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A night time view from my own trip through Cairo last fast

10 Lessons I learned from Paulo Coelho, Einstein, and Traveling Abroad (part 2)

In Life Views, Personal Growth On March 21, 2012 1 Comment
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This is a continuation from my previous post from author Paolo Coelho’s blog .

6. Live in the Moment “I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.”

The Sea of Galilee, the Mt of Jericho, even canyoneering in the French Alps are all spontaneous things that happened as the result to little or no planning. It’s great to do a certain amount of planning, but some of my greatest memories happened by being completely spontaneous. I learned that in life, it’s great to have a plan, but to not be completely rigid in that plan, and to stay open to other possibilities.

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Ireland view Liz Wright

Shamrocks, Leprechauns and lots of SNOW?

In Ireland, Life Views On January 13, 2012 1 Comment

What’s not to love about Ireland? Tiny green men promising  pots of gold and lucky charms? The warm hospitality of the locals who will literally bend over backwards to help you? The possibility of running into Gerard Butler as you wander around aimlessly looking for Killarney National Park? All of these reasons and more made Ireland one of the top destinations on my top list of travels.

When a local woman I met on the ferry insisted that her father drive me to my hostel after we arrived, it reconfirmed the warm Irish hospitality, but I was unprepared for the shockingly cold weather. Granted it was January and I know the weather there is unpredictable,  but a snow-jacket and boots? Where were all these green rolling hills full of four-leaf clovers? (They were there, just covered in a haze of cold, wet, white stuff.) (more…)

Sunset from the back porch in Eden Utah

Need a Vacation? Your backyard awaits!!! How to travel from home

In Budget Travel On January 7, 2012 22 Comments

(That photo above is the Sunset from our back porch in Eden Utah)

Well it’s finally happened. That exciting roller coaster of travel that I have been on has come to a brief pause and those “post travel blues” I was warned about are slowly to starting to creep in. The crystal blue waters of the Red Sea, the stunning red sands of the Sahara, the uneven cobblestone roads of Europe now seem but a distant memory as I face the all too familiar mountains of Utah. It’s funny how you always seem to want what you don’t have. When I was away, I longed for a place that I could call “home,” and now surrounded by the family and friends that make up my “home,” I am beginning to feel like a caged bird, my wings eager to fly again.

And then a familiar quote came to mind. “Life is not about the destination but about the journey.” The journey is something

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dorothy slippers

There’s no place like “home” until you lose your magic slippers. Dealing with homesickness from abroad

In Personal Growth, Solo Travel On August 24, 2011 0 Comments

 

Another summer day, has come and gone away in Paris and Rome, (well actually Monaco) but I wanna go home. Ah that magical word which can have so many different meanings. Being away from family and friends for so long and the personal changes I have gone through since traveling have made me realize that I no longer know where “home” is. (more…)