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leticia Posted Mon 08 Jun, 2009 3:02 AM |
I am a huge fan of traveling. It doesn't matter if it is to Europe or just a bus to my college, it always makes me happy (as long as I have my MP3 player, of course). Since I came back from Europe, I can't think of anything else but traveling, my experience, the places I visited, the people I met. So a couple of days ago I was looking for travel blogs and I found this amazing website called Brave New Traveler which has a section about Travel Writing in which people from all over the world submit their stories about their trips, with anecdotes, etc. It's so inspiring! What do you like the most about traveling? In my case, it would be that feeling of waking up in a different city, in a different hostel, knowing that you are going to visit that place/spot you've always dreamed to visit. A new experience, everyday. Another great one, traveling by train. In my case, the most amazing (until now) train journey was the one I took from Edinburgh to Newcastle (to see Travis, yay!).
Here are some pics taken from the train:
If you have some interesting story, share it! : )
Cheers!
PS: I looked for a similar thread but I didn't find it. Sorry if there's one! |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Mon 08 Jun, 2009 5:13 AM |
Wow! Beautiful photos, Leti! The second one is amazing!
I love travelling as well. By car, train, bus, plane...
Outside Argentina, I've only visited Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. I know many provinces in Argentina, but our country is so diverse that there are still lots of different places I'd love to visit (the Iguazú Falls, the glaciers, Puerto Madryn to see the whales, etc).
One trip that meant a lot to me was when I went backpacking to the nort west of Argentina. It was an incredible experience and I think it helped me grow as a person (if that makes sense).
Among other things, I walked several kilometres through a rugged area to get from one province to another, in order to visit some archaeological ruins: my friends and I missed the bus, and there were no cars passing by. We didn't have enough water, and by the time we arrived it was dark. We didn't have any flashlights, we couldn't see anything xD. Fortunatelly some kind people in the hotel at the top of the little hill (where the archaeological ruins that we couldn't see were) fell sorry for us and took us to a little town nearby in a van xD.
I also crossed the border to Bolivia and travelled in the back of a cattle truck. It was fun! :o)
Now I'm saving for my trip to Europe next year :oP. |
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leticia Posted Mon 08 Jun, 2009 2:47 PM |
Cool Juli!!! I went to Jujuy and Salta some time ago and I loved it too... It's a magical place indeed. I am definitely coming back!
I couldn't find my pics (they were not digital ahaha), but for those who do not know those places, here are some:
Jujuy (I guess it is the road to Humahuaca)
Purmamarca (Jujuy)
Reyes (amazing place...)
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Rammsfer Posted Mon 08 Jun, 2009 8:36 PM |
| Lovely pictures Leti ! |
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cornflakes Posted Mon 08 Jun, 2009 9:58 PM |
wonderful pics :-o
and a good idea Leticia :-)
except my own country, got to admit i did not travel that much except England, Belgium and the Netherlands...
i am always amazed by new countries like a child, i want to see everything and taste all the food and try to know more about traditions... it's what i like, and talking a lot with people. when you're a tourist and even if i speak an awful english with an awful french accent, people are always very nice with you...
if i could, i like to see more Great Britain, and America (north & south america), i would like to see Mexico and buenos aires too :-)
your pics made me dream, really :-)
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leticia Posted Mon 08 Jun, 2009 11:34 PM |
Thanks guys!
You bring an interesting point Sara. The food! I love to eat... aahahaha and everytime I travel, I look at the menu and I order the dish with the weirdest name. For example, when I went to Cardiff, I went to this pub (Queen's Vaults or something like that) and I looked into the menu and read: "Bangers and mash". I knew what mash was (mashed potatoes) but I had no idea what "bangers" were... Then I found out it were sausages (thank god ajajaja) They were amazing! : )
Then I was offered an English breakfast in The Cotswolds and it was too much... I am used to eat that amount of food during lunch! aahahahah but the sausages and the mushrooms were pretty good ;)
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Tue 09 Jun, 2009 4:55 PM |
There's no way I could eat that for breakfast, lol!
Perfect breakfast for me (minus the specs, haha):
Café con leche + medialunas |
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goosey_84 Posted Tue 09 Jun, 2009 5:06 PM |
I love travel too...I just don't do it much. :/
But I am currently planning a trip for next year...Edinburgh, Glasgow, London for about 11 days.
It's ages away but it's a great source of motivation :)
Lovely pics! |
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leticia Posted Tue 09 Jun, 2009 9:49 PM |
goosey_84 wrote: I love travel too...I just don't do it much. :/
But I am currently planning a trip for next year...Edinburgh, Glasgow, London for about 11 days.
It's ages away but it's a great source of motivation :)
Cool!!! Edinburgh is magical... I come back every day ; ) |
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leticia Posted Tue 09 Jun, 2009 9:50 PM |
I Came in Through the Bathroom Window wrote: There's no way I could eat that for breakfast, lol!
Perfect breakfast for me (minus the specs, haha):
Café con leche + medialunas
Mmmm... yum yum!!! |
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cornflakes Posted Wed 10 Jun, 2009 8:22 AM |
miam :-) my favourite breakfast..croissant & coffee :-p
and yes, when i travel, i'm quite interested by the food :-p sorry i did not take pics of my plate but i like to know how food is made so i took pics from a cheese dairy i visited when i was in Savoie. It's a cheese with a label named "Beaufort" only made there. it was really interesting to see how they made it :-)
a big pile of Beaufort
They moist a rag with water and moist the cheese everyday..really..2 men are only there every morning to do this !!
the beginning.. cow milk
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cornflakes Posted Wed 10 Jun, 2009 8:56 AM |
i don't want to annoy anyone with my European souvenirs, so just 2 pics of my trip in BELGIUM - Bruxelles...
(ps = sorry for the colors, i still had my old camera at this moment..)
La Grand-Place - Bruxelles : each august they made an big carpet of flowers on the place, 25x75meters of flowers :-) it was beautiful to see..and to smell too :-)
the little wee boy pissing :-) Manneken Pis in Bruxelles : i don't know if it is for the tourists, but each day they dress him with a different costume. i was amazed by the number of people around this little fountain, believe me, it was a real battle just to take one pic of him haha
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leticia Posted Wed 10 Jun, 2009 2:08 PM |
cornflakes wrote:
miam :-) my favourite breakfast..croissant & coffee :-p
and yes, when i travel, i'm quite interested by the food :-p sorry i did not take pics of my plate but i like to know how food is made so i took pics from a cheese dairy i visited when i was in Savoie. It's a cheese with a label named "Beaufort" only made there. it was really interesting to see how they made it :-)
a big pile of Beaufort
They moist a rag with water and moist the cheese everyday..really..2 men are only there every morning to do this !!
the beginning.. cow milk
I always take pics of what I ate... I'm a pig...aahahaaaaaa! I absolutely love cheese... and that one looks amazing. I could grab one of those huge "cheeses" and eat them, right there! :P
I loved those pics about Bruxelles. Yes, I know. Everybody wants to take pics of that boy! I don't know the story behind it though...I want to visit Bruges some time... NOW! :) |
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cornflakes Posted Wed 10 Jun, 2009 5:52 PM |
leti, BRUGES is a wonderful town, i stayed 2 days there, got a few old pics if you want haha :-)
and YES this cheese named Beaufort is delicioussssssss !!
Here some photos of my travel in the mountains of Savoie
May i ask if someone would like to post some pics of his/her own country too, to share a little bit of life and to show me other countries ??? please...
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cornflakes Posted Thu 11 Jun, 2009 9:09 AM |
double post before doing "edit"... oops :-( sorry :-( |
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