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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!

Jul 27, 2015

July 26, Paris

Catherine took a break from Disney to play at the Louvre today. She's become an expert traveler. There was a huge line at the Louvre--over an hour wait, so she just went to the other entrance (by the lions) and walked right in. She spent time with the Italian Renaissance paintings. Then went to see if Francois the hippo was back from his trip to Madrid. Not yet. So she bought one for herself.



She had some plans for visiting the Shakespeare book shop, but it was wet and cold. So she took a nap and then got up to see the Tour de France ride by. One the first attempt she only got a picture of the crowd, but on the second attempt she managed to get some bikes.


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