Celebrity Travel: Go Away With Andi Dorfman
Raised in Georgia, Andi Dorfman worked as an assistant district attorney in Atlanta, before she was selected as one of the contestants on "The Bachelor." Later, she starred in a season of "The Bachelorette," where she became engaged to one of the men vying for her attention. Like most of the relationships on the series, theirs didn't last. In her new book, "It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After" (Gallery Books, $25), the New Yorker lets readers in on what her life was like -- both the good and the bad -- during those hectic and public months. Dorfman stays active with her fans on Twitter (https://twitter.com/andidorfman).
Q. What was the first trip you took as a child? And did you love it ... or not so much?
A. We took a lot of road trips growing up, so I'm trying to think of my very first trip that I remember. Our first major trip as a family was to Italy and I absolutely loved it! I enjoy family vacations. We went to Las Gaviotas to surprise my sister for her 30th birthday. We rented a house and it was just so much fun to be on a trip with my immediate family.
Q. What is your best and/or worst vacation memory?
A. My best vacation memory was eating at a hole-in-the-wall Korean barbecue restaurant in Seoul, South Korea. It was one of my favorite meals. My worst memory has to be when I got food poisoning on a trip to Mexico. That was my first and last time drinking tap water there.
Q. What is your favorite vacation destination?
A. My favorite vacation destination is my parent's lake house in Alabama. It's in the middle of nowhere, but the most relaxing place on Earth. We just cook out, fish and go on the boat. Growing up we spent our summers there, so I have so many fond memories. But, if we are talking more luxurious vacation destinations, I'd say Belgium. It has this uncanny mix of cosmopolitan and vintage. The beautiful new architecture is surrounded by thousand-year-old churches and castles.
Q. To someone who was going there for the first time, what would you recommend that they do during their visit?
A. Well, I doubt many people would go to a lake in the middle of Alabama, so I'll go with my second destination, Belgium, and say, eat mussels and chocolate, drink Belgian beer and rent a car and just drive in the countryside. My favorite way to travel is to avoid the touristy destinations and just explore the outskirts.
Q. What untapped destination should people know about?
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