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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 5, 2010

Puppet Theatre

One of the things I'd most like to see in Austria is the Salzburg puppet theatre.  I looked up the German version of the website, and since my German is dubious, so are the following "facts."  It sounds like they've been around for nearly 100 years and have traveled all over Europe.  They perform everything from high-brow operas to children's shows.   I believe their puppets are the ones shown in The Sound of Music--remember when the kids get the puppet theatre and sing the goat-herd song?  In any case the puppets are that intricate and the scenes that detailed.  Wouldn't that be a cool job to be a puppeteer?  This year the puppets are performing The Sound of Music.  Worth going to Salzburg just to see that! 
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