Travel Tales amongst my Ramblings
True stories of our world-wide journeys interspersed with bits of my real life journey, retired now in Silicon Valley
A visit to Corfu Town on the Greek island of the same name is not complete without a tour of Sisi's Palace, now the Museum Achilleion, lovely inside and out, built as a vacation home by the beautiful and popular-at-the-time Princess Elisabeth of Austria (nickname Sisi), wife of Franz Joseph of the Hapsburgs. Wikipedia about the palace. … Continue reading Corfu Town
In the countryside of the North of Vietnam, we visited a small village specializing in bamboo products like baskets and chopsticks. The village head and his wife served us a delicious lunch in a bamboo grove while their beautiful granddaughter ran around, happy for the company. Over tea, the headman answered questions and explained … Continue reading Bamboo
Of course I carry home stones or shells if not from a protected area, but my most valuable souvenirs are free ones that can be made useful. My husband likes beer, but personally, I appreciate an empty bottle with an interesting printed or pasted-on label more than what's inside. I have encountered no problems carrying … Continue reading Bottles
I still remember how excited I was when I saw a brown object tumbling in the surf and realized it was a mostly intact shell. We were in Florida for the first time, walking on a beach along the Gulf coast. I caught up with the object, and the thrill of the hunt was on. … Continue reading Shell Souvenirs
Stones, my favorite keepsakes. When my suitcase is not at the weight limit, stones make a nice little travel remembrance to bring home. Not from a National Park, mind you. And I'll never take a piece of lava home from Hawaii. Here is why. When I read my Stones story (link) at the Wednesday afternoon … Continue reading Stones Not Collected
Home from Greece, jet-lagged, I move like a robot. I empty my suitcase, filling the laundry basket. From a corner of my luggage, I pull out a small plastic bag that I had stuck there and then forgotten. Stones: a pure white one, a couple striated with the gray-blue of a cloudy sky, and another, … Continue reading Stones
Travel Tales amongst my Ramblings 