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HOTEL INSIDER: A Stay at Six Senses, Douro Valley

Visiting the Douro Valley

  • February 15, 2022
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  • Food & Wine, Luxury Travel, Portugal
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Is the Douro Valley the World's Most Beautiful Wine Region? Over a decade ago, my husband spent part of a summer working in the Douro Valley as part of the culmination of…

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Golf Cart Tour of Rome

A Golf Cart Tour through Rome

  • January 22, 2022
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  • City Escapes, Family Travel, Italy
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Honestly, after navigating the bridges and waterways of Venice and the hills in Tuscan and Umbrian towns like Montepulciano and Assisi, the idea of navigating Rome with a 96-year-old in a wheelchair…

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Nonagenarian Traveler

Takeaways from our Multigen Trip to Italy

  • January 15, 2022
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  • Family Travel, Italy
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Lessons from a Nonagenarian Traveler I rarely shut off fully but for our first two weeks of 2022 traveling through Italy with my family, I got as close as possible. When my…

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ostuni, One Week in Puglia

ROUND-UP: My Top 10 Travel Moments from 2021

  • December 27, 2021
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  • Anguilla, Expat Life, Italy, Kenya, Malta, Spain
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Ten highlights from an unprecedented year I make it a yearly tradition to hunker down during the last week or two of the year to reflect on milestone moments, my ‘wins’ (which…

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COVAC Insurance

COVAC Insurance: Getting Home if You Test Positive for COVID

  • December 19, 2021
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  • Adventure Travel, Affordable Travel, Africa, Anguilla, Caribbean, Expat Life, Family Travel, Italy, Luxury Travel, Travel Tips + Planning
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Despite COVID looming in 2021, my first year of Compass & Vine brought so many amazing planning experiences, from Greek island escapes to booking exclusive Caribbean enclaves and incredible African safaris (my…

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Welcome and thank you for joining along for my adventures. I began documenting my travels in 2009 on my former site, The Traveling Scholar, and six years later transitioned my globetrotting experiences here as I continue to juggle traveling the world with enjoying a full-time career in hospitality on the Caribbean island of Anguilla. I hope you find inspiration, information and insight in my corner of the world. My name is Shannon and this is my never-ending journey.

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