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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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10 books that fuel wanderlust

January 11, 2023January 31, 2023 - 8 Comments.

Which comes first? Love of reading travel books or hitting the road? Travel books fuel my wanderlust and vice versa.

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