porthouses

PORT WINE HOUSES

Nestled along the Douro river, on a hill across from Porto, Portugal’s city centre lie several port houses bursting with good wines and beautiful scenery. These houses are far removed from the vast, countryside vineyards also owned by these same companies. While the vineyards stretch for miles and miles, across hills and valleys, the port …

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FREYA STARK: A WOMAN PIONEER

Name: Freya Stark Born: Paris, France (1893) Died: Asolo, Italy (1993) One Sentence Bio:  A British born woman who was the first non-arabian to travel extensively throughout the Middle East and Afghanistan. Tags: Writer, Explorer, Traveler. About: Freya  is know for her insightful and honest travel writings from around the world.  Before she died at the age of 100 she had …

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BANISH BORING TRAVEL

Travel is a balance of freedom from and freedom to. Freedom from work grants you the freedom to sit on a beach and drink beer all day. Or, the freedom to camp and hike through the back country. One of these choices is an illusion of freedom and one is real freedom; can you guess …

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UNPLUG FROM THE WORLD

The 21st century ushered in a new traveler. The plane, train and iPod touch makes the modern excursionist. Disconnecting from technology and the conveniences of home, especially when technology becomes a third arm, is difficult. While technology remains responsible for altering our world forever it can still become a burden. To experience life to the …

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