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Laundry happens – when you pack for carry-on

March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 - 9 Comments.

Tromp, swish, rinse, squeeze. I learned the laundry dance in a Malaysian bathtub. When you’re traveling, getting your clothes clean often requires a different skill set than at home.

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Italy / Travel musings

Dear Juliet: Wherefore all the hoopla in Verona?

June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 - 9 Comments.

To visit or not to visit? That question tormented me before and after arriving in Verona. Juliet’s House, with its fake balcony and bronze breast, is an admitted tourist trap.

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Telling stories in telling rooms: 12 more travel books

February 29, 2024April 10, 2024 - 6 Comments.

Telling stories, hearing stories, writing stories: I love it all, especially when they take us beyond home, in imagination or reality. And what better than travel books or any genre that inspires travel?

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100 blog stories later, we’ve come full circle!

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 - 10 Comments.

Writing blog stories – this is my 100th! – has contributed enormously to our appreciation and understanding of our travel experiences.

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