Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: Travel in the news
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I've read a lot of great travel tips over the years. And I've probably forgotten just as many. So I always like reading stories on how to be a better traveler. I've learned through experience to bring an empty water bottle to fill after going through security. That saves paying exorbitant prices to buy and…
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The Matador Network wrote a post recently about farmers markets around the world, from Dane County Farmer's Market in Seattle to Mercado Central in Valencia, Spain, and Rialto Markets in Venice, Italy. I'm a fan of food browsing. I love walking up and down every aisle of shops in other countries to check out unfamiliar…
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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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Nearly every day, I find solo travel stories from around the world. Here are just three of the dozens I've collected. More to come. Activities good for solo travelers: From Peter Greenberg, a story on how to find friends when traveling solo. Some of these I've mentioned about before – such as staying at upscale hostels or B&B's or going to…
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A decade ago or so, I remember feeling so clever when, after my flight was canceled, I called the airline to find me another flight, while I stood in a long customer service line at the airport. Within a few minutes, I was rebooked to my destination and I stepped out of line. It had barely budged.…
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Here's one Guinness World Record you can match without having to lift a table with your teeth or live with scorpions for more than a month: Walk outside on top of the CN Tower restaurant, 116 stories high, to match the record for "highest external walk on a building" set in 2011. Here's my Washington…
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A round-up of solo travel news Lately I've enjoyed reading posts from solo travelers on the reasons they travel solo. From a blog called the Simply Luxurious life, two thoughtful posts on solo travel. Why Not…Travel Alone?: When traveling alone "be reminded of what stirs your passions" and "boost your confidence" and "realize the difference…
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Ever heard of Red Bank, New Jersey? I hadn't. But I went to visit for a travel story and ended up loving the place for a variety of reasons, nostalgia being no small part of it. Red Bank calls itself a "cool little town" and I agree. It's the kind of place with few chain…
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If you're planning a trip to Mexico, or have been and want to reminisce, you'll enjoy reading this story about Mexican food from BootsanAll, a travel website. The basic point is, don't expect Mexican food in Mexico. That is, don't expect the Tex-Mex taco fare you're used to in the United States. I loved trying the…
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Three years ago, a memorial for 9/11 was inaugurated in Israel outside of Jerusalem. The 9/11 Living Memorial is a billowing American flag, partly surrounded on its circular plaza by the names of the more than 3,000 people who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The waving flag is meant…
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