I arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica yesterday. Riding in to town from the airport seemed like Panama City all over again. I chatted with the taxi driver on the way in. It’s become a bit of habit for me to chat up the taxi drivers, and it’s definitely more fun when I can use my Espanol poquito! The added benefit is that you’re suddenly human to them…
100 push ups? Consecutively? That’s insane! I’m trying out the 100 Push Ups challenge as my at home fitness routine this month. Damn the person who created this challenge. Don’t they know I just can’t help myself from participating in challenges? I’m on Week 3 of the 100 Push Up Challenge. When I did the initial test, I could only do about 3 push ups. I blame elementary school PE teachers for having…
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I’m in a habit of chopping all my hair off about every 2 years. It’s usually a fall or winter thing, and I try to wait until my hair is long enough to donate to Locks of Love. So after I got back to the States from traveling in Europe/Morocco at the end of November I immediately made a hair appointment. I didn’t end up getting my appointment…
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#64: Don’t Go To The Same Restaurant More Than Once For 1 Month
December 13, 2008You wouldn’t believe how easy it is to not go to the same restaurant more than once for one month while traveling! Except for my time in Naxos, Greece (where I may or may not have gone to the same gyro stand and Mexican restaurant every day), I think I did fairly well at mixing things up gastronomically.…
Ah, the joys of crossing the Atlantic with thousands of seniors… daily dance classes! I managed to fit in a tap dance class between the sudoku challenges and dodgeball tournaments. While I was the only one there under 50 (who am I kidding, I was the practically the only person on the boat under 50!), it was still a hilariously good time. Simply smashing!…
I never expected to find myself on a Royal Caribbean cruise during my year of traveling the world. But as I searched for one-way flights from Spain back to the States, I started thinking how interesting it would be to go by boat instead. So after a quick search on Kayak, I found a Transatlantic cruise from Barcelona, Spain to Ft Lauderdale, FL from $399. Even after the…
I had the amazing opportunity to see REM and Kaiser Chiefs for FREE while I was in Athens in October. MTV was launching a MTV Greece channel, so they sponsored the free concert. I found out about it from my hostel, so most of the hostel headed down to the stadium and the venue was surprisingly empty (although it looks fairly busy in the video). Anyway, it was…
After traveling for nine months, public transport is now the norm for me. My favorite cities for public transit are more modern and touristy: Tokyo, Madrid and Barcelona. However, my most memorable experiences with public transport are in Morocco. Nowhere else have I seen sheep put in the luggage compartments and the suitcases on top of the bus in Chefchaouen; held a baby for several hours while her…
My first experience traveling abroad was to France in 2006 (when I officially got the travel bug). Since then, I’ve wanted to go back and see more of Europe. However, with the euro and dollar exchange rate at $1.60 this summer, I decided to stick to the outer edges of the EU that don’t use the euro yet. By starting in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, I didn’t have…
I started the 52 Books in 52 Weeks Book Project in July of 2007, and while I did miss a few weeks here and there, I’m considering it complete! What I really enjoyed about participating in this challenge is that it reminds you to keep reading. Sometimes when life gets busy you forget to pick out new books or even make time to read at all. The downfall…
Traveling is so much more memorable when you’ve kept a travel journal. I use the little Moleskine Small Cahier Journal (Set of 3) as journals. They’re small enough to carry in your purse, but still legible, and the tan ones don’t get mixed up with your passport like the black ones. Sometimes I get a little behind on my journal, but it’s always fun to go back and…