Travel For Adventurous Women
Travel Belles have a lot to say! First person narratives, monthly blog discussions on travel topics, profiles and opinion pieces.
Dreams A girl can dream. I have, ever since my mother found me at age four digging a deep hole in our backyard and asked me if I was digging to China. “Yes, I am,” I answered, liking that idea. This morning this is my list: Take a bicycle tour of the Friesland region of … Read more
…and do you use a frequent flier programme? The Travel Belles discuss saving money while spending miles and share their favourite places around the world. Weekly Question #16: Which place would you return to again and again? Greece, France, Italy and the Middle East – lots of places have lodged themselves in the Travel … Read more
Weekly Question #12: Would you travel to a country considered to be dangerous? A somewhat knotty and gritty question, but one which our Belles approached with their usual aplomb and open minds. No-one, either on the Facebook page, or on the forum, said that they wouldn’t travel to a dangerous country, and the very definition … Read more
…And do you have a favorite Paris hotel? The Travel Belles tackle the practical question of travel information-gathering, and dream about best places to stay in the City of Light. Weekly Question #14: Do you still use traditional guidebooks? Considering we’re a committed group of internet-savvy, blog-writing Travel Belles, it seems we still have … Read more
And What’s the best conversation you’ve had with a stranger on a plane? The Travel Belles talk about their camera addictions and share the best conversations they’ve had on a plane. Weekly Question #18: Do you always travel with a camera? It seems that we are a group of dedicated shutter-bugs: the answer to this … Read more
A conference in Coventry might sound about as appealing as having a tooth removed, but the bonus of business travel is that you get to see places you might never otherwise have visited. For ‘free’. For some workers, business travel is a chore. Being away from family and friends can be tough, especially if you’re … Read more
Double points if you avoid writing “I went to the Louvre today” in your travel journal while actually in Paris. Quintuple points if you never write a full sentence at all. If you plan to use your travel journal after returning home, you want it to be useful. Perhaps you plan to glean things from … Read more
Last year for Christmas I gave the gift of travel to my two daughters. It started with the plane tickets. This meant I had to make the first two most important decisions when it comes to travel planning: The “when” and “where.” Ever since they were little, I’d always dreamed of taking them to Italy … Read more
In our first #TBCafeChat of 2014, we discussed solo travel. We asked the Belles: Have you ever travelled solo? What did you learn from the experience? Experiences varied widely – from occasional solo weekend trips, to long solo adventures of several months. Yet the feelings and the lessons learned were surprisingly similar. The most important … Read more
American tourists flock to wrong village in search of Downton Abbey The Telegraph, 02 Sep 2013 I laughed out loud when I came across this article – my parents have recently moved to Downton in Wiltshire, so it just tickled me to think of confused tourists turning up in their local pub. Quite understandably, people … Read more
