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Travel the World Rent Free

I get such a thrill when I check my e-mail first thing in the morning and there is a message like this sitting in my in box:
‘House sitter needed for 1 month in Tuscany’.
As I click further I see a picture of a gorgeous cottage in the hills of Tuscany.  The owner writes, ‘All I [...]

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How to Re-ignite Your Wanderlust

I’m leaving for a six month trip in May, a mere four months from now, yet it seems so far away.  It’s January, it’s cold, and it’s dreary.  I know I want to travel but my wanderlust is lying dormant.  This cold, winter weather makes me want to curl up in a ball and stay indoors with [...]

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Why Travel is So Addictive

I am addicted to traveling.  I’ve never asked myself ‘why?’, the urge has just always been there.  I know I’m not alone in this.  There are thousands out there are just as addicted as I am for various reasons.  There are the usual ones … new experiences, meeting new people, becoming bored with routine, etc.  But what really makes [...]

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16 Unique Gifts for the Traveler at Heart

Do you know someone that loves to travel? Or is planning a trip somewhere fabulous soon? Perhaps you are stumped for ideas on what to get that die hard traveler that seems to have all the gear they need.
It can be challenging giving travel gifts because you want to give something lightweight, easy [...]

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The Double Life

‘How very simple life would be
If only there were two of me
A Restless Me to drift and roam
A Quiet Me to stay at home.
A Searching One to find his fill
Of varied skies and newfound thrill
While sane and homely things are done
By the domestic Other One.
And that’s just where the trouble lies;
There is a Restless Me [...]

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How to Travel without Leaving your Hometown

Ah travel… when I hear the word I immediately envision myself speeding down California’s Highway 1 in a red convertible with the radio blaring,  screaming along to Tom Petty’s ‘Free Falling’ or zooming down the zip line in Costa Rica.  As much as I’d love to travel full time to exotic places, it’s not always possible, especially in [...]

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