The Travel Heavens: 2019 Edition

As every year comes to an end, I choose the best travel destinations of the year. Looking back at the past and choosing the best of the best gives me a thrill that is unlike the high I get from visiting these havens. I have visited so many places and every one was good but some of them just jumped above the rest. So here are The Travel Heavens of 2019.

This was a year that started off slowly, then went into hyperdrive in the summer. After getting back from a three-week trip to Italy in June, I decided to travel a LOT more and barely saw New York between July and October. That eventually led to a decision to no longer live full-time in New York.

2019 was a year of Italy and Canada in particular. I’ve always been a frequent Italy visitor, but this year I pushed my travels to the next level and made a goal of visiting all 20 regions (and I went from 10 regions visited to 17!). As for Canada, this was my first time visiting since starting this blog in 2010 (!!) and I made up for lost time with several weeks of travels throughout Atlantic Canada.

This wasn't quite as far-flung a year as 2018, when I visited every continent except Australia, but I’m very content with the results.