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Mondays are for dreaming: Getting a little lost
September 13, 2010 4 reader comments
A pleasure of my weekend is to peruse the New York Times travel section and for years I've especially enjoyed reading about peregrinations of Matt Gross, who for a long time wrote the Frugal Traveler column for the paper. It's been especially fun to …
What my mother taught me about travel
April 29, 2010 27 reader comments
Note: I originally published this post last year, but share it with you again today in honor of my mother. Much of the advice I offer about traveling is actually the opposite of what my mother would have done. When planning for a trip, a good rule …
A return to Tuscany with Frances Mayes
April 28, 2010 one reader comment
I've been meaning for some time to start regularly writing about travel books at The Mother of All Trips. I've got a stack of them in my office, some sent to me, some that I've picked up myself. No matter where I'm going, reading is always an …
My year in Florence at Italiakids.com
September 1, 2009 one reader comment
When I was in the fourth grade, my mother took me to Italy for nine months. As I've written before, it was this experience that really sparked my interest in travel. There's nothing like traveling as a kid to teach you things about how to travel as a …
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