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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How to spot a solo traveler? "You can always tell us apart by overuse of the self timer on our digital cameras or from the outstretched arm." This line by a fellow solo traveler made me laugh. I have to admit to having a self portrait from the outstretched arm technique. I also have to…
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Sports fan? It’s the perfect entree for a solo traveler. Perhaps you play a sport. Perhaps you’re a big fan of a sport. Either way, it’s something you have in common with a large group of people in other countries. Sports bring travelers and locals together in several ways, according to a post in…
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A solo cruise to Greece, Italy and Turkey changed April Lutz for all time. It wasn’t the amazing ruins of Ephesus, Turkey, the best preserved classical city of the Eastern Mediterranean. Or the visit to Izmir, Turkey, dating back to 3000 B.C. Or the stop in her favorite place, Santorini, Greece, with its brilliant white…
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I wish it were me going to a wedding somewhere outside Budapest. Yeah, okay, that sounds strange. But I recently met Hayden, a Servas member who lets visitors from other countries stay at his house in Washington, D.C. The relationships he forms turn into wedding invitations and vacation stays in places that might not be…
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I thought I was well traveled because I’ve been to four continents. Then I heard about Lynn Stephenson, 81. She has visited 515 places. I say "places" because according to MostTraveledPeople.com, to have been everywhere in the world, you have to have visited 673 countries, territories, autonomous regions, enclaves, geographically separated island groups, and major…
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People the world over have much in common. I was reminded of this after watching a video called Where the Hell is Matt? and thinking about the time I played peek-a-boo with a young Thai child. I was hiking in the hill tribe area. Foreigners are still a novelty there and people came out of…
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When’s the last time you heard someone say, "I’m flying off to Liechtenstein tomorrow?" Probably not recently. What Holly Leber loved about her solo trip around Europe in December was that she could hop to places she might not have crossed an ocean to see. It was easy because she was already in Europe, on…
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Here are the top five Dublin restaurants for solo travelers, according to venere, a European hotel booking site similar to hotels.com. The site chooses these eating establishments for pluses such as: Avoca: "…the staff won’t blink at lone diners…" Cake Cafe: "…half the city is unaware of it’s location so you’ll almost always be able…
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Ever sit in a "snug?" In the Crown Bar, a former gin joint also known as the Crown Liquor Saloon, the snugs are private, carved wood booths. Wait staff can pass drinks over the top of the cubicle-like snugs, or open the door and hand them in. The Crown Bar is in the heart of…
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