1. »  From the pages of the NY Times: Advice From Life’s Graying Edge on Finishing With No Regrets

    That’s NYTimes speak for advice from your elders on how to live life to the fullest.

    Here’s what is most pertinent to my blog, and therefore to my life:

    As Dr. Pillemer summarized the elders’ view, “Travel is so rewarding that it should take precedence over other things younger people spend money on.” Create a bucket list now and start whittling it down.

    I realize how much I’ve learned and grown in the past five years. I can’t imagine how much I’ll learn by the time I’m 80. Bring it on!

  2. »  A Catalan Christmas - NYTimes

    The New York Times has a beautiful article on the Christmas traditions in Barcelona, Spain. My brief time in Barcelona was tainted by a very kind man who decided to steal many of my family’s possessions, but this article has made me want to go back over Christmas and feel the Spanish love.

  3. »  NY Times - The Gender Gap in Travel: Myths and Revelations

    Leave it to the New York Times to post such an intriguing and relevant blog.

  4. »  Travel Writing For Travel Bloggers

    This is some pretty solid advice. Even though I graduated with a journalism degree and am currently working at a newspaper. It’s still good to get a refresher course on how to write for an audience, and not just for yourself.

    via nomadmanager:

    Title should read:
    Travel Writing For Travel Bloggers

    Helpful tips for those who aspire to refine the craft of blogging, and elevating it from lower echelons of spontaneous word vomit.

  5. »  Massive bather makes splash in German lake

    “Call it ‘The Bath of the 70-foot Woman.’ Or ‘Two Tons of Mermaid.

    The real name of the massive woman in a Hamburg, Germany, lake is actually ‘Die Badende’ (‘The Bather’), and she’s an ad for British beauty brand Soap & Glory.”

    via CNN.com

  6. »  "Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It" - NY Times

    As an English major in college, this article had me at the title. I’ve read some of both Shelley and Byron’s works, as well Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” which was written at Lake Geneva. The article’s a great combination of history and travel.

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Traveling, shopping and eating my way around the world. Or as far as I can go! And sharing the tales of my travels with whoever will listen.

"Always roaming with a hungry heart..."

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