Blog - Onward Travel

A Birthday Worth Crossing the International Date Line For

Crossing the International Date Line meant Winnie quite literally skipped a day—going to bed Friday night and waking up Sunday morning. It felt like an appropriately surreal beginning to a milestone birthday spent in the middle of the South…

Journal

Happy birthday, Julia!

It is the week of Julia Child's birthday, the perfect moment to take a walk down memory lane. As those "in the know" are aware, Kat's and my mother (Peggi) and grandmother (Winnie) kickstarted Onward Travel by offering culinary tours in Europe…

Journal, Onward Access

An Afternoon with Halfdan Pedersen

This spring Onward Travel brought a group of AIGA members from across the United States to Iceland for Spring B'Reykjavik, our third annual design-focused trip centered around the Icelandic design festival called DesignMarch. One of the highlights…

Journal, Recipes

Reminiscing about Amore in Italy: Tuscany

In October we travelled to Tuscany for two back-to-back tours with Chef Jenna of Amore Trattoria in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We visited charming Tuscan villages: Cortona, Greve in Chianti, Montalcino, Bagno Vignoni, Siena... and savored the absolutely…

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Molly’s Highlights from Cornell Hotel School’s HEC Conference

A few days after getting from home Spring B’Reykjavik, our design-tour of Iceland with AIGA, I re-packed my suitcase and headed to Cornell University for a long weekend. Every year, the Cornell Hotel School hosts Hotel Ezra Cornell, a weekend…