Lipari ~ The Glam Italia Tour

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><i style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Sicily.</i><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NJeC2sFhBHLZye-mdXggEgzP5dYGx25PXuEhfqqerJErb8HZAuZgcGnINj4mbeMd5tJ40nX89mRoVCJX7JZBaR3VaT9K5ZtQ11wJ5vUOyYZ08aq6uwqe6wJDumiJw72_K7OOwIS1Xco/s1600/IMG_0427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mezzanotte-In-Sicilia-Lipari" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NJeC2sFhBHLZye-mdXggEgzP5dYGx25PXuEhfqqerJErb8HZAuZgcGnINj4mbeMd5tJ40nX89mRoVCJX7JZBaR3VaT9K5ZtQ11wJ5vUOyYZ08aq6uwqe6wJDumiJw72_K7OOwIS1Xco/s1600/IMG_0427.JPG" title="Mezzanotte-In-Sicilia-Lipari" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midnight in Sicily, on the beautiful island of Lipari</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">And sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xpSCzXL0xes/VAKkArL-ELI/AAAAAAAAVqo/UDa8P2BHtzg/s1600/piazzamarinacorta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mezzanotte-In-Sicilia-Lipari" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xpSCzXL0xes/VAKkArL-ELI/AAAAAAAAVqo/UDa8P2BHtzg/s1600/piazzamarinacorta.jpg" title="Mezzanotte-In-Sicilia-Lipari" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lipari at night.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">This year I lead a private tour of Italy.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We called it the Corinna B's World Glam Italia Tour.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It really was quite glamorous.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We spent a few days in the Aeolian Islands, with home base being the beautiful island of Lipari.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Bcgp4Te0BpF7XnwWrDv-UMojvrqMT7KTdeQQ7KeyzJPn_eQp1N8wliKWxF33O9AkSAh9voSNMQLcQ7-E5P_tWJ_USc371CZgBdqNEyrUnOXTONqcbyVobZc2hH56KCAjfY6EYYiUBlw/s1600/IMG_0645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Bcgp4Te0BpF7XnwWrDv-UMojvrqMT7KTdeQQ7KeyzJPn_eQp1N8wliKWxF33O9AkSAh9voSNMQLcQ7-E5P_tWJ_USc371CZgBdqNEyrUnOXTONqcbyVobZc2hH56KCAjfY6EYYiUBlw/s1600/IMG_0645.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lipari town, Lipari</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvrkLywLrizqc7UsRu8ujG6jIZn6YggnnhqFZ8pEpXXEfNOmmvWdauBs5vwmUEe4dnIOsgffvWyRLWrQ5hyWmWGsb1zmd5xG32VMchJZfn3A1V9Bpo1HM0REX9ZFMEc7HHjgC-wRy6rc/s1600/IMG_0657.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lipari town, Lipari</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYsTfi0eqAvRPb_oxxhn0FFqi57tRRz0F7WFZlNW_Zryqc5tw8sQTOq6j03uE9u2XUzFJLfxQjOnYuUl9O5FlopaOYSHsbHNZ8GTOGL0GKPP0g3Hb5az62uQ3Ct1SLsrw5iVqqKVo4mM/s1600/IMG_0660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYsTfi0eqAvRPb_oxxhn0FFqi57tRRz0F7WFZlNW_Zryqc5tw8sQTOq6j03uE9u2XUzFJLfxQjOnYuUl9O5FlopaOYSHsbHNZ8GTOGL0GKPP0g3Hb5az62uQ3Ct1SLsrw5iVqqKVo4mM/s1600/IMG_0660.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lipari town, Lipari</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">From Lipari we took boat trips to other islands in this breathtakingly beautiful volcanic chain.