Award-winning travel writer Lea Lane shares travel memories and travel tips with passionate travelers, travel experts, and savvy locals around the world. She has traveled to over 100 countries. Is the author of nine books, a blogger at forbes.com, and contributor to dozens of guidebooks. Smart. Fun!
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 20 hours 7 minutes
episode 75: Lea's Favorite Bits From Places I Remember, 2022! (Part 1)
In honor of this 75th episode, podcast host Lea Lane chooses favorite excerpts from Episode 48 to Episode 62 (Part Two, in the next episode, will include favorites from the rest of 2022.)
Excerpts include beautiful memories of the Serengeti plains and Pacific Northwest waterfalls, twilight train rides in Finland, swimming in the Baths of Virgin Gorda, and seeing Icelandic geysers through the eyes of a child...
episode 74: Skiing The World: Great Tips, Best Ski Areas In North & South America, Europe, Japan
Harvey Bierman is a championship skier with loads of info about the snow sports he knows and loves. He offers us tips including, learning to ski, back country skiing, and a nuanced comparison of skiing and snowboarding.
Harvey goes on to discuss what makes a great ski resort, offering his choices of the best international and U.S. ski areas.
He ends with a personal memory of his favorite ski experience...
episode 73: Master Architect Tells Of Storied, Luxury Places In Marrakesh, Saudi Arabia, Mozambique, More
Hotels and resorts that have a sense of place and tell a story are the ones we remember most. Tim Peck, chairman of the luxury design and architectural firm OBMI, has based his projects on that theme, and shares his insights and experiences...
episode 72: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: "World's Best Small City"
San Miguel de Allende the colonial town in the highlands of central Mexico has won numerous awards. Tania Castillo, tells why it was chosen by Conde Nast travel for the sixth year as "Best World's Best Small City."
Art, good food, hot-air balloons, vineyards, hot springs, top hotels, plus day trips -- there's much to enjoy in San Miguel and the surrounding area of the state of Guanajuato...
episode 71: Take a Hike! Best Trails In The U.S.A.
The simple pleasures of recreational walks -- hiking -- is our topic. Jeff Herman, avid hiker, first talks with Lea about the Appalachian Trail and The Pacific Crest Trail.
Lea discusses hiking jargon: "Zero Hike,""Nero Hike" and others. We also discuss top hikes around the country. Jeff then talks with Lea about his company's survey of the 10 best places to hike near U.S. cities...
episode 70: Hotel Secrets: What You Really Want To Know -- From General Managers Themselves
Did you ever want to ask a hotel General Manager the best way to get a good rate? How to get an upgrade? Do you wonder if they clean the throw pillows? How much to tip the housekeeper? The oddest thing a hotel guest left behind?
In this episode (with lots of laughs as well as loads of info) we talk with four hotel GMs from top hotels around the U.S...
episode 69: Southwest Germany: Heidelburg, Baden-Baden, Stuttgart, Black Forest, More
Natalie Dietl, and Cornelia Stahr, who represent Southwest Germany and the spa city of Baden-Baden, describe their favorite things about this special area.
They cover cities including Heidelberg and Stuttgart; natural beauty in and around the Black Forest and Lake Constance; historical sites; outdoor activities, arts, and festivals; summer and winter pleasures -- and their personal special memories...
episode 68: Favorite Gardens Of The World, From South Africa To New Zealand
One of the nicest ways to take a break from the rush of sightseeing as you travel is to enjoy a garden. And throughout the world you will find spectacular ones, charming ones, traditional ones -- all designed to please your senses.
Beverly Hurley is passionate about gardens, and of natural places filled with flora and fauna, wherever she travels...
episode 67: Sacred Forests, Pandas, Orangutans, White Elephants: A Seasoned Traveler's Exotic Quests
Paul Spencer Sochaczewski has been a conservationist with the World Wildlife Fund for over 40 years. He tells of his boyhood adventure in upstate New York State. He talks of following in the steps of his idol, Alfred Russell Wallace, who studied species with Charles Darwin, and of later quests in the jungles of Borneo, Laos and other exotic destinations around the world...
episode 66: River Cruises: Tips And Trips Along The Moselle, Nile, Chobe, Douro And More
What are special pleasures of a river cruise experience? The biggest differences between river cruising and ocean cruising? How can you convince a cruise skeptic to try river cruising? AmaWaterways co-founders Rudi Schreiner and Kristin Karst answer these questions, and tell us about some of the best river cruises in the world, on major rivers and also less-traveled ones in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa...