Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: -Great Britain
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Here's a fun read on solo travel from the Mail Online, a British Web site. The writer rounds up "the best" (that's subjective, though, isn't it?) "holidays for solo travellers." That is, the "best vacations for solo travelers" in American English (just taking the mickey, that is, kidding the British friend who gave me the…
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"US Now," a soon-to-be-released documentary film out of the United Kingdom, is all about the new ways people are working together and sharing their lives through the Internet. I was surprised and intrigued to see an extensive section about an American who tries couchsurfing. We follow our solo traveler as he finds his way to…
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Happy Hogmanay. One New Year's long ago, I was at a bed and breakfast in Edinburgh, Scotland. The snow prevented a boyfriend and me from heading up to Aberdeen by train. All the restaurants were closed, except the Chinese ones. So that's where we ate dinner. It wasn't easy understanding the dialect of the folks…
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A three-month-old blog I came across today has a post on London restaurants good for solo diners. I can’t vouch personally for the choices but the descriptions indicate the blogger gets what solo travelers are looking for. For instance, one restaurant offers reservations for a seat at the bar, a place where many solo travelers…