Sunny days and road trips are ahead, beckoning us to get the map out of the drawer and plan a long trip on the road. I'm imagining in the U.S. say, Wine tasting trip to Napa Valley?  What about a romantic one discovering countryside castles in France? Inspired, I managed to compile my Road Trip Essentials wish list based on an idea from TURO, a unique car rental whose mission is to inspire adventure while putting the world's one billion car to better use where each individual can share their car, their story, their city and neighbourhood.   

Up for a road trip? I can't imagine leaving without these:

If there is a city  I had an unfinished business with, that would be New York City.  During a trip to Peru and Bolivia in 2008, I managed to convince my husband to visit the Big Apple for a day during a transit under the condition that I take care of all of the arrangements. Booking a hotel in Holiday Inn not far from JFK and taking off as soon as we arrived in the morning,  it seemed impossible to squeeze in as much activities within 24 hours. So this is what happened:

**This is something we missed doing.  Being at the outskirts many stations away from NYC, we spent a lot of hours getting lost and asking people for directions to find the nearest subway/train station. It was already lunch by the time we got to the city.  

Hope you're having a wonderful week!

Love & light,

Arni