Australia’s outdoor-loving population has made it easy to enjoy the vast variety of hiking trails that crisscross the most scenic areas of the country.  The Noosa Heads area, on the Sunshine Coast north of Brisbane, is home to some of the most celebrated beaches in the world.  And the amazing network of walking trails allow you to explore the seaside as well as the hinterland.

The Noosa Trail Network—for hikers, horseback riders, mountain bikers–has

My favorite place to walk is on a Florida beach with my dog 

Sometimes it is hard to get motivated to go for a daily walk.  However, my motivation is renewed when I visit my Florida family’s beach house.  There is never a bad day at the beach.

It is understandable why so many people retire to Florida because our beaches are flat and easy to walk.  Maybe I am biased because I grew up

New York City is a city of walkers so you do not have to look for opportunities to walk when you are there. When I visit the city I walk an average of 3 to 5 miles per day. I know this because I take my pedometer with me and wear it at least one day of my trip. I need to walk that much since many of my trips around New York involve

The Via dell’ Amore hiking trail in Cinque Terre, Italy runs between Riomaggiore and Manarola. I use the term hiking trail loosely because it is actually a paved path and is very easy to walk. It would be easy to push a stroller or wheelchair on the path but I do not believe the path is wheelchair accessible. To get to the Via dell’ Amore you have to walk up a series of steep stairs.

This sign shows a pair of pink high heels with a big X through them, meaning “No Hiking in High Heels!”

For most of us this would be a totally needless sign because it would never occur to us to actually hike in high heels. But if they have a sign preventing it, that means that people were actually caught hiking or more likely falling in their high heels.

I found the sign in Monterosso,

The Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon is a beautiful place for a walk. It is especially beautiful in the rain and that is important since chances are it will be raining when you visit.

You will not burn a lot of calories walking around the Chinese Garden because you will not be walking very far. But, you will burn more calories than you would sitting at a coffee shop watching the rain fall on all