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 25: '1,000 Places To See Before You Die' Faves, With Best-Selling Author Patricia Schultz
Patricia Schultz, author/editor of the best-selling series 1,000 Places To See Before You Die, is a terrific guest. On this super-size 25th episode, she and Lea share stories, experiences and info about favorite places around the world.
-- Patricia first tells when she started traveling, and how the "1,000 Places" brand came to be, about 20 years ago...
episode 24: Morocco: Marrakech To Blue City, Sahara To Sea, Ruins To Riads
Morocco has all the elements travelers love: historic interests, great cities, friendly people; mild climate, scenic beauty, good food and lodging, and great shopping. Expert guide Ahmed Taoumi leads us through the country.
-- Ahmed tells of the Imperial Cities: Marrakech, Fez, Meknes, Rabat, with their casbahs. We also discuss the Roman ruins at Volubulus...
episode 23: Learning Through Travel: Family Trips, Gap Year, Exchange Programs, International Schools
"Life is short and the world is wide. The sooner you start exploring it the better" is a popular quote from Simon Raven. Family trips, backpacking, gap year, exchange programs, international schools -- all are wonderful for young travelers, say guests Bob Gogel, CEO of WorldStrides, and student traveler Sabrina Lane.
-- Bob covers the first section of the podcast, explaining why it's important for young people to travel outside of the classroom...
episode 22: Washington, D.C. -- Surprising Things About The Grand (And Funky!) U.S. Capital City
Liz Georges, and Joan and Julia Haskins, all long-time D.C. residents, share secret places and special D.C. moments. Lea asked each of them to share their five favorite things about Washington, and each, their favorite memory...
episode 21: Everest's Deadliest Day: Earthquake, Avalanches. Author Jim Davidson Survived -- Summited!
Jim Davidson's story is hard to believe, but all too true. He survived mountain avalanches that took the life of his climbing partner and best friend. And later, while climbing Mt. Everest in Nepal, the highest mountain in the world, a severe earthquake hit.
--Many lost their lives, and Jim helped rescue many others. He eventually returned to summit Everest.
-- Jim is the personification of resilience...
episode 20: Traveling, Jim Crow To Now: With Actor Stephen Bishop And His Mom
Between Lezlie Bishop and her son, actor Stephen Bishop, we cover the realities of traveling as a person of color around the world, from the Jim Crow era to the George Floyd reckoning.
-- Lezlie and Lea remember the indignities of Jim Crow in the U.S. south...
episode 19: Summer Travel: World's Wildest, Weirdest Festivals!
Lea takes on the world's weirdest, oddest summer festivals around the world.
-- In the USA, there's underwater music in Key West, hat contests in Connecticut, and all things Elvis in Memphis. In Canada, she remembers participating in a noisy celebration of survival.
-- Bayonne, France celebrates Basque culture; and Italians high in the Dolomites swing on hammocks...
episode 18: France/Belgium Road Trip: Trenches, Beaches, History, Charm
Husband Bill and I invited my son Cary and his partner Zhanna on a travels through the major European World War battlefields, in Belgium and France, ending 10 days later in Paris -- a road trip of charm and history.
First, we hear tips on road tripping, then we describe our trip. Right away we missed The Compiègne Wagon, the train carriage in which both the Armistices of both World Wars were signed...
episode 17: San Sebastian, Spain: 'Greatest Foodie City In The World'
Delightful award-winning guide Eskerne Falcon talks with us from San Sebastian (also called Donostia) in Northern Spain, near the French border. We discuss the best pintxo bars and take a super tour in this beautiful Basque city and environs, between mountains and the Bay of Biscay.
-- Eskerne tells of the city's culture and history, developing from a fishing village early-on to royals favorite, from the 19th century...
episode 16: Alaska: Northern Lights, Fishing Towns, Glacial Bays, Denali, More
Fran Golden and Midgi Moore, authors of 100 Places To Do in Alaska Before You Die, talk with Lea about the travel superlatives of the biggest, most northern and most spectacular state.
-- We start with cruising. Does size matter when it comes to seeing glaciers, up close? (Not that much, as in other things...