Ready for spring to begin, I bring you this week’s Suzy Stumbles Over Travel. In case you are new to this site, each week I ask bloggers/writers and readers to submit their favorite travel posts of the week. This can be from your own site or another writer’s piece. I read each submission, comment, tweet the article on Twitter, stumble the piece 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.
Just a few things to keep in mind, please only submit one post per person each week. Your submission must be travel related. Please leave a link to your post in the comment box below rather than sending it to me on Twitter, Facebook, etc. You have until the end of the day on Friday to leave your submission. Anything left past Friday will be carried over into next week’s submissions. I will get busy promoting the articles by the end of the day on Sunday. Be sure to follow me on Twitter, subscribe to my stumbles on Stumbleupon and “like” me on Facebook to make sure I give your post the attention it deserves. Check back here next Monday to see if your submission made my five favorites of the week.
The 5 Favorites of Last Week
“Approaching David” From SKJ Travel
Submitted by Shara
Shara approaches one of the most famous sculptures of all time, Michelangelo’s David in Florence, Italy. She details this meeting from her initial indifference to connecting with the work through the simplicity of eye contact.
“That Time I Wasn’t Allowed Back On a Plane in Singapore” Pack Your Passport
Submitted by Beverley
Travel is riddled with adventures, some we would rather not experience. Beverley shares a true adventure to air travel, that time she wasn’t allowed to fly from Singapore to London due to sickness.
“An Awkward Day at El Totumo—The Mud Volcano” From Stars on the Ceiling
Submitted by Britany
Britany shares a rather messy yet spirited experience of swimming around in a mud volcano. Her visit to El Totumo brings up the more awkward moments to travel and yet shows us just how fun they can be in the end.
“Renting an Apartment in Herceg Novi, Montenegro” From 30 Traveler
Submitted by Kate
Kate interviews Ryan and Angela about their experience of renting an apartment in Montenegro. Throughout each question and answer, the reader learns a great deal about what to do and what not to do when renting an apartment abroad.
“15 Lessons from 15 years of travel” from What’s Dave Doing
Submitted by Dustin
Dustin of the Skinny Backpacker brings this post from Dave to our attentions. After traveling for 15 years, needless to say, Dave has the clout to lend us 15 lessons about travel. His words of wisdom are moving lessons from the traveler who plans a one-week trip to the other adventurer looking to be Dave 15 years down the road.
Don’t forget to leave your submission in the comment box below. You have until the end of the day on Friday to leave your submission.
Submission from Shirlene…
Hi Suzy,
Here’s our submission this week:
http://www.idelish.com/2013/03/01/canada-our-favorite-restaurants-in-whistler-bc/
Thanks!
Submission from Sam…
I’d like to submit an article I wrote for my relatively new blog about travelling the Carretera Austral in southern Chile:
http://indefiniteadventure.com/blog/carretera-austral
Thanks!
Hey Suzy! It’s Alex from I Like Going Places. I started a new Colorado Travel info website that uses stories to tell where the cool things are in this awesome state. Here’s my entry for this week. Have you been here?
http://coloradotravelguy.com/cripple-creek-ice-festival/
Hi Suzy,
This week, I’d like to submit this post I have just written about some of the attractions of Palma, Majorca:
http://costeffectivetravel.com/europe/three-unmissable-sights-in-palma/#axzz2MfaPPLFW
I hope you like it and all the best,
Steve
Hi Suzy,
Here is a little walking tour around Brisbane for you.
http://flightsandfrustration.com/brisbane-cbd-and-south-bank-in-pictures/
Hi Suzy!
Here is our submission:
It was from our adventure around the Bolaven Plateau in Laos the other week!
http://aminearlythereyet.com/exploring-the-bolaven-plateau-by-motorbike-part-1/“>Exploring the Bolaven Plateau by Motorbike! Part 1
Thank you, I hope you like it 🙂
Morning Suzy,
I’d like to submit our ‘Wanderlust City Guide to Auckland’ for this weeks stumbling session.
We’ve just spent three months at two different house sitting assignments in the city and wanted to share the things that we loved about the CBD.
http://wanderlusters.co.uk/auckland-things-to-see-and-do/
Thanks!
Hi Suzy! here’s my submission for this week: http://www.mywanderlust.pl/2013/03/martenitsa-spring-celebration-in.html I hope you find it interestings! Cheers!
Aw fantastic, thanks so much for including our interview at 30Traveler as part of your list!
