This weekend we went to TBEX 09 - Travel Blog Exchange's conference for travel bloggers and writers. Held in Chicago after BlogHer, it was attended by over 100 travel writers (many of whom we've featured here on Wandering Educators, and many more whom we WILL feature soon!). We learned a great deal from both the panels and from everyone we met. It is inspiring and energizing to meet with your community, especially when our community (travel bloggers) are spread across the globe.
This August, the shores of Lake Michigan at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, might remind of you Galway Bay, or the Bay of Fundy, or the Firth of Clyde -- that’s if you listen to the music being played and the stories being shared at Irish Fest. coming up 13 through 16 August.
As a traveler with disabilities, I am well-aware of the challenges of traveling - and the great rewards! There are many more things to think of as a traveler with disabilities - access, transportation, cultural views of disability, and more. I am always learning the hard way, it seems, about both written and unspoken rules of disability travel, 22 years after my accident!
Coming up this Saturday, 1 August, it’s Flavours of Canada Day, also known asThe World’s Longest Barbecue.
According to the web site at http://www.flavoursofcanada.com
I'm so excited to share a new travel site with our Wandering Educators. I know, there are a plethora of travel sites out there. Yes. We enjoy - and participate - on many of them. But here is something new. A community of travelers in the know. CHECK. The key word is Community.
Heading to Edinburgh this month? There will be a REALLY cool event by the Edinburgh College of Art, entitled MILESTONE – live stone carving throughout the Edinburgh Art Festival. Related exhibition: 1 – 30 August 2009. Further details below.
Saturday 1 – 30 August 2009; Tuesday-Sunday 10am-4pm (closed Mondays)
Free admission.
Pauline Frommer’s Ireland: spend less see more Book Review - Giveaway OVER
Five Trust spots for autumn treats
Copper Harbor
A Sunset (and more) to Remember