Borneo Trip Report, February 2026
Borneo Trip Report We traveled to Borneo, Malaysia, in February 2026 to experience its remarkable wildlife and rainforests. This report follows our…
Trip to South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania April 2026
Africa captured my heart… Introduction I am heading back to Africa to reconnect with incredible partners at Luxury Travel Mart Africa with whom I…
50 days adventure in South America – Part 3 From Rio to Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica
Seabourn Venture — Life at Sea Where Luxury Meets Adventure Part 3 November 11- December 9 From the Amazon to Antarctica: The Journey Continues…
Packing list to Amazon and Antarctica
Packing for a 50-Day Journey Across Climates See my blog on Amazon, South Georgia, Antarctica on Seabourn Venture Packing Strategy Packing…
50 days adventure in South America Part 2. Seabourn Cruise Amazon to Rio De Janeiro, 11 days
Seabourn Venture — Life at Sea Where Luxury Meets Adventure Part 2 Amazon – Rio de Janeiro See part 1 – pre cruise stay in Belem Ship information A…
50 days adventure to South America. Oct-Dec 2025. Part 1. Belem and Amazon
Beginning Our 50-Day Seabourn Journey in Belém, Brazil On October 28, 2025, we embarked on a 50-day adventure aboard the luxury expedition cruise…
June 2025, My Seoul Story: Where Tradition Meets Trend
June 2025 South Korea has been at the top of my travel list, and I finally got to experience it! Opportunity to attend a travel event came by for…
South Africa April 2025
April 5. We flew from Namibia to Cape Town on Airlink. See my Namibia blog. We arrived in Cape Town and got transferred to Alphen Hotel. That will…
Namibia March – April 2025
Namibia March – April 2025 We flew to Cape Town on March 26 from Tampa via Washington DC. Our first destination was Windhoek, Namibia, however the…
Alaska in February!
Alaska February 2025 It’s magical in any season and I would encourage you to not think of Alaska as a “bucket list trip”, and instead think of it as…
Veneto and South Tyrol, Italy, November 2023. Part 1
Discovering South Tyrol: A Journey Through Italy’s Alpine Gem Where Cultures and Sceneries Collide I’ve been invited for a familiarization trip by…
Lyon and Beaujolais, France
I spent 5 nights in Lyon, December 2022. I’ve been in France many times, but I overlooked Lyon. It is easy to get to Lyon from Paris by TGV train,…
Pantelleria, a magical Sicilian Island
September 2022 I was in Sicily on tradeshow, and I was looking for some place afterwards to rest and enjoy in one of the Sicilian Islands. Yes, I…
Dubai trip October 2021
I was invited on travel conference Tfest in Dubai dedicated to recharge travel. It was my first trip abroad after pandemic. I flew on Emirates…
Who is Sophia?
**** A special thank you to my son, Michael, for helping me formulate my story for you on paper. This bio is compiled from an essay that he wrote…
Bosnia Trip Report
Bosnia September-October 2010 Monday, September 29 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Trip is sponsored by government agencies of USA – USAID, Norway and…
Morocco Trip Report
Morocco blog In December 2011, we attended annual trade show in Cannes. After that since we already were in Europe, we decided to visit Morocco. It…
Portugal Trip Report
Portugal Trip report January 2009 The time have come for our January 16-24, 2009 study trip to explore Portugal in every single aspect: history,…
Hotel Paradies, Ftan, Switzerland trip report
I attended in December 2012 annual trade ILTM show in Cannes. While extremely dynamic and productive, it is high Living in Florida, I was missing…
London trip report
Family Trip Report to London, England. April 98 This is our family trip report to London a week in April. Our party consisted of 2 adults and 11…
Holland and Belgium Barge trip report on Princess Royale
Barge Trip Report, July 26, 2003 Princess Royale Amsterdam – Bruges In 2003, we celebrated our wedding anniversary by taking the barge cruise…
Italy Trip Report
Myself, my husband George and our 12-year old Michael headed for a new adventure to Italy on June 1999. We have been in Italy before (and even lived…
Thailand Trip Report
Thailand 2004 trip report Intro After a week in Hong Kong (see my Hong Kong trip report), on Sunday October 3rd, we took 8am flight from HK on Thai…
Thailand Manohra Cruise trip report
The Manohra Song, dubbed ‘The Orient Express of the River’, is a 20-meter-long river rice barge that has been lovingly restored and lavishly…
Costa Rica Temptress Trip Report
Costa Rica Temptress trip report This Thanksgiving week we spent untraditionally. We (myself, my husband George and 12 year old Michael) took 7…
Tuscan Spas
TUSCAN SPAS REPORT Review of Fonteverde Spa Collection resorts Background. I am a travel consultant so I travel on business trips often. I inspect…
Africa Trip Report
April 2015 I attended a tradeshow in Cape town, so I used this opportunity to see Africa. It was my first trip to Africa below Sahara. When I told…
Granada and Andalusia, Spain trip report
GRANADA AND ANDALUCIA, SPAIN OCTOBER 2012 TRIP REPORT Granada, Spain October 2012 I arrived Malaga from London October 3rd for Cultour conference….
France Barge trip report
Barge trip report Introduction This November my friend Marian and I took the barge cruise in France with Ewaterways. Ewaterways is the company which…
Avignon France
NOVEMBER 30, FRANCE – AVIGNON AND CARPENTRAS Nov 30, 2012, I arrived Frankfurt and hardly makde short connection to Marseilles flight. This time I…
Cannes and French Riviera trip report
Trip report December 2010, Cannes, ILTM (International Travel Leisure Market) conference. December 5-14, 2010 International Travel Leisure market it…
Malta trip report
I’ve never been in Malta. Great opportunity came up – to inspect the island with a group of 9 travel agents. When I told people where I am…
Alaska Regent cruise trip report
Regent Mariner Alaska Cruise Trip Report, July 2006 Tuesday-Wednesday , July 04- 05 We flew to Vancouver on July 3, red-eye flight from JFK. We…
Hong Kong Trip report
Hong Kong Trip Report, September – October 2004 Intro We are back from our Asia trip which was very exciting. We had attended 3 day convention…
SeaDream Trip report
In June 2005, we took a trip on Seadream Cruise . We are mostly land travelers, however occasionally we prefer relaxing atmosphere of small ships….
Japan Trip Report
Japan 2011 trip report Intro February 14. JLTF organizers booked me on CO flight from Tampa through Houston to Tokyo. I liked Houston airport since…
Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como, Italy
It is March 2017. Low season on Lake Como. I’ve been fortunate to spend 2 nights at this fabulous hotel. Located on the shore of Lake Como,…
Sophia’s Travel is 2016 Gold Travvy Award Winner!
Sophia Kulich of Sophia’s Travel in Palm Habor, FL (www.sophiastravel.com) is delighted to announce that her agency is a 2016 Gold Travvy…
Croatia, Dalmatia trip report
This report covers my latest trip to Croatia – to Dalmatian Coast. I visited Split, Trogir, Brac, few wineries and Zadar. Other parts of Croatia…
SOPHIA’S TRAVEL TRAVEL AGENTS FAM TRIP TO NAPLES
Naples FAM trip October 2016 Naples Slideshow This was just the third part of our Italy trip in October. Our trip started with a Travel Market…