http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj The Wishful Research And Musings of a Wannabe World Traveller Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:27:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most people don't love this city, but I do. I've been coming here a few times a year for as long as I can remember, and it's home to my favorite bookstore (McKay's Used Books and More, if you're ever in the city), my favorite ice skating rink (the Ice ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj/knoxville-tennessee.html This happened in summer 2007, so my recollections may or may not be accurate and complete, but I felt like reminiscing. The woman in the photo is my grandmother. After arriving by train from London after flying in from the US, I was exhuasted by the time we got to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj/canal-boating-in-england.html I think I need to set some long-term goals for myself, because I know I'll be very unhappy if, at the end of 2018, I look back on the past ten years and I've spent it all in one or two places. For the next ten years.... I don't want to spend ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj/my-travel-resolutions.html In the past three months, I've been on two short trips (long weekends), one to DC and one to Boston. The main purpose of both of these trips was to visit colleges, but I had other fun, too. Boston was a far more independent experience for me. I stayed with my ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj/recent-trips.html (This is reposted from my non-travel personal blog at wordygirlj.wordpress.com) If you know me, you know that I want to see the world. You know that I devote quite a bit of my time, energy, and money to getting to experience new places. I just wanted to share some thoughts & ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj/musings-on-travel-in-general.html I've been planning a five-week trip backpacking around Europe with three of my friends. It will be the summer after we graduate high school, and seems like a great way to celebrate. We plan to spend time in Germany (staying with a friend), Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Venice, and Rome, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj/planning-summer-2009.html I have lived in Asheville, North Carolina for twelve, thirteen years. Well, outside the city itself, in a more rural community, but it's the closest thing that can be called a city. Downtown is nice, but not that big. Other than that four-or-five-block radius, I've never really found much to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj/asheville-nc-or-appreciating-home.html I kind of forgot about this blog for months and months, but it's coming back to life now! I have some definite and some tentative travel plans for the next few months. They are: Definite: A few days in Gatlinburg, Tennessee with my parents next week. Should be fun, if not all ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj/this-blog-is-coming-back-to-life.html In Madrid, I learned something about how I travel. When I set off alone, wandering up and down the twisting streets, I was totally (unreasonably, perhaps) okay with it when I realised I was lost and had no idea where I was. I thought about where I'd been and figured ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj/madrid-spain.html Obviously, my blogs of past travels aren't really in order, just the order I feel like remembering them in. London was the first stop on the trip (after driving to to the Charlotte airport and flying to Newark), but I don't know if that first stop actually counts as a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/wordygirlj/london-england.html