The Formula 1 World Driving Championship is the pinnacle racing series in all of motor-sports. The championship features the world’s most advanced race cars whose top speeds reach 300 kilometers per hour and are capable of going from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in two seconds. I have been a Formula 1 fan for [...]
Dinner with Skyrunner Kilian Jornet
As part of the #InPyrenees blogtrip, I had the opportunity to meet and have dinner with Skyrunner Kilian Jornet who was very gracious and extremely grounded (no pun intended). Kilian is a hometown hero who grew up in the mountains near Lles de Cerdanya in the Catalan Pyrenees. Until this trip, I had never heard [...]
A Formula 1 Standing Start from #BlogTripF1
This is great video from William Bakker (Chief Strategist at Think! Social Media) of the start of the European Grand Prix in Valencia. The Valencia Tourist Board hosted a group of influencers in travel, including myself, for #BlogTripF1. The noise of the cars as they come around the last corner to line up on the starting [...]
A Traveler Exploring Genealogy and Technology at RootsTech
This past week I had the opportunity to attend the first ever RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City, Utah as one of a few hosted national bloggers. In planning our 2011 objectives for the Brilliant Tips Travel Blog, we aimed to get more involved in the lifestyle and cultural aspect of travel. The opportunity to [...]
Top 10 Reasons to Visit the Azores
There are so many great reasons to visit the Azores. With an abundance of beauty, lush vegetation growing from the contrasting volcanic rock, beautiful farmland, a great seaside influence, an unspoiled culture and welcoming local people, it’s easy to understand why National Geographic’s Traveler Magazine rated the Azores as an “authentic, unspoiled and likely to [...]


