Welcome

CURRENTLY VISITING HAWAII!!

Hawaii

Hawaii
Akaka Falls

See the World for Free

The idea here is to TRAVEL THE WORLD regardless of time or budget. It dawned on me one day that even if I had unlimited time and money (which I definitley do not), I still couldn't see everything in the world that I'd like to see--I'm simply not going to live long enough to do it.

But I had a bit of brain wave and soon after the travel envelope was born. This is an actual physical envelope. I typed the name of every country in the world, plus every state in the US on little slips of paper which I then put into the envelope. In the beginning we (myself, my husband, Dave and daugher Catherine) would draw out a slip at random at the beginning of the month and that's where we would go---at least in our minds. We grab some books about the country from the library and put them in our bathroom to look at. We also check out some videos about the country if any. We check it out on googleearth, listen to the music, try the food, maybe even attempt to learn a dance or celebrate a festival.

After the first two years we discovered that even virtual traveling can be tiring, so we travel now whenever I happen to be in the mood.

It's great fun. I especially love it when people I meet have been to the place I'm "visiting" in real life, or get excited and have some virtual adventures of their own. I hope that anyone who comes across this blog will feel welcome to come with us on the trip!



You have a standing reservation to see it all!

Mar 14, 2010

Hallstatt

    Today I'm in Hallstadt.  A tiny storybook town on a lake.  It has a population of 1,200 and looks like it came straight out of a Disney fairy tale.  Oddly, this little town was the salt-mining capital of the world about 3,000 years ago.  It was so important that a big chunk of Europe's history is called the Hallstadt period.  (This according to Rick Steve's Europe throughthe back Door)  I absolutely need to come here.  It sounds like it's easy to find a charming bed and breakfast and then you can spend  your days hiking or rowing on the lake and eating terrific food.  You can even tour the world's first salt mine--and you get to dress up in miner's clothes to do it. 
    By the way, the cake from Siegfried's was as fabulous as I had fantasized--a white cake with cream and raspberry filling in the middle and the whole thing smothered in marzipan.  I don't know where Catherine get's her self-control, but her piece is still in the fridge.  She's running a terrific risk by leaving it there. 
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)