Amber Jones' Adventures (aka, The Reluctant Sailor)

For those who just can't get enough armchair traveling. Morning in Florence. Crossing the famous Ponte Vecchio (bridge). What's it f...

It happened one night in Florence. No, I didn't meet any suave Italian studs at the top of the Duomo.  Though a nattily attired gent wit...

I may have died and gone to heaven. I just ate the most delicious, hearty, whole-grain bread I've ever tasted in my life, on the way to ...

I don't believe in taking ordinary vacations. Just ask Pope, who is always trying to get me to do the usual things (like sailing across...

Ah, Heathrow. Where else can you whittle away half your life connecting to a flight in a different terminal? Not as long this time (1-1/2 ho...

Climb aboard! Pope has toiled every day to fix and clean and upgrade Echo II. Time to test 'er out on another exciting adventure on Ches...

It ain't France. It ain't the Bahamas. But, friends, it's a lovely week here in the Outer Banks--warm but dry, with blue skies, ...