After 46 years of publication and a four-year hiatus, ITN has returned. Written by travelers, for travelers, we publish stories, reviews, news, and advice to help people travel better.
After 18 months of being cooped up due to the Covid pandemic, my friend Elyse Meltzer and I were ready for a stress-free tropical getaway. It seemed like the perfect post-trip extension to a Uganda safari we had booked for July 2021. Furthermore, our research indicated that Seychelles was the first country globally to have… READ MORE
Earlier last summer, my husband, Emmett, and I took a quick trip to the central highlands of Mexico, about a 4- to 5-hour drive north of Mexico City, visiting Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende. We love the process of travel planning almost as much as traveling itself, and we knew little about this area,… READ MORE
International travel has been a significant feature of our professional lives since the first year of our marriage, over 40 years ago. As a humanities professor (Elizabeth) whose focus is the cultural expressions of diverse peoples and a travel photographer (Phil), we have been fortunate to enjoy experiences abroad at least once a year, sometimes… READ MORE
As they have for nearly everyone, the last 18 or so months have had an unpredictable impact on me. At first, the pandemic seemed to force a much-needed slowing down of the hectic “work, eat, sleep, repeat” pace of life. It allowed time to take a deep breath (albeit, while quarantined, alone in my house),… READ MORE
Some opportunities present themselves once in a lifetime. When the invitation arrived for me to visit my dear friend Hilal, whom I met years ago in Delhi, and his family in Srinagar, India, in November 2019, without blinking an eye, I jumped at the opportunity. Often referred to as “paradise on Earth,” Srinagar is the… READ MORE
This month’s winner KEVIN EDWARDS of Albuquerque, New Mexico:
Some 10 years ago I went to France with my wife, my sister and my brother-in-law. We enjoyed the sights in Paris for several days, then decided to visit Giverny, the house and gardens of the French Impressionist painter Claude Monet.
"My husband and I like going places we’ve never been before, seeing things we’ve never seen before and eating and drinking things we’ve never tried before. "Aboard the Saga Sapphire on a cruise with Saga Cruises in 2013, we tried Eton mess. This British dessert is traditionally served at Eton College’s annual July 4 prize-giving celebration.
