Yet tourists who visit Komodo National Park and limit their experience to animal encounters above water, are missing out on one of the world’s greatest underwater wonderlands. The coral reefs around Komodo National Park are spectacular. In all my travels, I’ve rarely come across such a remarkable array of colorful…
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Boat Tour to Komodo Island and Rinca
Rising from the sea like sinuous spines on a dragon’s back, the chain of islands in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara Province are rugged, remote and largely unexplored. These islands—fringed by pristine white-sand beaches and spectacular coral gardens—speckle the sapphire waters of the Flores Sea. It seems like an entirely different planet from the lush and tropical island of Bali. But the otherworldly scenery is not the main reason most intrepid travelers make it out to the town of Labuan Bajo. In recent years, adventure-seekers have flocked to the sleepy village, due…
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Things to Do on Gili Air: Indonesia’s Relaxing Paradise
I don’t know if I truly understood what it meant to be relaxed, until I visited the small Indonesian island of Gili Air. In our increasingly hectic and fast-paced world, Gili Air is a place where one can take a step back from the frenetic tempo of modern life and learn a bit about the art of doing nothing or, as the Italians like to say, il dolce far niente. Even the sense of peace and tranquility that I found in Bali, couldn’t compare to that which I felt while looking out at the…
