Bacon. Wrapped. Bananas. I thought I had found the epitome of awesomeness when my friend Krista introduced me to bacon-wrapped dates at Café Babareeba nearly a decade ago. But then along came bacon-wrapped bananas at the opening party of TBEX (Travel Bloggers Exchange) in Girona, catered by none other than El Celler de Can Roca […]
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While I wouldn’t necessarily call it homesickness, there have definitely been things I have been missing while traveling. I started a list several months ago of things I was missing while on the road and kept adding to it whenever things came to mind. As I get ready to finally touch down on American soil
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I have read my fair share of travel books – travel memoirs, travelogues, travel guides, you name it. While I enjoy reading about the places, the experiences and the adventures, I don’t often find myself relating to the author on a personal level. I love reading Paul Theroux, but I don’t really “get” him. I
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Sally: “And, I’m gonna be forty.” Harry: “When?” Sally: “Someday.” This scene from When Harry Met Sally has been playing on repeat in my head the last few days. As I turn 36 today, I am suddenly closer to 40 than ever (and if you’re over 40 and reading this, go ahead and laugh –
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I wandered aimlessly around the main square in Trabzon, checking and re-checking my guidebook map, trying desperately to get my bearings. It was 6:00 a.m. and I was fresh off an overnight bus, feeling not-so-fresh and searching for my hotel to at least drop off my bags. Suddenly, a welcome sight jumped out at me.
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It is no secret I have a thing for Eastern Europe – why else would I spend a month in Ukraine in the dead of winter freezing my butt off, right? So when I heard about Francis Tapon’s new book, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us, I immediately emailed him and begged
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Welcome back to the BootsnAll Indie Travel Challenge 2012!* You may have noticed, I missed a couple weeks. To be honest, I wasn’t feeling super inspired by the last few prompts and I didn’t want to force a blog post that I just wasn’t into. But here we are in Week 9 with a prompt
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As soon as I saw the subject line in the email, I knew it was bad news. I paused a minute or two before opening but that wasn’t enough to prepare me for what I was about to read: I am so sorry to have to break this news by email when you’re away, but
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Planning makes me happy. Before I left on this trip, I wrote about the perils of being a planner. I wrote about how I would try to be more spontaneous on this trip. How I would try to not plan so much. Although it may not be apparent to all of you, I am actually
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We are into the second month of the BootsnAll Indie Travel Challenge! The prompt for Week 5 is all about traveling in Asia: If you’ve traveled in Asia, what’s your favorite destination? Share a story of one of your best experiences in Asia, or tell us about a place you love. If you’ve never been
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