Five hundred miles, 15 locks and eight glorious days lay before us last summer as we boarded the AmaSonata in Budapest for a week-long river cruise to Nuremberg, down the famous Danube River.

This was my first trip to Puerto Vallarta, and I assumed it was some far-flung beach destination, and I was surprised to find out that it is less than 1,000 miles from Houston.

Playa del Carmen, just a two-hour flight away, is a charming coastal resort town along the Yucatán Peninsula's Riviera Maya strip of Caribbean shoreline and is known for its palm-lined beaches and coral reefs.

Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is the first city that springs to mind when thinking about traveling to the Emerald Isle. Even with a history of more than 1,000 years, the city remains vibrant and pulsing, with live music in packed pubs nearby stately monuments from a bygone era.

The sun was setting across Lake Buchanan as I curved my way on FM 2341 about an hour northwest of Austin. This is the Texas Hill Country, and the rolling hills on the edge of the lake were a very welcome sight to this Houstonian.

The Amish began settling in New York during the early 1800s. Coming in search of farmland and freedom, many of them wound up in the Conewango Valley in Cattaraugus County. Today, Cattaraugus County is home to the largest and the oldest group of Amish settlers.

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