Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: -Europe
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While I gear up to write about my recent trip to Italy – Emilia Romagna specifically – I offer a roundup of solo travel stories by others. From an Australian website called "Starts at 60," a solo female traveller's (spelled the British way) checklist for traveling alone. The story addresses issues such as…
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With the Olympics over, I'll have to get my British fix elsewhere – in the short term by watching my new (to me) favorite television show: Doc Martin. I had fun watching segments on England that NBC aired during the Olympics. One was on the words used by the British that are different from those…
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Had enough Titanic stories yet? Can I sneak just one more itty bitty one past you? I was in Belfast a few years ago where I learned about the city's ship-building prowess and the fact that the RMS Titanic, and its sister ship the RMS Olympic, were built there for the White Star Line. The…
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I now throw out the idea of "singles" travel for those who might be interested in joining a tour composed solely of people traveling alone, who are presumably not married. I have not gone with the group Singles Travel Service, but I'm on the email list and they recently sent me a newsletter on some…
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Take a look at these 50 utterly fantastic photos of bridges around the world. At first, I didn't think of this as something to write about on a solo travel blog. But scanning (or should I say "spanning") the photos stirred up so many memories of my travels. I thought maybe it would do the same…
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If you're a solo traveler and ski fanatic, you might want to follow Gabriella Le Breton's winter adventure. Le Breton is the subject of a series of articles in Britain's The Telegraph, called "Single for the Season" about a single woman who is visiting 20 ski resorts this winter. In mid-January, Le Breton was in…
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Today I got one of those great gifts that a traveler's gotta love. Unusual, one-of-a-kind, retro. On the other end of the continuum from the snazzy travel gadgets and apps available these days. Which are also nice. But this gift was unique. It came wrapped in a map, In this case, a map of Germany…
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'Tis the season to go cruising. And, I'm seeing a lot of offers from companies waiving the single supplement. What astounds me is how much people have been willing to pay to travel solo on a cruise. Avalon Waterways' announcement about waiving the single supplement on some 2011 cruises in Europe says that you can…
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The cold weather is starting to settle in here in the Northern hemisphere. Instead of settling into your sofa, how about slipping out for some ice skating in the great outdoors? At scenic ice rinks around the world? The globalgrasshopper writes about 10 of the world's best outdoor ice rinks, (However, the one in Tivoli…
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Bootsnall, a great travel site, recently published a post on 10 reasons to visit Iceland now. The photos are gorgeous and I agree with all their reasons. Except maybe #10. I'll get to that in a moment. I've been to Iceland twice (as I've written here before), once in the winter and once in…
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