http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams Writer/editor/entrepreneur shares life's lessons from the road. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:57:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After attending the 16th Annual Travel Writer's Conference at Book Passage (bookstore) in Corte Madera, CA in August, 2007: From the first time I stuck out my thumb at age 14 headed north on the Merritt Parkway out of New York City and found my way seamlessly, after numerous rides, to a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams/a-sense-of-direction-reconnects-me-to-travel-writing.html Your clothing will need to be modified (from previous entry)according to season. For example, if warmer weather, I suggest sandals and bathing suit (if appropriate) instead of turtle neck, and jacket instead of overcoat. If in the thick of winter, I might suggest an additional polar fleece, gloves and a hat.     Unlike dressing ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams/more-packing-traveling-tips.html I was asked: "How do you travel to Europe for two weeks with one carry-on bag?" Here's how I did it: Use the largest carry-on permitted (I believe it is 24-inches). I used Eagle Creek Hovercraft, but any wheeled luggage will do. Attach Messenger bag (with purse inside that can lie ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams/two-weeks-one-carry-on-what-to-pack.html In the pinky-blue sunrise of a crisp Santa Fe winter morning, I think back on five days in Paris and three days' driving adventure around the west of France, soaking in images of rolling countryside, stopping in Giverny, Rouen, Honfleur, Mont Saint-Michel, Vouvry, Amboisie and returning to the insane traffic and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams/three-months-after-france-the-rental-car.html Behind the massive royal-blue doors of #23 Rue de Seine, on the Left Bank, half a block from the Quai where the Pont des Art intersects the Louvre, hides a courtyard with an art restoration shop. Within this courtyard is a locked double-door into a 6-story building of apartments. Marie Noel (Merry ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams/our-paris-apartment.html If you have never ridden the EuroStar train between London's Waterloo Station and Paris' Gare d' Nord, you may, like many people, imagine it to be 2-3/4 hours in an ominously dark tunnel far beneath the cold rough seas of the English Channel; "claustrophobic" and downright unnerving. But you'd be wrong. In ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams/the-chunnel-no-claustropobia-here.html OK, so our London adventure was not seamless. One could say it was disasterous, but I would not. Humor forbids it. But the trip did improve in every respect, and that's what I remembered after it was over, when I began this blog sequence. Yet London was full of laughs and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams/london-in-summation.html The Globe Theatre, on the south bank of the murky Thames River in London, is an impressively exact replica of the theatre built in 1599, in which the plays of Shakespeare, himself a part owner, were performed. It is so authentic that to spend 3-1/2 hours sitting on a straight-backed wooden bench, cobbled together for ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams/loves-labours-lost-and-found.html I paid for an upgrade with United Economy Plus guaranteeing "up to five extra inches of legroom." That's nearly $70 an inch, if indeed you get a whole five inches. It makes a difference if your legs extend beyond your knees. We got the bulkhead seats, just behind business class, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams/la-z-boys-for-everyone.html (please see setails and advise under "Note" throughout article) Optimism dissipated immediately upon entering. The entire apartment was tiny -- as in not-able-to-turn-around-without-hitting-something tiny, and shabby (not even shabby chic!). A living room, 2 side-by-side bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a patio with table and chairs. While the photos had not ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/InhabitYourDreams/an-almost-seamless-trip-our-london-flat.html