I initially heard comments, before leaving for two weeks in Ireland, and while there, about going to Belfast. As one tour guide in Belfast said, twenty years earlier they were one of the three B's you didn't visit: Baghdad, Beirut, and Belfast. I did not do much prep before going there. Why I included Belfast … Continue reading Four Days in Belfast, Northern Ireland
It may seem odd since I grew up in Chicago, and have been back for a few years now, but I have never been to Milwaukee. I've been elsewhere in Wisconsin, just never Milwaukee. A day trip with Wanderful Chicago seemed like a great way to experience the city. We started the day on the … Continue reading Milwaukee in a day
My favorite Jojo Moyes book, The Ship of Brides follows four Australian war brides joining more than 600 others on a British air craft carrier to meet their husbands in England. Told as a flash back, it opens in modern day with a woman traveling in India with her granddaughter. You are quickly brought into … Continue reading The Ship of Brides
I don't know exactly what I was expecting from this. But finally getting my hands on a copy has meant not wanting to put it down. It has also been an inspiration and push to find my way back into the feminist movement. I've learned a lot - about Steinem herself, history that I seemed … Continue reading My Life on the Road
I have seen so many lists online lately centered around travel: books to inspire your wanderlust, or to cure it (as if that would work). What makes me crazy is what ends up on the list. So I made my own. For my first '5 books' post here are my 5 wanderlust-worthy books. 1. Turn Right at Machu … Continue reading 5 books for wanderlust
Link love to good reads from the internet: Malcolm Gladwell had a piece in the New Yorker recently. How did those who left New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina fare, compared to those who stayed? What does it mean for the city? With the nearly constant anniversary coverage the past week, this seemed to … Continue reading What Maggie’s Reading this week
In the mid-1990’s Bill Bryson went on a trip. Therefore, you should read the book that was the result of it. Need more? Fine. After decades away from America, Bryson returns but finds himself disconnected with his home country. So he decides to take, as he calls it, a walk in the woods. His walk … Continue reading A Walk in the Woods
There are books that make us want to travel, and scenes we visit seem straight from pages we've read. And sometimes a stop along the way is to connect with an author, character or book. It's pretty amazing how two of my loves go so nicely together. Plus, have you ever tried traveling without a … Continue reading Book inspired travel
