I think this idea from Post Secret is lovely. Post cards from a jet-setting fictional character!
I'm Caroline and I love travel. My first plane ride was to South Africa when I was 9 months old. My worst plane ride was the Air France 358 plane crash on August 2nd, 2005. I've spent quite a lot of time on Greyhound busses, trains, and ferries. This blog is about my severe case of wanderlust.
Twitter: @wanderlustingly
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Over on Offbeat Families, I’ve got a post about why you should travel with your kids even though they might be too young to remember it. Here I am with some South African friends who I don’t remember — though I’m sure I enjoyed their company.
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holy cow…
This is amazing. Imagine traveling and using this — and not worrying about WiFi or data.
Literary classics you can read in a week or less
Now that the cold weather is here in some parts of the northern hemisphere, many of you are flocking to week-long resorts in tropical destinations. Lots of you read on the beach — there’s even a sub-genre called “beach reads.” If you’re thinking about what to bring and you’ve been shying away from the “literature” or “classics” sections of your bookstore, fear not: this English and American literature graduate has a list of some great classics you can polish off quickly while soaking in the sunshine. I kept these below 250 pages (though some editions will be different), and I tried to have a good cross-section of publication eras and countries, but the fact is that shorter works only really became vogue in the 20th century.
Part 3: Translations and Non-English/American Writers
Toned-Down Ned Flanders: Hosting travellers who’ll want to return
Check out my post on Offbeat Home about making your guests feel safe and welcome when you host!
I’ve stayed at a couple of places through CouchSurfing and AirBnB and I think I have a few ideas on how to make my guests leave glowing reviews (and send more guests your way!). You can call my strategy Toned-Down Ned Flanders: there’s an episode of The Simpsons where Ned lets the Simpsons borrow his beach house for the weekend. He leaves a note on every square inch of the cabin explaining how to use each thing (like “Put food in me” on the fridge). Don’t go to these lengths or risk being made fun of mercilessly on the internet, but DO share more information than you think you might have to.
Click here to read more.
Turn your home into a hostel — or stay for free abroad — with CouchSurfing.org
Head over to OffbeatHome.com to read about my great experiences with CouchSurfing.org.
How a plane crash victim deals with flight anxiety
The wreckage of flight 358. By Ser Amantio di Nicolao
In August 2005, I was a passenger on Air France flight 358, a flight from Paris, France, to Toronto, Ontario. Upon arriving over Toronto, our plane flew into a sudden storm, landed too far down the runway, and slid right off the end, bursting into flame. We had to evacuate down the emergency slides, and all of our luggage burned up with the plane.
I remember when the plane was approaching the runway, I thought that we were coming in quicker than most landings I’ve experienced. There was lightning in the sky, and a passenger behind me turned to his partner and joked, “Well, nice knowing you.” When we landed, a few people in the cabin began to clap, congratulating the pilot on a tough landing in tougher weather. Then, when we thought it was all over, we hit a big bump. I remember flying a few inches off of my seat despite still wearing my seat belt, and some of the yellow oxygen masks falling out of the ceiling. When we came to a stop, I still thought that it was just a very very rough landing… then I looked out my window on the left side, and saw flames.
These are photos of some kick-ass graffiti around the Latin Quarter of Montreal that I took when I lived there in 2009. Street art is one of my favourite things to stumble upon while traveling.
Literary classics you can read in a week or less
Now that the cold weather is here in some parts of the northern hemisphere, many of you are flocking to week-long resorts in tropical destinations. Lots of you read on the beach — there’s even a sub-genre called “beach reads.” If you’re thinking about what to bring and you’ve been shying away from the “literature” or “classics” sections of your bookstore, fear not: this English and American literature graduate has a list of some great classics you can polish off quickly while soaking in the sunshine. I kept these below 250 pages (though some editions will be different), and I tried to have a good cross-section of publication eras and countries, but the fact is that shorter works only really became vogue in the 20th century.
Part two: Male authors
(see Part one: Female authors, and Part three: Translations)
