http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/travel/31popular.html?8dpc New years always make me weepy, but I do love year-in-review lists. Here, the NY Times presents some excellent inspirational reading for armchair travellers.
Tag Archives: itchy-feet
Renting an Apartment – Private Custom Tours & Free Paris Resource Guide
http://www.secretsofparis.com/renting-an-apartment/ A lovely, inspiring gift from the Stumble button this Christmas morning.
Paris Syndrome leaves Japanese tourists in shock – Travel – News – msnbc.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15391010?GT1=8618 This is both incredibly sweet and incredibly sad: Around a dozen Japanese tourists a year need psychological treatment after visiting Paris as the reality of unfriendly locals and scruffy streets clashes with their expectations, a newspaper reported on Sunday. It’s patronising, I know, but I love that the Japanese are so sweet and innocent, […]
Scotland Photo Gallery by Neil Paskin at pbase.com
http://www.pbase.com/paskuk/scotland Scotland, on my trip to Europe, was the country I couldn’t leave fast enough. Too many family members, too much depression, and far too much damp cold (I’m OK with the fried foods though!) This magical gallery is making me wistful for the Scotland that isn’t in my veins. When I next need to […]
Pelee, Ontario – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelee_Island I’ll be away for a few days, visiting my bird nerd sis and her 256 human compatriots at the Southernmost populated point in Canada. That is, if I can get away from the computer with enough time to pack – if I miss the last ferry it’ll be a hell of a swim! **BUMPITY […]
jawhars reviews – StumbleUpon
http://jawhar.stumbleupon.com/ Many thanks to Jawhar for his wanderlust-inspiring Stumbles. He’s filled it with pictures, old and new, of Morocco, Islamic art, and Western representations of Eastern life. It’s short on words, but a unique POV among StumbleBlogs.
big plans – Google Search
http://www.google.ca/search?q=big%20plans&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official It occurs to me that, in the wake of my lost August and September, I’ve never actually revealed my long-hyped Big Plans. I don’t have many details yet, but the general framework is set in my psyche: 1) Survive to Xmas (no small feat) 2) Get clean bill of health from nephrologist (significantly smaller […]
Paris, Je T&x27;Aime (2006) – IMDb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401711/ I lucked out with two tickets to the Toronto Film Fest tonight, to the movie Paris, je t’aime. I had picked the tickets based solely on the title (car j’aime tellement Paris) but what a score they turned out to be! As with most short film collections, many of the shorts were misses, but […]
Pilot Guides.com: TV Shows
http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/index.php Three years ago, when I made the decision to shut off my TV, Lonely Planet was one of the shows whose absence I thought would most push me back to the couch. As it stands, my TV remained off, and I haven’t seen an episode since, but I still miss it. As a title, […]
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/ireland/images I don’t need my feet tickled at the mo’, but I’ll bookmark the terrific Lonely Planet for later. The Thorn Tree and Postcards sections are some of the best travel tips on the web, though I also have great respect for the Rough Guides for posting virtually all their content online for free. The […]