Category: Tourism
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Philosophy of Travel – an interview
Last week I had the privilege of being interviewed by Elise of Global From Home. I’m continually encouraged by her frequent posts reminding me that I can have an international mindset and be open to other cultures even if I’m unable to travel as often as I’d like. What does being global from home mean?…
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winsome wine country – Stuttgart, Germany
Mention the term “wine region” and images of Tuscany, Napa and Stellenbosch come to mind – globally renowned regions with the lucrative tourist industry to go with it. While we enjoy a good glass of wine, we are perhaps more attracted to a wine region for the iconic scenery, not the name recognition or notoriety.…
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Scotland – apologizing for things as they are
We had the opportunity to visit Scotland one summer while some relatives were working in Inverness. It was June and the weather was as expected – wet and overcast. Scotland is beautifully green thanks to this constant moisture. We went prepared with jackets and jeans and umbrellas. And the Scots were exceedingly gracious. “We’re so…
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Prince Edward Island: Now I Know (Part I)
Last September a friend and I drove up the east coast of the United States, braving miles and miles of mind-numbingly unscenic scenery – trees, trees and more trees – into the eastern Provinces of Canada. My youngest was a few months old, so she came along for the adventure. Since high school, my friend…
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Paying respects along the way
It is impossible not to stumble upon cemeteries when wandering streets or back country in any part of the world. When we happen upon one, we tend to be drawn inside as opposed to walking the opposite direction. Travel is often used as a means to escape the routine of daily life – cemeteries bring…
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Pumpkin patch German style – no cheesy scarecrows allowed
As pumpkin pie latte season approaches, so does the season for the world’s largest pumpkin patch, to use the term loosely. This festival adopts a theme each year beyond simply “pumpkins.” Last year the gardens of Ludwigsburg Palace in Ludwigsburg, Germany were transformed into a dinosaur park with sculptures of dinosaurs created out of thousands…
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Baby’s first summer safari (minus Louis Vuitton luggage)
My oldest daughter’s first safari was in Malawi. In Swahili, ‘safari’ means journey, expedition or trip. So, technically, her first safari was the drive home from the hospital after her birth. That felt like an expedition to me. Most people, however, associate a safari with Africa and a drive across the savannah searching for an…
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Leonard’s, The Great Equalizer – Honolulu, Hawaii
The native and the foreign. Red with sunburn or white with sunscreen. The wrinkled and the botoxed. Some dripping with sea water. Jolly babes young and old. Cadillac rich and missing-car-window poor. They all come stand line to receive a pink box, contents whopping hot and fresh out of the fryer. Malasadas oozing with stuffed…
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Will travel with kids. . . but not this week. . . in Hawaii
I am posting this from Oahu, Hawaii, where locals really do say “Aloha!” In fact, nearly all the stereotypes about Hawaii that have leapt the waves of the Pacific and reached the mainland are validated within the first hour of my arrival – people wear leis and flowers, men wear Hawaiian shirts, floral and island…
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Civil unrest, financial crisis and natural disasters all mean one thing – prime time to visit!
Sebastian Smee recently published an article in the Boston Globe describing a recent 3-week excursion to Greece with three generations of family ranging from 4 to 68-years-old. All I’ve been hearing about Greece lately relates to financial crisis, public demonstrations and even tear gas in Syntagma Square. Although the future is uncertain for Greece, for…
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