As I frantically throw three months of belongings into a suitcase and redesign my site, Suzy Stumbles Over Travel must go on. If you are new here, each week I ask readers and travel writers to share their favorite posts of the week in the comment box below. I read every submission, comment on each piece, stumble the post on Stumbleupon, and tweet the entry on Twitter. The following Monday I feature my five favorite posts submitted last week for some extra love and attention. Without further delay, please enjoy my five favorites submitted last week. When you are finished, leave a comment Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of May 31, 2010
Another week of “Suzy Stumbles Over Travel” begins. In case you are new here (please stick around), each week I ask readers and writers to submit their favorite travel posts that they have read throughout the week. I read each submission and leave a comment, stumble the post using Stumbleupon, and tweet every entry on Twitter. I then feature my five favorite submissions the following week. The goal of this segment is to bring to light those posts you may have missed throughout the week, while promoting other writers' efforts. Here is how it works. Leave a comment in the box below with your Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of May 17, 2010
You know the drill. Each week, I ask travel writers and readers to submit their favorite travel posts of the week. This can be from your own personal site or another writer’s post you enjoyed. I will stumble, comment, and tweet each submission. The goal behind this segment is without question to help those neglected travel posts get a little more love and attention. On the following Monday, I select 5 favorites submitted last week for a little more promotion from yours truly. Keep in mind…. Please only submit ONE link per person each week. The deadline to submit for this week is Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of May 10, 2010
For the past few weeks, I have been stumbling, commenting, tweeting, and picking five favorites each week of travel posts, videos, and websites submitted for my “Suzy Stumbles Over Travel” segments. This week is no exception. Leave a comment here with your favorite travel post of the week. This can be from your personal site or another post you have read and enjoyed. I will read, stumble, comment, and tweet each submission. On Monday, I will select the five favorites of the previous week. Just some things to keep in mind… Only submit one link per person each week. Leave your link Continue Reading
Coffee with Strangers: The Importance of Travel Conversations
I arrived to a train station outside of Graz, Austria, clueless if I would make my connection after a delayed overnight train from Florence. A sleepless night of listening to movies and music on my now dead I-Pod passed the 9 or so hours. Knowing that the delay had pushed back my itinerary, I quickly hopped off the train to view the monitor, scanning frantically to see “Graz” somewhere on the screen. As I gazed at the glowing box covered in funny German words (funny to me for their length and that I can’t pronounce a single one of them), I realized I had about 40 minutes until the next train Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week Of May 3, 2010
At this point, most of you know the drill. Each week I ask you to leave a comment in the “Suzy Stumbles Over Travel” posts with a link to your favorite travel post, video, or website of the week. This can be a post of your own or from someone else. All I ask is that it be travel related. I read, comment, stumble, and tweet every submission. On Monday, I pick my five favorites from last week and ask you to start the stumbling cycle all over again. Well, it’s Monday. Take a break from your day with some of these travel reads. Once you are done, leave a comment here with your submission for Continue Reading
Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of April 26, 2010
I started a weekly column, aimed at spreading the word about great travel posts, videos, and websites. Every week, I ask readers and writers to leave their favorites in travel throughout the week in a comment on my “Suzy Stumbles Over Travel” post. I stumble (Stumbleupon), comment, and tweet each submission. On Monday, I highlight my five favorites that were submitted last week. This is supposed to be a win-win, so if you did not experience the sweetness of being a favorite this week, hopefully your post received even sweeter page views, comments and traffic. I received 20 submission this Continue Reading