Posts Tagged ‘travel’
Oct
Oct
Travel hacking
This week I flew to Salt Lake City and rented a car, and then took a 2,000 mile tour through some of the most beautiful land that America has to offer. Along the way, I also managed to come up with a few travel hacks that I want to share.
Flying
For starters, my entire…
Nov
Nov
Travel announcements for December
Today I have a few short announcements about upcoming travel. As many of you already know, I’m on a mission to see all 50 states of the US. (If you don’t already know, you can look at my bucket list and see what I’m up to.)
My original intention was to complete them all by…
Dec
Dec
Speaking Spanish in the southwestern U.S.
For the past ten days, I’ve been exploring the southwestern U.S., with visits to six more states to which I’ve never previously been. And as a language-lover, one thing has been clear right from the start: speaking Spanish has made this a much more pleasant experience for me.
In St. Louis, after I’d seen all…
Jan
Jan
It’s a new year and I have an exciting announcement!
Today begins the new year, and that means it’s time for me to finally reveal a secret I’ve been keeping for a few months. As you already know, with the arrival of a new year, my attention will be shifting to a new language.
My year of Italian is over, but that doesn’t mean I’m…
Jan
Jan
Travel report from Italy
My trip to Italy is More than half over now, but it’s been quite interesting so far. The experience has been rather eye-opening! Things got off to a rather negative start. In fact, for the first few days, I was beginning to question the entire idea.
Upon arrival in Rome, all of my “romanticized” ideas…
Feb
Feb
Italy travel report, part 2
A few weeks ago I gave you all a progress report on how things were working out for me actually being in Italy, using the the Italian language as I had learned it from here at home.
That last update was just slightly past the half-way point in my trip, and it represented two significant…
May
May
Good Days Gone Bad
This is a guest post written by Zane the Experimenter. Zane is the author of Life by Experimentation. His blog uses science and self-testing to quantify improving the quality of life, including everything from how to sleep two hours less per night to how to actually save money while traveling.…
It has happened to us
May
May
Create urgency!
Until last month, all of my travels had been to places where I already spoke the language. But when I went to Poland last month, in spite of the fact that I had learned a lot of Polish in a very short amount of time, I was not fluent and there was a lot I…