(Budapest-Mellow Wanderer) Call this a traveler’s version of speed dating, and Budapest is this alluring, sultry, utterly gorgeous thing sitting across the table and you don’t want to hear “time’s up.” Budapest has substance, sophistication, and style right down to the manhole covers people walk over. A collage of architectural styles from the beginning of…
(Dunedin, FL-Mellow Wanderer) Old world charm nestled among swaying palms and cool St. Joseph Sound breezes make waterfront Dunedin feel more like a village than a city. Bicycles outnumber cars. Though more foot traffic than anything else could flatten a flip-flop or two. Founded by settlers from Scotland, Dunedin, the original name of Edinburgh, grew…
(Danube River, Germany- Mellow Wanderer) One of the great waterways of the world, composer Johan Strauss’ beloved “Blue Danube”, flows along Europe’s continental divide like a raging bull. The Danube, olive colored and not blue, is a centuries old trade route, an economic power house for cargo shipping and watery playground for boaters, riverbank resorts, and…
(Yosemite, CA-Mellow Wanderer) Off the beaten path from the Yosemite National Park summer crowds is Carlon Falls and natural swimming pool. Mellow Wanderer discovered this refreshing resort like setting after an hour long hike off Evergreen Rd. just outside Yosemite’s Big Oak Flat entrance. View Carlon Falls in a larger map The hike is easy…
(Johns Island, SC-Mellow Wanderer) As tourist attractions go, Angel Oak Park is so unpretentious, so understated, so out-of-the way, only well placed critter road kill would stop you from driving right by the entrance. Well beyond Charleston’s Rainbow Row of southern mansions, horse drawn carriages, and kitschy outdoor market is believed to be the oldest…
