The East Side Gallery in Berlin consists of a 1.3km continuous section of the Berlin Wall. It contains 105 mural paintings by artists from all over the world. It sits as a monument to the fall of the Berlin Wall (see blog post, Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall)....
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2012
This trip is different…
I’ve been traveling solo since I was about 25. My very first solo trip was hiking in Nova Scotia. At the time, I had a decent job, so I could afford to travel, but my female friends could not afford to go with me, so I struck out on my...
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Packing for Myanmar/Laos
In September, I did a post on packing for a 9 day trip to Spain and received a lot of comments and questions. So as I prepare to leave this week for a one month trip to SEAsia, including about 16 days in Myanmar and 12 days in Laos, it’s time...
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Year in Review 2012
Happy New Year to everyone! Another year has flown by already? I always like to reflect back on a year gone by to see what I’ve accomplished and to savor my travel memories. As 2012 began, I had just begun to talk about the possibility of forming my own travel...
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Christmas in New York
Links Updated: December 1, 2016. New York is magical at this time of year! I love to wander the streets and feel the wonder of the Holidays. Since I live here, I take it for granted that everyone knows what New York has to offer until my out of town...
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Myanmar (or Burma)….What’s in a Name?
I developed a strong fascination with the country of Myanmar when I made my first visit to the “Land of the Golden Pagoda” in April 2011 during my Round the World (RTW) trip. Many people ask me…where is Myanmar anyway? My answer: well, you may know it as Burma, it...
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Things To See In Barcelona
I recently spent a few days in Barcelona, Spain, as an adjunct to attending the TBEX (Travel Bloggers Exchange) Conference in the town of Girona. It was a great walk down memory lane, as I had been to Barcelona in 1992 for the Olympic Games. I had an opportunity to revisit...
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Gaudi in “Context”
While in Spain in September for the TBEX Conference in Girona (hosted by Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona), I stopped off in Barcelona for a few days to rediscover that city which I had last visited during the Barcelona1992 Olympic Games. At that time, I was enamored by Gaudi’s architecture, and...
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Autumn in New York
Autumn is one of the best times to visit (or live in) New York. For starters, the weather is perfect at this time of year with temperatures of: September: 60-76oF (16-24oC); October: 50-65oF (9-18oC); November: 41-54oF (5-12oC). Plus it’s a time when everything is in a state of renewal. New art exhibits, new broadway shows,...
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Packing for Trip to Spain.
When I went on my RTW trip in 2011, it required me to really think about what I would need to pack. I studied websites (such as onebag.com) and was able to narrow it down to one medium sized rolling bag (too big to carry-on, but light enough to still...
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