Heading to England’s capital city? Here are some London travel tips I’m guessing you never knew you needed! I’ve just spent 3 days in London after a conference. It’s been a blast but I’ve come to the conclusion that for a travel writer, I’m not a very good sightseer and neither, I’d have to say, is my friend, […]
Is it a mystical experience or is that the sun in my eyes?
On my last day in Wales our sparkly red bus tour stops at St. Non’s Well and I’m hell-bent on finding some potent Celtic/Catholic mysticism. Our group troops off to the spring, a small covered well said to have miraculous curative properties. Nearby are the remains of St Non’s chapel built in the 6th century. Non was the mother […]
Mystical Wales in a red glitter bus
It’s not often you make a pilgrimage in a red sparkly disco bus, but Wales is a land of novel experiences. Along with 4 other writers, our Welsh guide, Steven, and a tattooed driver named Rocky, we sailed down to St Davids, the smallest city in Wales. Really it’s a wee town, but since it has a […]
Travel Writing Conference ie where am I and who are you?
It’s a strange global moment, this travel writing conference. The TMAC Conference (Travel Media Association of Canada) is a collection of travel writers and travel industry people, ie tourist board reps and PR people, and the idea is to connect, get story ideas, sightsee, do professional development workshops and generally, become a cohesive group rather than […]
Photo tour of Wales
From bad taste to spectacular scenery … Wild ponies …. Limestone cliffs And more cliffs Signs of spring And of course, sheep Wales is a (sorry for the bad pun, but how can I not say it?) Wale of a time. And now that I”m covered in bruises […]
Wild in Wales
Signing up for an active holiday in Wales doesn’t mean just a bit of fresh air. It means scaring the beejeesus out of yourself and getting soaked in the process. Gorge walking pushed me to the limits. In fact, it pushed me over the limit. It pushed me over the rocks into a waterfall. […]
Rope walking, rock climbing and sheep
My first day in Wales and I am bruised, sore and ready for wine with dinner. Brecon Beacons National Park is a scenic (duh, what park isn’t?) inland park with a lot of sheep. But my fun was all indoors today, at the Llangorse Multi Activity Centre with 5,000 square feet of climbing and bouldering […]
Lessons learned while travelling – cultural sensitivity
I’ve only been in London, England, for two days and already travel is teaching me many things. One, be sensitive to other cultures … and this includes super powers. When I go to Thailand, say, I know that as a woman I shouldn’t touch a Buddhist monk and I’m careful about this (except for the […]
Renting a villa in France … or an apartment in Paris … or a cheap hotel … or or or
My plans to rent a villa in the South of France this summer have changed once again. First it was one month in one place, maybe in the hilltop town of Vence, a stone’s throw from Nice and the Med. Now the plans are two weeks in the middle of nowhere in a 12th century […]
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Perehudoff’s essay on Aphrodisias is reviewed by Nomadic Chick
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