For those of you who read my last blog under “Tea, Sugar, a Dream, ” and then went to my new blogs under “Debby’s Departures,” and then could not find the place to subsc...
I’m taking off on new adventures. I’m traveling to new destinations. I’m going in new directions. But wait, I’m really not going that far. At least for my blogging, that is. I...
Tulips. A spring-blooming perennial flower. The world’s third most popular flower, after the rose and the chrysanthemum. Indigenous to areas of North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. With aro...
In preparing to write my “Visions of Vietnam” blogs, I sat down with my photo albums and looked through my pictures. I began to write down a list of the photos, and then categorized them ...
Vietnam is a multi-ethnic country. There are 54 distinct groups, each with its own culture, lifestyle, heritage, and language. Each ethnic group also has its own style of clothing. When I visited Vie...
Preliminary itinerary created. Time off work requested. Deposit check paid. Bags are packed. I’m going to Bhutan! Well, ok, maybe the bags aren’t packet yet. But I am going to Bhutan! Bhu...
I pulled out the journal that I had written while I was in Vietnam, and found the following two entries that I wrote about the children: “It was the children, however, that made my experiences ...
In Vietnam I had a few personal interactions with some children, more than just asking them for a picture while they posed with a huge smile. In the Mai Chau region of Vietnam I went on a guided 3-da...
“Hallo! Hallo! Hallo!” I hear the children enthusiastically say to me as I hike in the Mai Chau and Sapa regions, or bike in the Mekong Delta area of Vietnam. They are excited to see a to...
After my beautiful, yet rainy, day at Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia, I felt like I wanted another day with nature. So I ventured to another National Park, Krka. Whereas in Plitvice, I was s...
I absolutely loved all of the scenic towns in Italy during my five-month European travels. But one struck me as not only scenic, but also cute. Yes, cute! A very small town. It can’t be more th...
Which came first – the town of Limerick in Ireland, or the five-line poem? According to history it seems that the town was established about 1,000 years before the origin of the naming of the p...
Background: The Ancient Greeks experienced “pizza” when they covered their flat bread with oils, herbs and cheese. And the Romans flavored their “pizza” with cheese, honey and...
I thought it would be interesting to do some blogs on what I wrote about AS I traveled, rather than writing now, looking back. So, I am going to randomly take selections from a journal that I kept ba...
I know I blog for a travel website. So my blogs should be about travel, right? Well, mostly they are. But sometimes I just can’t help but write about my beautiful, adorable, precious baby niece...
I didn’t know that My Love would show up on the tenth night of our Wonderland Trail backpack trip. He didn’t know that he would show up on the tenth night of our Wonderland Trail backpack...
You meet some very interesting people when backpacking on the Wonderland Trail (WT). Not a lot of people, as you would encounter on a day hike in a popular area of Mt. Rainier on a warm summer day. B...
There are 10 essentials that one should carry while hiking or backpacking: sunglasses/sunscreen, and headlamp with extra batteries. map and compass. extra food/water and extra clothes. first aid kit ...
Just about this time last year, my friend Melissa and I hiked one-third, about 30 miles, of the glorious Wonderland Trail around the beautiful Mt. Rainier. The rain we encountered (yes, in August) di...
In finishing up my series of blogs on “quirky” museums, I happened upon two more collections that caught my attention during my travels, both contained within the open-air Norwegian Folk ...
it is her favorite time of day. a time when she looks, she listens, she learns. she studies the giraffes and piggies and kangaroos; and elephants and penguins. she hears the words for kisses and hugs...
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