I’ve read all of these and it is a great selection! Found a lot of new blogs to follow.
Hi Suzy! I have found some of my favorite travel blogs from reading your posts! I would love to be included. I live and teach in Korea and recently wrote about experiencing the Korean jimjilbang for the first time.
http://mykoreaquest.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/jimjilbanging-its-kind-of-like-eating-kimchi-but-youve-got-to-get-naked/
Hi Suzy,
I have another one on the rather philosophical side for you this week – how travel shapes our awareness on our own cultural identity, and how being German has influenced me travelling. I hope you enjoy it.
http://bridgekeepingtraveller.com/2013/03/07/german-patriotism/
Hi Suzy,
Here’s my submission for this week-a visit to the incredible Library of Congress in Washington D.C. The library of ALL libraries just about 🙂
http://www.theredheadedtraveler.com/2013/03/library-of-congress-washington-dc.html
Thanks for considering it.
Cheers!
Julie
Hi Suzy,
This one concerns socialising with a former officer in Saddam Hussein’s army when we visited Iraq:
http://www.the-working-traveller.com/an-evening-with-the-colonel/
Hi Suzy,
Here’s my submission for this week: http://matthewhirtes.com/galdar.
All the best,
Matthew
Hi Suzy
A fascinating ringside account from the world’s largest congregation, the Maha Kumbh Mela, truly a once-in-a-lifetime event. We were there for the most auspicious (and at 40 million, the most crowded) bathing day Mauni Amavasya.
https://redscarabtravelandmedia.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/maha-kumbh-mela-go-with-the-flow/
Cheers
Anurag/Priya
Hey Suzy
I ended up getting amongst a protest against the removal of part of the Berlin Wall from the East Side Gallery on my first day in Berlin. Here’s the story!
http://www.berlinorbust.com/my-first-day-in-berlin-taking-part-in-the-east-side-gallery-protests/
Hi Suzy,
SHeesh, I keep forgetting to apply! DAG.
Anyhow,I started a new travel tips series that I think will be super useful to a lot of hopeful travelers: How to Afford Long-Term World TRavel. Here’s part one. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
http://www.lashworldtour.com/2013/02/afford-longterm-world-travel-pt-1-components.html
cheers, Lash
Hi Suzy.
I’d like to submit the following post about the Princes’ Islands in Turkey:
http://travelshus.com/2013/02/06/biking-around-buyukada-island/
These islands are technically part of Istanbul but have no cars and require a 90 minute ferry ride to even get there.
Just read your Nashville post, glad you had a good time in my former home city.
Here’s my submission for next week: http://www.a-sense-of-place.com/2013/03/artsmart-roundtable-wait-you-want-me-to-go-to-liverpool-to-see-art.html
Suzy…I’d like to submit my blog this week re: R&B’s Top Ten Off The Beaten Path Travel Tips. Richard
Hi Suzy…not sure if you want to have the direct link…I noticed other have given you that…thanks! Richard
https://richard-white1.squarespace.com/config#collectionId=50e1bab4e4b015296ce39c58
http://www.gettingstamped.com/2013/03/05/the-bugs-of-tulum/
We were just in Tulum,Mexico for 11 days and had a great time photographing all the VW bugs!Hope you enjoy!
Hi there – for this week I’d like to submit 5 Tips for Getting Beyond the Surface When You Travel (aka: Me, Zach Braff, and Krysten Ritter) http://rtw-travel-guide.com/5-tips-for-how-to-get-beyond-the-surface-when-you-travel/
Hope you’ve had a good week!
Hey Suzy!
Here’s us this week!
Sled Dogs & Snow Ghosts – Whitefish, Montana in the Winter
http://www.gypsynester.com/whitefish-montana.htm
Submission from Andrea…
Hi Suzy,
Here is another post of mine about the reasons I love to travel
http://anotherdayforgrace.blogspot.ca/2013/02/why-i-love-to-travel-vague-and-not-so.html
Submission from Steve…
Hi Suzy,
Here’s a post about a dodgy encounter with some corrupt cops I ran into in Colombia: http://backpackerreport.com/2013/02/28/serve-protect/
Cheers,
Steve
Hi Suzy, This is just the story of one day on our Sri Lanka tour when we got to take an elephant shower. Sri Lanka is an amazing destination, with the war now over, the locals are predicting a big increase in tourism. As always thanks for your consideration. Best, J
http://flashpackatforty.com/2013/03/14/kandy-elephants-and-tea/