Thanks to Inspiring Travellers, I have been nominated to participate in TripBase’s “My 7 Links Project”. The goal of this endeavor is to bring to light travel bloggers’ lessons and travel stories that might have been long forgotten in blog archives. I found myself re-reading old posts I too had long since forgotten. In case you haven’t been following this site as long as I have, I hope you can give my seven links a read or re-read if you are a devoted fan (I’m talking to you, Mom). My Most Beautiful Post Locorotondo, Italy Wishes You Were Here I love to find little towns of understated Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of July 4, 2011
If you are an American or in the US today, I wish you a Happy Fourth of July as I bring you this week’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel. Each week, I ask writers and readers to submit their favorite travel posts of the week. I read each submission, comment, tweet the article on Twitter, stumble the post using Stumbleupon and post a link to the article on my Facebook page. The following week, I select my five favorites to be featured here and the stumbling begins again into the next week. In case you are unfamiliar with this segment, there are a few things to keep in mind. Please leave you Continue Reading
When Humanity Takes Flight
He looks out the window in awe, even before take off, fascinated by the loading of baggage onto the plane. He turns to his mother with a beaming smile. In flight, he keeps his eyes glued on that window, occasionally pointing out cars he sees, landscapes he wonders about. When it is all over, the pilot thanks the passengers for flying with the airline today. The 6-year-old shouts, just loud enough for a few rows back to hear, “You’re welcome. It was fun!”. A few travelers quietly laugh as he thanks his dad profusely for taking him on his first flight. It is another routine flight for me, one Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of June 27, 2011
As time flies and another week begins, I bring you this week’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel. In case you are new to this site, each week I ask writers and readers to submit their favorite travel posts of the week. I read each submission, comment on the article, tweet the piece on Twitter, stumble the post using Stumbleupon and post a link to the submission on my Facebook page. The following week, I select my five favorites to be featured here and the stumbling begins again into the next week. Just a few things to keep in mind, you have until the end of the day on Friday to submit. Please leave Continue Reading
Ely, Nevada Wishes You Were Here
Driving America’s Loneliest Road, Ely is bittersweet coming from west to east. It is the end of this road, the end of the loneliness and the start of something different. Coming into Ely on the eastern end of U.S. Highway 50, you wouldn’t expect to see a working museum in its streets. Ely wants to keep its history close and accessible to those who just pass on through the town. It does so through a series of giant murals. Along the sides of buildings and around unsuspecting corners, you will find giant works of art depicting Ely throughout the ages. A town that grew up quickly with the Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of June 20, 2011
Another week goes by and I present another week of Suzy Stumbles Over Travel. In case you are new to this site, each week I ask writers and readers to share their favorite travel posts of the week. I read each submission, comment, tweet the article on Twitter, stumble the piece using Stumbleupon and place a link to the post on my Facebook page. The following week I select my five favorites to be featured here and the stumbling begins again into the next week. Just a few things to keep in mind, please only submit one post per person each week. Leave your submission in the comment box below Continue Reading
Virginia City, Nevada Wishes You Were Here
Some places, like some people, get rich quickly, usually as a result of one or the other. Virginia City is one such place, a destination that probably wouldn’t be what it is today without the discovery of silver in 1859. Known as the Comstock Lode, you can still see traces of that discovery all over Virginia City. It is no wonder why as that silver found here produced $400 million by 1898. The 19th century mining boom gave Virginia City its importance, along the same lines as Denver and San Francisco. In fact, San Franciscans can thank Virginia City for its very existence. The riches of the Continue Reading