Author: BashfulAdventurer

Visiting Hammondsport NY

A plane on Keuka Lake in Hammondsport, NY. Photo credit: L. Tripoli.

With so many Finger Lakes region locations to choose from, the Bashful Adventurer finds some good reasons to visit Hammondsport, NY

Things to Do in Elmira, NY

A table, handwritten documents, chair, and a window in the Mark Twain Study, now on the Elmira College Campus in Elmira, NY. Photo credit: L. Tripoli.

Tired of waiting in long lines in overtouristed destinations, the Bashful Adventurer makes a less conventional choice for a vacation: Elmira, NY.

Things to Do in Seneca Falls, NY

Statues of attendees at the Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Photo credit: L. Tripoli.

Seneca Falls could be just any formerly industrial small town in upstate New York, one with a main street, and a mill, and a body of water running through it. But more than a century ago something special happened in…

A 1000 Islands Getaway

A firepit at the 1000 Islands Harbor Hotel keeps guests warm as they take in the view of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Photo credit: L. Tripoli.

Ever curious about a place named for a salad dressing—or is it the other way around?—the Bashful Adventurer takes a getaway to New York’s 1000 Islands. But what will she do there?

Day Trip to Kutna Hora

Skulls and more at the Kutna Hora bone church in Czech Republic. Photo credit: M. Ciavardini.

Intrigued by anything referred to as a “bone church,” the Bashful Adventurer takes a day trip to Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic to find out what all the fuss is about.