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLTY3rG7Cz3dmUgs9srcDkLGcW4fu7ZSjdO9xKyscC0nYB0Z57cMtiqnCtuXbpY4dXp-zMcxqCRppzFAjrCBkWGP2j-ecEj6h7bl0w3XL0mPG0lU4SnVfF-XaJnkfbV2KwMJG35o8EOY/s1600/IMG_0450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TlQV2H568XhU71lTzMWAH1Gw0T48l02y58y9jfbA112S2GhDHnhRFTDtv9D0Dt0Q5FBV2ZG7xauafzPByFg1u35Q66svRcqLX-dcYx4e46DW-eWyytZhqgkwGsYs_QWZsBKKh6zFeOo/s1600/IMG_0458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TlQV2H568XhU71lTzMWAH1Gw0T48l02y58y9jfbA112S2GhDHnhRFTDtv9D0Dt0Q5FBV2ZG7xauafzPByFg1u35Q66svRcqLX-dcYx4e46DW-eWyytZhqgkwGsYs_QWZsBKKh6zFeOo/s1600/IMG_0458.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boat trip in the Aeolian Islands</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqTlTvzk4CZ93w7XyOyzFfwjAO6rxGsbK2mOSvj7IFwfyQ3_Q-L9FpHdckPjGkB4AKxgU8vmC6gOatcZJt6dQzwscO6Q65qt215aBL7eYivD8-OWp7VShGjOc9L6u_o7frwq9EN7Psrk/s1600/IMG_0637.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aquacalda, Lipari</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">One of the most magnificent things about the Aeolians is the lack of Hiltons. And Marriots. And any other major chain of hotels.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">There were no condo complexes blighting the horizon.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It was perfect.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLC-EYVDv-8N97m7zrPSokZI5UBV3wuvLAjg7N3uSZ8RVi71oknf4Jq3B0BVMpxA2c1JAa27baAHnMC2eDeSfRKLwX8Qeq4OI8dQ9VlEaUDk-KFuBZXh6SXbWcs1hdoGsZvpydHRnIHXw/s1600/IMG_0642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLC-EYVDv-8N97m7zrPSokZI5UBV3wuvLAjg7N3uSZ8RVi71oknf4Jq3B0BVMpxA2c1JAa27baAHnMC2eDeSfRKLwX8Qeq4OI8dQ9VlEaUDk-KFuBZXh6SXbWcs1hdoGsZvpydHRnIHXw/s1600/IMG_0642.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lido on the beach in Porticello</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4vq8iO4guRVsQ2YT0NJ4Ne4Abor6hNlQ0Bs4Lnxoi2k8PbKYlja1Ux7EUGLBp7jSm56buIXcwqOyB8vJ0_QE0UdZY1nLjuVmLiJlPJnDPzoP4fQKpq9Bgi-q2zwTZasbuvanx5M6smM/s1600/IMG_0643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4vq8iO4guRVsQ2YT0NJ4Ne4Abor6hNlQ0Bs4Lnxoi2k8PbKYlja1Ux7EUGLBp7jSm56buIXcwqOyB8vJ0_QE0UdZY1nLjuVmLiJlPJnDPzoP4fQKpq9Bgi-q2zwTZasbuvanx5M6smM/s1600/IMG_0643.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">scooters at Canneto Beach, Lipari</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiax1J-osSS7_dVAGcxnSNgcAU-A9iVNXpl3Z9hf5-7KJauKQQY0f6P64puwAgTJg-09z2qvAVqGQ602_uJKINW6M3FutTr5Q6D-BmlE7qo2LmKKf4wxrdh7zrOtelXDQW_PXtv56fw2Rc/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiax1J-osSS7_dVAGcxnSNgcAU-A9iVNXpl3Z9hf5-7KJauKQQY0f6P64puwAgTJg-09z2qvAVqGQ602_uJKINW6M3FutTr5Q6D-BmlE7qo2LmKKf4wxrdh7zrOtelXDQW_PXtv56fw2Rc/s1600/IMG_0629.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">If you venture to Lipari, stay in <b>Canneto Beach</b>. It is only 5 minutes from the main harbor and Lipari town, but is quiet, lovely, and has a perfect view of the active volcano Stromboli across the water.