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December 18, 2020
Open Your Eyes! A Better Life for Half the Price: How to Thrive on Less Money in the Cheapest Places to Live
Always wanted to live abroad, but not sure how? Global living expert Tim Leffel shares ALL the tips, in his book, A Better Life for Half the Price: How to Thrive on Less Money in the Cheapest Places to Live, Revised Second Edition. It covers everything you need to know to thrive overseas...inexpensively. From tips to country profiles, working abroad to family life, this book encompasses it ALL.
Highly recommended!
Tim was kind enough to share the first chapter ...
December 11, 2020
Scotland's Top Musicians Share Christmas Song and Story
It's become a cherished part of the festive season in Scotland: for the last fourteen years, Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook has brought together some of the country's top musicians in a festive celebration series of concerts that has toured across Scotland in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
This year, that way of bringing holiday cheer wasn't to be. But that didn't stop Cunningham and musical pals John McCusker, Ian Carr, Kris Drever, Eddi...
December 9, 2020
Move Over Amelia, That’s My Grandma’s Place in History – Celebrating the First Woman to Fly Around the World
I should be in a small aircraft taking my first flying lesson in my grandmothers honor, but thanks to the COVID-19 shut-downs, this dream is on pause.
Fifty-six years ago, my grandmother, Jerrie Mock, did something that the world still gets wrong she was the first woman to fly around the world.
Jerrie answers the phone immediately after arrival in Hawaii, round-the-world flight
In elementary school, teachers told us that Amelia Earhart was the...
December 8, 2020
Great Pilgrimage Sites of Europe
Englishman Derry Brabbs is well respected as a photographer of historic sites and landscapes. He has brought those interests together in his book Great Pilgrimage Sites of Europe.
As you might expect, photography is at the heart of things here. Brabbs offers an eclectic selection of 33 sites found in across 13 countries in western Europe.
St Peters Basilica Rome around daybreak when the streetlamps are still lit and the dawn sky casts a soft...
December 7, 2020
Through the Eyes of an Educator: Reflections and Gratitude in a Sea of Change
Its officially the beginning of the end of 2020. December is upon us, and, thanks to the incredible efforts of the scientific community, theres now a light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel. Vaccines and therapies are showing good numbers, and theres hope that within the next 6 months, were far closer to a more normal, normal than weve been in a long time. Hope...it does wonders for the soul. I have hope for hugs in the near future.
Acknowledging the good...
November 24, 2020
22.33 Stories: Trash Truck Tunes & Hip Hop Grooves (with Lillygol Sedaghat)
Featuring first-person stories of people finding themselves in the middle of a culture that is foreign to them; each week, 22.33 will deliver interesting tales from people who share how they were able to create mutual understanding through cultural exchange.
Season 1, Episode 16
A life-long love of milk tea, lead Lillygol to consider her environmental footprint, leading to a fellowship in Taiwan to study waste management, all the while practicing...
November 16, 2020
Music for Peace, Understanding, and Connection
Sun and moon, stars and sky are constants, wherever you might be in the world, and wherever you may be in your thinking about the shifts and changes that have been happening. So, too, is the desire for peace, for understanding, for connection.
Music offers ways to think about all these things.
Carlos Nakai comes from the southwest of the United States. His instruments are wooden flutes. He is of the Navajo people. All three of those elements inform the music he ...
November 13, 2020
The Traveling Professor’s Top 10 Tips for Purchasing International Airfares
My name is Steve Solosky, The Traveling Professor (see my interview here on Wandering Educators!),and I have been taking small groups of travelers to Europe, South America, and Canada for over 10 years. I have plenty of travel tips...and lots of good experience in purchasing international airfares.
Here are my Top 10 Tips for Purchasing International Airfares
Buy Directly from the Airline
It’s OK to use websites like Expedia, Orbitz, and Google Flights to find th...
November 12, 2020
Read This: Whisper of the Lotus
Ready to travel the world...virtually? Gabrielle Yetter, one of our longtime friends, and the author of MANY books that we've shared here, has a new book out. Whisper of the Lotus is an interesting, heartfelt, and genuine read about finding your self...while exploring a place.
It's one of those books you can't put down, so fair warning for your sleep.
Yetter is a master at capturing essence of place—you'll feel as if you are right there in Cambodia with Charlotte,...
November 10, 2020
How Can You Shape your Career Path to Fit Your Passion for Travel?
Some people let their career shape their lives. I was not one of them. My priority has always been the ability to travel and explore the world. Early on, I made sure to shape my career path around my passion for travel.
It wasn’t always easy. Careers like flight attendant or cruise ship employee that bring you to far-off destinations are rewarding but can be exhausting, unpredictable, and challenging to balance with long-term relationships. But that wasn’t at t...
