Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: –Language Programs
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In my previous post, my friend Bob described the conversation café scene in Tokyo. The conversation continues. Do guests always just sit down at the conversation cafes and chat? No, the cafes also hold “international parties” on the weekend once or twice a month. At a Norton Place party, a pianist provided a mini-concert at the cozy…
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Clearly, Japan is a café culture. The last time my friend Bob returned from a solo trip to Japan, I asked him about his travels and he contributed his observations about Japanese cat cafes to my blog. This time, he stopped in at several English-conversation cafes in Tokyo, where he was a top attraction, I'm guessing,…
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This is the second year that fall has come around and my thoughts have turned to…Guadalajara. The foods, the family I lived with there for a few days and the Guadalajara sights. The San Juan de Dios Market. (I just recently finished the vanilla I brought home from there, which reminded me of my trip…
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This travel guide to Cartagena, Colombia entertained and intrigued me for two reasons: 1. I've thought many times about visiting Colombia, ever since traveling in Ecuador several years ago. But I've never seen a travel video of Colombia to know much about what it looks like. 2. After watching the Colombia travel guide for a…
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"Don't worry," my new Spanish language partner explained when we arranged to meet for the first time for an exchange of English and Spanish lessons and he wanted to let me know how prompt he is. "I am sharp with the time." I laugh, but I'm sure I've cracked up many a Spaniard and South…
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A Brit has written a story in timesonline about avoiding the "heartache" of traveling alone. Oh please… Heartache? If you've chosen to travel alone, you didn't get into it to be miserable. Clearly you have some sense of adventure and a desire to see parts of the world that intrigue you. I personally would not…
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Over the next several posts I will run some of the entries I received for the contest to win a foreign-language phrase book. I love the following story from B, who did not want his name used: "My parents lived in Indonesia for a year while my dad was advising a company there. They were…
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Just a few more days to enter the contest to win a funny phrasebook in Spanish, French or Italian. Surely you've got a story about mangling the language in a foreign country or not being able to get your message across? Click above to read more about the contest. Send your phrases and tales now…
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