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdycD2f_OlNAAEoIAznkfRUo1jIu2YA3vC0aetgjoA_lbb4hhyphenhyphen7NWQ78B7cJffwXa_SAi07THCs-Er7kp9g-xO-D4Bu7Up8kQ2nZqsFojK-Rr-AU1JCxxJ8-vPow-fObG_mmlUBFMxs6Y/s1600/IMG_0611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdycD2f_OlNAAEoIAznkfRUo1jIu2YA3vC0aetgjoA_lbb4hhyphenhyphen7NWQ78B7cJffwXa_SAi07THCs-Er7kp9g-xO-D4Bu7Up8kQ2nZqsFojK-Rr-AU1JCxxJ8-vPow-fObG_mmlUBFMxs6Y/s1600/IMG_0611.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue waters off Canneto beach in Lipari, with a view of Stromboli smoking in the distance</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8T_M4iJwOcae81Ln8Zl6S1_vTBJAljwrOLORQx8qUn7wHShmqUNyGO1-s8695MEL52JpVfXBawG5tA70Qx3sgarItw1yAjQSPAsRodhJ5hkNXj-CLhQJ7E80_UXkrr4Eq1alwQESmlh4/s1600/IMG_0636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8T_M4iJwOcae81Ln8Zl6S1_vTBJAljwrOLORQx8qUn7wHShmqUNyGO1-s8695MEL52JpVfXBawG5tA70Qx3sgarItw1yAjQSPAsRodhJ5hkNXj-CLhQJ7E80_UXkrr4Eq1alwQESmlh4/s1600/IMG_0636.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Aquacalda in Lipari you can see Salina, the island from Il Postino</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">There are fantastic places to eat in Canneto Beach, and you can walk to them all.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">(Just make sure you avoid La Papisca. They charge tourists a ridiculously inflated prices and are surly and mean. Everywhere else is fantastic). </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPH_xCxN91Fhal16x3d2GQgQgTNcJ7GLslZYLXQK3Ppb5LToTar4ni6ayt8b06dnsIkA5ipYI_0tglH4vRANqBVyv-Mr0HR7xQmf5dAP5dEnGozOreTgqIhIRs6Zrk4r7wOms1iYMcwY/s1600/IMG_0585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPH_xCxN91Fhal16x3d2GQgQgTNcJ7GLslZYLXQK3Ppb5LToTar4ni6ayt8b06dnsIkA5ipYI_0tglH4vRANqBVyv-Mr0HR7xQmf5dAP5dEnGozOreTgqIhIRs6Zrk4r7wOms1iYMcwY/s1600/IMG_0585.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canneto Beach at night</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2z7iFvFC-9nqP0_Q3ddT6LfNx8IDSe3A1MwS4o9vIzcGCh6DPLX_MquoMr86yhIW26kQpRUGDda6RZdt28tCwIve36d7bTdwda2d-8_tYUCw7ZE0BSC_4dNJSi3QkMfgt5Qq-qpEU258/s1600/IMG_0583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2z7iFvFC-9nqP0_Q3ddT6LfNx8IDSe3A1MwS4o9vIzcGCh6DPLX_MquoMr86yhIW26kQpRUGDda6RZdt28tCwIve36d7bTdwda2d-8_tYUCw7ZE0BSC_4dNJSi3QkMfgt5Qq-qpEU258/s1600/IMG_0583.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canneto Beach at night</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VA1BFgnrUhpUgZkBzgAxihY64i_dDHhiV4ZRjXpGM223Yaze3LQ3aXAEyZ8rAIZQ3ZbAcsRkTuuH_4Gx0roCYN_h3_zA-qC6dGSUnwz_fJdun3O-CXZ5LL1znV8L8IZXbc2DBZEfoos/s1600/IMG_0578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VA1BFgnrUhpUgZkBzgAxihY64i_dDHhiV4ZRjXpGM223Yaze3LQ3aXAEyZ8rAIZQ3ZbAcsRkTuuH_4Gx0roCYN_h3_zA-qC6dGSUnwz_fJdun3O-CXZ5LL1znV8L8IZXbc2DBZEfoos/s1600/IMG_0578.JPG" title="Lipari-Aeolian-Islands-Corinna-Bs-World-Glam-Italia-Tour" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canneto Beach at night</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">We stayed at the beautiful <a href="http://www.lazagara.eu/homepage.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Hotel La Zagara</span></i></a>. The service was amazing and very personable, and we loved everything about this hotel. I most definitely plan on staying there again next year.</span></div>

