The day we returned from the Yosemite trip I checked into the hostel and spent most of the day getting myself together—showering (there wasn’t much of that on the trip), napping, rearranging my luggag… more →
Montañas y Molinetesgretapolo wrote 1 month ago: The day we returned from the Yosemite trip I checked into the hostel and spent most of the day getti … more →
gretapolo wrote 1 month ago: As I prepare to depart from the Green Tortoise hostel to the meeting point for the Yosemite-bound bu … more →
gretapolo wrote 1 month ago: Northern California—what a special place. It felt so good to be there. My friends Mark and Meri were … more →
gretapolo wrote 2 months ago: I stayed with my friends Margo and Sandra in their super cute house in Silver Lake/Echo Park. This n … more →
gretapolo wrote 2 months ago: Food…the gift that keeps on giving. That is, food can reinvent itself with so many variations. … more →
gretapolo wrote 2 months ago: My first night in Albuquerque, Kshanti and her boyfriend Thomas picked me up and took me to their lo … more →
gretapolo wrote 2 months ago: What generous folk I have encountered on this trip! Strangers, acquaintances, and friends buying me … more →
gretapolo wrote 2 months ago: I get these fancy ideas in my head sometimes and this past year I got the idea that I absolutely nee … more →
gretapolo wrote 2 months ago: 9/19/09 I made it. 26 hours on the train. It was lovely. Here are some musings from this leg of the … more →
greatescapes wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday the state witnessed its second largest attack on unsuspecting partygoers at a restaurant a … more →
olim wrote 4 months ago: Each country and culture has their own views of what is appropriate behavior for women. Although you … more →
Sharon (thesunlitdesk) wrote 5 months ago: Celebrated women travelers Celebrated Women Travelers of the Nineteenth Century (1903), William Henr … more →
la parisienne wrote 7 months ago: They warned me. Every single Indian I met warned me. They said, why are you going to Rajasthan in su … more →
Lisa wrote 8 months ago: S, I haven’t written for so long because every day that I travel, there is something different … more →
Lisa wrote 9 months ago: I’m homesick for Budapest. I never lived there, but spent a month roaming the city, jobless an … more →
PeaceLily wrote 12 months ago: Rishikesh Delhi India got a lot worse before it got better. Quick summary of the bad, the bad, and t … more →
crookedtrails wrote 1 year ago: On Wednesday, October 15th the Eileen Fisher store in downtown Seattle was transformed into a celebr … more →
Donna Pointkouski wrote 1 year ago: Ever since my first transatlantic trip in 1985, I’ve been stricken with the travel bug. There … more →