The TSA Pre✓™ application process allows U.S. citizens to go through a pre-enrollment process online and visit an application center to provide biographic information (e.g. name, date of birth, address, etc.), fingerprints, payment and valid required identity and citizenship/immigration documentation. All TSA Pre✓™ program applicants must visit an application center in-person to verify their identity [...]
Wanderlust Tours Taste of Travel series is back for a winter series at Upper Arlington's Lifelong Learning. We have just a few more seats left in our Winter Tuscan Dinner cooking class. Click the links below to register online: Recipes from a French Farmhouse - Jan 23 (FULL) Beef Bourguignon, Burgundy’s traditional beef stew, is at the heart [...]
The years following Scotland’s independence, Edinburgh Castle grew into a true royal residence. Robert the Bruce’s son, David II (1356-71) rebuilt the castle. Well-House Tower was built to protect the water supply, allowing occupants to hold out during long sieges. In 1367, he commissioned the massive L-shaped tower, now known as David’s Tower, but would not live to see [...]
The years following Scotland’s independence, Edinburgh Castle grew into a true royal residence. Robert the Bruce’s son, David II (1356-71) rebuilt the castle. Well-House Tower was built to protect the water supply, allowing occupants to hold out during long sieges. In 1367, he commissioned the massive L-shaped tower, now known as David’s Tower, but would not live to see [...]
Whether a die-hard Francophile or suffering a serious case of wanderlust, A Woman's Guide to France encourages women to discover a special side of France dedicated to the feminine. Author and Wanderlust Tours owner Shawnie Kelley draws on two decades of traveling, living, and conducting tours in France. In this book, she leads ladies through [...]
Copyright: Shawnie Kelley. (Originally published in Renaissance Magazine, Issue 60) One of the most recognizable fortresses in the world rears up from a volcanic crag in the heart of Edinburgh, Scotland. There is a magical resonance about the mighty Edinburgh Castle, which is seemingly buttressed by the living earth; permanently affixed to Castle Rock. Anyone trekking [...]
One of the most recognizable fortresses in the world rears up from a volcanic crag in the heart of Edinburgh, Scotland. There is a magical resonance about the mighty Edinburgh Castle, which is seemingly buttressed by the living earth; permanently affixed to Castle Rock. Anyone trekking up the steep streets through the castle’s zigzagging terraces [...]
This Wanderlust Wednesday we're feeling all wanderlusty for somewhere warm.... like southern California! Today’s picture is of a blazing sunset as seen from JRDN restaurant at Tower 23 Hotel in the Mission Bay area of San Diego. Ready for summer days! Photo Copyright: Shawnie Kelley
The Party’s Not Over The Feast of Fools evolved for a thousand years, becoming most popular in France and Great Britain, but reached into Spain, Italy and Germany. By the fifteenth century, the church had enough of the mockery and put an end to the merrymaking by deeming it blasphemous and illegal. However, by the 1540s the Feast [...]
HAPPY 2014! This Wanderlust Wednesday, we're feeling all wanderlusty for somewhere I've never been - like Dubrovnik, Croatia. I resolve to visit Croatia this year. What about you? Any travel resolutions that Wanderlust Tours can help you fulfill?
This Wanderlust Wednesday, we're feeling all wanderlusty for Scotland. Today’s picture is of a wintery day in Fort William with Ben Nevis as the backdrop Photo Copyright: Shawnie Kelley
Throughout the Middle Ages and well into the Elizabethan period, Christmas was an austere and holy season, full of fasting and stringent religious rules. By time January rolled around, people were ready to cut loose. On the first day of January, Europeans came together for a celebration known as the Feast of Fools. The Feast [...]
