Traveler’s Tales are stories about adventures I’ve had while traveling. I got my first passport at 13 and have been touring the world ever since. I come from a family of itchy feet–everyone goes everywhere!
I’ve compiled a number of posts about places I’ve visited–telling of things I’ve seen or done–and collected them here by region. Enjoy!
GENERAL TRAVEL POSTS
Does God Want Me to Take This Trip?
Finding The Perfect Souvenir–Or Maybe Not
Finding a Good Book for a Trip
Where With World Am I?
Appreciating Art: It’s all in the Hands
Overcoming a Fear of Flying
The Thrill of a Polyglot
Since I’ll Be in the Neighborhood, Shouldn’t I Stop By?
May the Force Be With You
Speaking My English: It’s All in the Hands
A Passport and Hope for a Future Life
Seeing the Familiar in the Foreign
The Power of the (Kid) Translator
EUROPE
Guidebook Travels with My Friend Rick Steves
Lions in Europe 2018
Jet Lag and Europe Observations
Amusing Signs in Europe
Mom’s Charm Bracelet of Memories
ENGLAND
Westminster Abbey
The London War Zone
London Theatre
A London Walk
The Library: Bodleian in Fact
A Surprise in Oxford
Visiting Oxford’s Christ Church Cathedral
London’s Imperial War Museum
ROMANIA
Transylvania and the Nightmare of Reading Dracula
Married to the Most Powerful Man in the World. Really?
FRANCE
Seeing the Familiar in the Foreign
Hitting the Louvre Early
Normandy: Making History Come Alive for the Kids
Snelling, France, Books and the Silverdale Connection
AUSTRIA
World War I in 2015 Salzburg
Monuments Men, Salt Mines, Books, and Me
The Sound of Music Tour Part I
The Sound of Music Tour Part II
HUNGARY
Wearing the Cross
Budapest
Budapest’s House of Terror
Budapest 3
CZECHOSLOVAKIA/ THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague: Unusual Sights, Food and Details
Lobkowicz Palace: A Perfect Museum for Genealogists!
ITALY
Rome: St. Peter in the Basement and the Apostles on the Roof
The European Family Connection
Italian Passion in Rome and Florence
SLOVENIA
Immigrants: A Linden Tree/stump/hole for Hope
Traveling in Slovenia? The Apps Save the Day
POLAND
Architectural Details in Krakow, Poland
THE UNITED STATES
The 1984 Olympic Games California
Ghosts on the Streets California
Was I a Slave? Tennessee
Cruising with the Nuns California
A Walk in Avtar’s Brooklyn New York
Art for Art’s Sake or Someone else? New York
A Magical Whale Watching Trip Cape Cod
The Southwest Death March Southwestern United States
Fort Delaware Delaware
I-5 California
Turkey on the Beach Molokai’i, Hawai’i
Maps and Fiction California
House Touring Tennessee
Research Serendipity: McMinnville, Tennessee Tennessee
Civil War Days California
The Nudist Colony Field Trip California
Pearl Harbor and Me Oah’u, Hawai’i
Hiking Diamond Head Oah’u, Hawai’i
A Helicopter Ride in Kaua’i Kaua’i, Hawai’i
The Totem Christmas Alaska
Sailing to Alaska Alaska
Hiking Dungeness Spit Washington
To the Dungeness Spit Lighthouse Washington
Tennessee; Lookout, Smokies! Tennessee
Arlington National Cemetery: A Pilgrimage Washington, D. C.
Louisiana Eating Louisiana
A Walk in the Redwoods California
The Nudist Colony Field Trip California
A Fourth of July in Maine Maine
Flying Over the Grand Canyon Arizona
Lions in Charleston South Carolina
A Folly Island Visit South Carolina
A Charleston Tour South Carolina
A Fort Sumter Visit South Carolina
THE REST OF THE WORLD
NICARAGUA
Mosquitoes and Spiders and Snakes, Oh, My!
We Came, We Shared, We Opened Their Eyes
Eyes In Need; Cataracts Indeed
Me? A Membsahib?
El Nuevo Testamento
Giving Birth Along the River
Living in a Treehouse
What Does Prayerful Grace Look Like?
Living Without Bugs or Not?
The Peace Corps Volunteers
The Joy of Unusual Transportation
Electronic Communication; Is that Claro?
Two Birthdays in the Tropics
Lluvia Keeps Falling on My Head–Not
Enter the Animals
La Comida Esta Muy Bien
A Little History, the Lost Canal and Glorious Sunsets
A Pleasure to Serve
COLUMBIA
A Glimpse of Heaven on the Cali Bus
Brazil
Exchanging the Normal for the Foreign
CHINA
Exchanging the Normal for the Foreign
Traveler’s Tales: The Great Wall of China
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