Lipari ~ The Glam Italia Tour

 Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Sicily. Midnight in Sicily, on the beautiful island of Lipari Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere...

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10 Things I Have Learned From Traveling

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Venturing out into the big wide world this summer?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe you are traveling to another country, or maybe you are just exploring your own. In my travels around the world I have discovered many interesting truths, </span><span style="font-size: large;">and today I am sharing with you</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>10 Things I Have Learned From Traveling.</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlX6KVXFz60Rmj7e3dlX-PvV45fzJv2m1r5iZ06ktHEsen3UW6qRWl2A-LN3bWbFOWstGFJOIAoYimMUnXyokOSXHe_3qv4nVPAVCHP4Oas_rYfYsiRVHKj4kBa84-wDW0736ZJ7cH1I/s1600/portofino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlX6KVXFz60Rmj7e3dlX-PvV45fzJv2m1r5iZ06ktHEsen3UW6qRWl2A-LN3bWbFOWstGFJOIAoYimMUnXyokOSXHe_3qv4nVPAVCHP4Oas_rYfYsiRVHKj4kBa84-wDW0736ZJ7cH1I/s1600/portofino.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All in white, boat day in Portofino last year</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1.) Don't Rely On The Internet.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">We all have smartphones and iPads, laptops and other media devices, and most of us store travel information on them. Always, <i>always</i> have a hard copy of your itinerary and flight and rental car details, as well as your hotel information.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Devices freeze, lose power, can't make internet connections, or maybe there is no internet available where you are. You never know what's going to happen, so travel smart and have a papercopy of everything you may need.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Arrive With Local Currency</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wherever you are going, make sure you have cash in pocket.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Plenty of places don't accept credit cards, and sometimes ATM machines don't work or aren't available.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like to have at least the equivalent of $100 in local currency, in small denominations.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">(When I leave a country, if I think I may come back I will keep my change and some paper money)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9lwQcBSKNvRkCz6du_FG7lvBdudqG5pbN41QAssxyGKhH4w8O_bl2JQElQZGHR5oWdyW5F5nI0UiJTWBoX7nFxAE6CRP0AWvUQX3-5ZBpWyShPRLICVHcYm4dLxMwOVTB8Z_b8dch9o/s1600/balat+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9lwQcBSKNvRkCz6du_FG7lvBdudqG5pbN41QAssxyGKhH4w8O_bl2JQElQZGHR5oWdyW5F5nI0UiJTWBoX7nFxAE6CRP0AWvUQX3-5ZBpWyShPRLICVHcYm4dLxMwOVTB8Z_b8dch9o/s1600/balat+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Balat, Turkey</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. Learn The Lingo</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Simply learning how to say "hello", "goodbye", "please" and "thank you" in the language of the country you are in goes a really long way. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. Always Have A Plan B</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Things go wrong. Museums/roads/tourist sites etc get closed. The weather doesn't play ball. Life happens.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you always have a backup plan, the day is not lost.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">More often than not Plan A not working, or you getting horribly lost, leads to something far more fun and exciting anyway. Some of my most fantastic travel discoveries and experiences have happened because Plan A failed. And it doesn't hurt in life to stay mentally flexible.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. The Road Less Traveled Can Make All The Difference</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love getting away from the tourist traps. There are treasures to be found along the road less traveled.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fOFsNnoe1sX_PwfI2GnfHcmg_yyXhfzxdHn-imIoU-C_0c4NaOL6YCwbVQuPfTR1-wkfv898X28WgeN0vRg3bWddsep83EsHVAOszYCZwrc32r6Ccj-tAA3MC69R3D9MyoVjm_2RX5w/s1600/lipari.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fOFsNnoe1sX_PwfI2GnfHcmg_yyXhfzxdHn-imIoU-C_0c4NaOL6YCwbVQuPfTR1-wkfv898X28WgeN0vRg3bWddsep83EsHVAOszYCZwrc32r6Ccj-tAA3MC69R3D9MyoVjm_2RX5w/s1600/lipari.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>6. Some Of The Best Things You Will See Won't Be In The Guide Books.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This works with #4 and #5. Simply wandering around a little and keeping your eyes open can lead to amazing experiences. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>7. Ask The Locals</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ask the locals where they go out to eat. The food will be more authentic, the price will be much better, and the experience will be amazing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unless I am maniacally starving or thirsty I don't go to restaurants near the main tourist sites. The food is never as good, and the prices tend to be ridiculously inflated.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>8. Don't Try To See Too Much.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Slow the pace down, take time to relax and enjoy the place you have come to. You don't really get to experience a town or its people if you are running around madly photographing everything and then racing on to the next place. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">You just can't beat taking your morning coffee or an early evening prosecco and antipasti in the piazza, chatting with the locals or just watching the world go by.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>9. Talk To The Locals</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ask them about local things to see. Some of my best travel experiences have been when locals have plotted out my day and told me wonderful places to go. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>10. Always Take</b> a bottle of eater, a light snack and a light sweater or jacket. Weather changes, sometimes it's hard to find water, or there's nowhere around to eat anything. It doesn't hurt to be prepared.. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>

10 Things I Have Learned From Traveling

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