If only we all knew how very connected we are...the world could be such a different place.
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Showing posts with label world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world. Show all posts
Monday, June 6, 2016
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Sunday, April 19, 2015
The dream...
What is your dream? If you aren't taking steps to get there, it's not your dream.
Make it real. Work toward it. Live it.
Live your dreams!
Monday, March 23, 2015
Foodies of the World, Unite!
National Geographic has come out with a list of the top ten cities in the world that you must hit up for the food, if nothing else!
Here are the top ten food cities in the world (along with the food the city is most well-known for):
10. Ensenada, Mexico - Fish Tacos from Ensenada Market
9. Edam, Netherlands - Most popular cheese in the world
8. Bologna, Italy - Pasta Bolognese (obviously)
7. Osaka, Japan - Takoyaki (balls of grilled octopus batter)
6. Cincinnati, Ohio - Chili
5. Lyon, France - Lyonnaise potatoes
4. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Bahn Mi (French baguette sandwiches)
3. Buffalo, NY - Chicken Wings
2. Chennai, India - Indian equivalent to wings (was there some bias toward wings on the panel?)
1. Louisville, Kentucky - Hot Brown (Open-faced Turkey with cream sauce on Texas Toast)
Are you as hungry as I am, yet??
I'm biased toward Buffalo, but if you ask me if you should get the original Anchor Bar wings on your short trip, I'll tell you that Duff's Wings are number one (people's choice) every time. This makes me want to try #2, Indian wings!
I love chili, but I'm not a fan of the chili/pasta combo out of Cinci...I think it's a texture clash for me. Tastes fine, just weirds me out!
They have a chain in NYC called "Bahn Mi." I've heard it's excellent but the ingredients didn't appeal to me so much...plus I'm sure it's not as good as the real thing in the heart of Vietnam!
The rest will be new to me...I'm especially interested in that 'Hot Brown' (if that city is number one in the world then it's most famous dish HAS to be killer) and Fish Tacos...YUMMMM.
How many have you been to? Were they worth the trip?
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
The World is as BIG or as small as You Make It.
If you ever wondered how to travel without leaving your own home, you might want to speak to an awesome group of kids from around the globe featured in a Sundance Short Film with the title of this article, and recently featured on Upworthy.
Thanks to some incredible teachers, and their own interest and participation, they've been making the world a smaller place, pulling themselves closer to one another. Once a week, they are given time to connect and communicate with students around the same age from different cities and countries across the globe. They sometimes speak the same language, and sometimes they'll use interpreters. They share pictures and videos of where they are from and what they like to do.
What they have is better than any generic movie one could see in the theater; they are essentially virtual pen pals. These students have a unique "tour guide"-type system that shows them around the world through the perspective of other students their own age from every corner of the planet. It is beautiful to see their connections, their smiles, and their stories. I love hearing their honest questions to complete strangers and the answers that bring them closer, until they become friends. They've never met in person, but they know more about one another than some of their own neighbors probably do. It is a beautiful and shocking reminder:
The world is as big or as small as you make it.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Go Somewhere!
New Twitter account for all of you travel addicts out there: @TraveLifeLove
Follow to get updates from this blog as well as other articles, quotes, messages, pictures, travel deals and information! All to fulfill your wanderlust spirits :)
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Want to travel but have too many excuses?
Here's a little secret: You'll always have an excuse.
There, I said it. There will always be a million reasons why you should NOT quit your job or take sabbatical or take all of your vacation days at once to travel the globe. There will always be rent to pay and bills to pay and loans to pay and weddings to go to and baby showers and your family holidays. Those things will ALWAYS be an excuse.
