One a month interviews with women, well known and not, who always keep travel interesting.
In middle age, Travel Belle Judith Works left the suburbs of Portland for life as an expat in Rome and a job with the United Nations. In September, she released Coins in the Fountain, a self-published memoir about her time in Italy’s chaotic capital. Here she tells us about her life as an expat, her [...]
Let me be honest – I want Samantha Brown’s job. So when I found myself sitting across the table talking with the Travel Channel star, I was a bit intimidated, starstruck, and envious. But, as our conversation continued all these emotions quickly melted away. Samantha is friendly, genuine, and disarming. How could I be envious and plot to steal her job when I really liked her?
This month we asked a few of our regular writers:What Makes You a Travel Belle?
Since this is a big dream, let’s run with it: She would be host and producer of her own national television show that would not be interrupted by stupid commercials, or ever mistaken for mindless brain rot. Instead her “Katie Couric travels the world on horseback” type show would be shot in stunning High Definition, air on PBS and win Emmy Awards. Viewers would be whisked away to some of the world’s most exciting destinations to experience culture, cuisine, history and adventure.
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A few weeks later I had the perfect opportunity to put the $25 organizer to use when I left my home in Boston for a one-year stint in Madrid, Spain. Since then, I haven’t gotten on a plane or train without first filling up the small, pouch-like organizer with a fully charged iPod, cell phone and other essentials.
Fork in the road that looks like a heart, near Sancerre, #France by @gomarwrites
