Singin' the Blues Trail in Mississippi

Travel with your GypsyNesters as we roll down the Mississippi Blues Trail!

We discover the legend behind Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil at the Crossroads, stay at the most unique inn we've ever seen - made of original sharecropper shacks, eat tamales - yup, there are tamales in The Delta - and BBQ, take on a Donut Tower, visit a REAL juke joint and the King Biscuit Radio Show and learn how The Blues influenced more modern music... CONTINUE READING >>

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Christmas Cruising the Danube, A Live-Blog

We're excited to bring you along LIVE for a waltz down the Danube as we visit the Christmas markets of Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, and Germany.

Our journey takes us to four UNESCO World Heritage Sites, ensuring immersion into the grand history of the area.

We will be sure to pay special attention to the unique culture and customs surrounding the... CONTINUE READING >>

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Southern Comfort Zone

Traveling up the Mississippi River from New Orleans on the Great River Road, we encountered the epitome of the Old South. All along the river north to Baton Rouge, Plantation Country lives on in well preserved splendor. Cotton was not king down here, unlike the plantations throughout the rest of The South, these gave us some... read more

Playing a Round of Gulf

The Gulf Coast has taken more than its share of beatings, Katrina was no doubt one of the worst. We were intimately acquainted with the destruction she caused in New Orleans from our daughter's, 23, ill-fated attempt to attend Tulane University. But the worst of the storm's fury was felt on Mississippi's shores.

The damage was still evident as we drove along the coast toward Biloxi. Massive broken pilings that...read more