People can turn a travel nightmare into a hilarious adventure, and a quiet cup of tea into a golden memory you cherish for the rest of your days.
Expat life: Looking forward, looking back
Having family split over 3 countries can lead to a bit of chaos, especially when a baby's due date is part of the planning. New jobs and the ability to finally have our belongings sent from Italy, plus the travel blogging, meant that we've taken more than one flight over the last few months. Still, …
Quote: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness…
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. ~ Mark Twain Flowerbed constellation in India. I am posting this …
Best CouchSurfing Request EVER
Once upon a time, the CouchSurfing community in Cork was very active. There was a group outing at least once each week. This week was no different. I didn’t go as often as I should have, but since I’d convinced a new member to come down and meet all the lovely, friendly people, I made …
Quote: …to live, not to exist
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. ~ Jack London
Quote: If water stands motionless…
If water stands motionless in a pool it grows stale and muddy, but when it moves and flows it becomes clear: so, too, man in his wanderings. ~ Muhammed Asad (Borrowed from Chickybus.com. :)
“Sometimes, I wish I were there”
“Sometimes, I wish I were there” Lovely and wistful post about the “fixed life envy” that occasionally hits even the most dedicated traveler. (Follow Christine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/camorose )
Quote: the purpose of travel…
The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar. ~ Marshall McLuhan
Quote: Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry…
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. ~ Maya Angelou