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As we approach another Thanksgiving, I like to express my gratitude for family, friends, health, regular food on the table and a roof over my head. I’m also grateful for the gift of travel. Here are three reasons for that warm fuzzy feeling. Collecting Memories. Travel has taught...
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard– Norway “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ― Marcel Proust “The traveler sees what he...
Why I travel….. by Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger First, let me distinguish between those two cousins, “traveler” and “tourist.” A tourist tends to have an established agenda and itinerary, usually surrounding the activities of “seeing the sights.” A traveler is a different breed, someone...
Like many compulsive travelers I’ve been glued to the TV, Internet and other sources of news to learn about the volcano in Iceland and the horrendous impact it is having on travel in Europe. And like lots of folks, we know people stuck there, trying to figure out how to get home, to or from...
Recently I was on a trip with a good friend and shared a few of my packing tips with her—things I have learned on my various adventures. While they didn’t seem all that original, she marveled and said, “Why do you post your tips on your blog? I think these ideas area great.” I mulled […]
When the big bell in Kyoto rings on New Years Eve, it gongs to erase the 108 worldly desires man is born with. For me, it rang to mark a new phase in my role as a mother. Like the New Year’s celebration in Japan, the realization of the change was a process, not a […]
Design Diversion I’m taking a little diversion today from the kind of posts I normally do. The reason: I found a list of travel guidelines in an old journal not too long ago and have been thinking about them ever since. The journal contained scribbled notes from a trip to Chile with my son and...