No matter how many websites you peruse or how knowledgeable your travel provider is, finding that place only the locals know happens only when you ask a local.
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Boardwalks, Promenades and Piers
Dry off your feet and wander a bit among the crowds for some local flavor.
The Charm of Trains
Wander through the doorway marked “Novelties” and you are greeted by sparking, tiled logos glistening along the walls, reminding visitors of the heyday of train travel.
Eat Local
French food in St. Louis is never going to taste the same as in a bistro or boulangerie on the Rue Sainte-Anne in Paris. Much of the reason for that is due to the way the ingredients are made and rules and regulations about how restaurants cook their food.
Baby Goats
I admit it, I’ve been bitten by the baby goat craze. I jokingly sent Greg a note telling him I was bringing one home.
Please and Thank You
I’ve seen people who claimed to not be able to speak any English suddenly become quite fluent just by showing them I am trying to use their language.
Travel Inspiration
The last grad I knew was a few years ago. I bought him a bag to use when he travels and delivered it with a quote that I love: Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.
I’m Not Quite Ready
I’m simply champing at the bit to walk down the jetway onto a jumbo jet, settle into my seat and snooze across an ocean for an international adventure, but I am leery about countries having to shut down suddenly due to a surge in this virus.
Memories or Treasures?
But what about the ones we can’t look at on a shelf (or on the fridge) -- those memories of a sand castle that was washed away with a wave; how the kitchen smells when cookies are baking; the tears that stained your pillow after your first heartbreak?
Curing Wanderlust
I lifted the out of the box and read the gold words: “For fast relief of the incurable desire to travel.”
The World A to Z 