Just arriving back from a weekend in Switzerland, I am a little late with my stumbles this week. I know you are all on pins and needles every Monday so here are the five favorite travel posts submitted last week and your chance to submit for this week. In case you are new here, each week I ask readers and writers to submit their favorite travel posts of the week in the comment box below. I read, comment, stumble (using Stumbleupon), and tweet every submission. On the follow Monday, I profile my five favorite submissions from last week. The goal of this segment is to help bring traffic to Continue Reading
Maratea, Italy Wishes You Were Here
When you spend your birthday traveling after years of doing so at home, it is bound to feel somewhat strange, not really the big day with presents and cake unless you bring all of the bells and whistles with you. While I didn’t get any cake for my birthday, just gelato, I had the hard task of spending the big day in Maratea, Italy. Maratea rests along the Golfo di Policastro in the Basilicata region of Italy, blanketed with soft orange rooftops encased by green hills on one side and Tyrrhenian Sea on the other. The drive into medieval Maratea had me clutching my seat belt on a few occasions. A Continue Reading
Batty For Bolzano
I have found my perfect place, where the variety of food is actually existent, where Italian pizzazz meets Austrian order, where people don’t seem to speak English when I speak Italian or even Italian for that matter, where the setting doesn’t tell you exactly where you are. You may have to ask someone. Italy? Germany? Switzerland? Austria? Who knows, but no one seems to care. On a quest to get out of 100-degree temperatures in Florence, I did what I think every traveler does at one point or another, picks a spot on a map and just goes. Sure some research followed about this magical city Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of July 26, 2010
Finally a breeze is blowing through Florence to quiet the intense heat. At any rate, I was able to get through all of the stumbles this week without air conditioning. In case you are new here, each week I ask readers and writers to submit their favorite travel posts of the week in the comment box below. I read, comment, stumble (using Stumbleupon), and tweet every submission. The following Monday, I select my five favorites submitted last week to profile here and start the stumbling all over again. If you would like to submit for this week, leave a link in the comment box below to your Continue Reading
Pangong Tso, India Wishes You Were Here
This week's "Wish You Were Here" photo comes from Abhijit Gupta of The Corny Traveler's Chronicles. Located at a height of about 4350 m (14,270 ft) in the Himalayas of the Ladakh region of India, Pangong Tso is famous for its clear blue waters and is known to change colors according to the time of the day and the weather conditions. It also acts as a breeding ground for a variety of migratory birds. It can be reached after a 5-hour drive from Leh, the capital of Ladakh, after crossing Chang La, the third highest pass in the world. For more from Continue Reading
Travel Lessons From A 5,000 Year Old Iceman
One by one, they line up to pay their respects to an old man. Forming a snaking line, each person has their time to say hello and goodbye. What sounds like a normal funeral is somewhat different today. No one at this funeral knew the man behind the glass case. In fact, no one on the planet knew him. They don’t know his name. They don’t know the content of his character, the life he lived, or even why they are paying respects besides the fact that this man is 5,000 years old. The story of Ötzi, the Iceman, technically began between 3350 B.C. and 3100 B.C., before Stonehenge and the pyramids Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of July 19, 2010
After a trip up to northern Italy, I am back in Florence bringing you this week’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel. Just in case you are new here, each week I ask readers and writers to submit their favorite travel post of the week. This can be from your own personal site or another travel post you enjoyed from someone else. After leaving a link to the piece in the comment box below, I will read, comment, stumble (using Stumbleupon) and tweet the submission. On the follow Monday, I will feature my five favorites of last week. The cycle continues each week with the goal of bringing new travel reading Continue Reading