As you can see, my blog has some new clothes! I found a WordPress Theme I liked and I tweaked it over the last few days to match my business colors. The photographs in the header and footer are some that I’ve taken on my travels.

It’s truly a joy to be a travel writer and photographer. In fact, when I’m on an open-top, double-decker tour bus shooting photos of landmarks and architecture, I’m almost giddy. I waited a long time to own a professional camera, and because it shoots 8 frames a second, if I can get something into the viewfinder, it’s mine!

Business travelers rarely have time or make time to get out and see the city they’re visiting (which is the point of my previous blog post and video), yet most can spare 2 hours to go to dinner. As silly as it may feel to ride around on one of those tour busses, they turn out to be one of the most efficient ways to get a feel for the place. Most of those hop-on, hop-off busses last about 2 hours, and will return you to the point of origin. Even if you don’t get off the bus, you can at least get a look around and snap some photos to bring home.

Next time you’re headed to a new city, tuck that small point-and-shoot camera you own into your pocket, jump on the tour bus, and “take your best shot!” It’s fun and relaxing.