They work as excuses for most people. I try not to let them be my excuses, but the reality is if I could do whatever I wanted right now, I would sell everything in my apartment or bring it to storage, say many thanks to my employer, and peace out to travel the world. So I still use these self-proclaimed excuses and they hold me back from the life I actually know that I am capable of and the life I believe most human beings desire until I decide not to let them hold me back. Whether it's because they want to travel or to have more time with their families and stay at home or whether it's because they want to be their own boss or they have a dream business that they want to create, there is SOMETHING out there bigger than most of us understand that we are suppressing when we accept the "typical" path, the path that says we will work our way up the food chain, save for retirement and finally be "free" at the age of 65...at which point we will probably NOT retire because we have become so accustomed to being workaholics that we just don't know HOW to relax and enjoy the world around us!
So today, I was thankful to read an excellent blog post by a girl named Kate, who grew up not too far from where I am as I type this, and who is most likely somewhere completely and utterly different right now. Her post might shock you or make you spring into action, or it might make you feel crappy because you accept that what she says is right and you also accept that you aren't going to do anything about it. That's the amazing thing about life. At ANY GIVEN moment, we are making a plethora of choices.
I'm a firm believer that timing is everything. So maybe when you read Kate's post, it'll be your "ah-hah" moment, or maybe it'll have to wait. Whatever the timing may be, I think her post is relevant. It gives good information about how you can make the credit system (that holds so many people down) actually work FOR you not only giving youa swift kick in the rear, but also by giving you exactly what you need...with a little research, that is. She'll give you some pointers on how to get to certain places from her own experience and she'll let you know just what it takes to make it work.
One of my favorite things about what she says is that we are more trapped and unable to get out of our own way when we have too many material things but when we have nothing, suddenly we are more free and capable of doing ANYTHING than we ever imagined we could be with all of our excuses. It seems completely contrary to logic, but in some ways I think it's getting back to our darwinist selves...survival of the fittest. We learn to survive, and thrive, because we have to...and if you've got wanderlust...it's probably your biggest thrill!
There, I said it. There will always be a million reasons why you should NOT quit your job or take sabbatical or take all of your vacation days at once to travel the globe. There will always be rent to pay and bills to pay and loans to pay and weddings to go to and baby showers and your family holidays. Those things will ALWAYS be an excuse.
They work as excuses for most people. I try not to let them be my excuses, but the reality is if I could do whatever I wanted right now, I would sell everything in my apartment or bring it to storage, say many thanks to my employer, and peace out to travel the world. So I still use these self-proclaimed excuses and they hold me back from the life I actually know that I am capable of and the life I believe most human beings desire until I decide not to let them hold me back. Whether it's because they want to travel or to have more time with their families and stay at home or whether it's because they want to be their own boss or they have a dream business that they want to create, there is SOMETHING out there bigger than most of us understand that we are suppressing when we accept the "typical" path, the path that says we will work our way up the food chain, save for retirement and finally be "free" at the age of 65...at which point we will probably NOT retire because we have become so accustomed to being workaholics that we just don't know HOW to relax and enjoy the world around us!
So today, I was thankful to read an excellent blog post by a girl named Kate, who grew up not too far from where I am as I type this, and who is most likely somewhere completely and utterly different right now. Her post might shock you or make you spring into action, or it might make you feel crappy because you accept that what she says is right and you also accept that you aren't going to do anything about it. That's the amazing thing about life. At ANY GIVEN moment, we are making a plethora of choices.
I'm a firm believer that timing is everything. So maybe when you read Kate's post, it'll be your "ah-hah" moment, or maybe it'll have to wait. Whatever the timing may be, I think her post is relevant. It gives good information about how you can make the credit system (that holds so many people down) actually work FOR you not only giving youa swift kick in the rear, but also by giving you exactly what you need...with a little research, that is. She'll give you some pointers on how to get to certain places from her own experience and she'll let you know just what it takes to make it work.
One of my favorite things about what she says is that we are more trapped and unable to get out of our own way when we have too many material things but when we have nothing, suddenly we are more free and capable of doing ANYTHING than we ever imagined we could be with all of our excuses. It seems completely contrary to logic, but in some ways I think it's getting back to our darwinist selves...survival of the fittest. We learn to survive, and thrive, because we have to...and if you've got wanderlust...it's probably your biggest thrill!
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