Veronica James's Blog, page 148
December 20, 2015
Your GypsyNesters Take You Inside a Real Dutch Windmill!
Ever wonder what one looks like inside? People actually live in them!.. See more about Holland’s most windmill-laden town!
December 17, 2015
Seven Things I Vow to My First Son-in-law (and the One Thing I Ask of Him!)
Congrats to our wonderful daughter, The Piglet, and her fiancé – they’re engaged and David and I are thrilled! Of course – me being me – I’m also a bit freaked out about being the perfect mother-in-law to this wonderful man.
What? Me? A mother-in-law? That’s some heady, for-the-rest-of-my-life stuff!
I asked our wise GypsyNester community for advice and… CONTINUE READING >>
December 13, 2015
How the Stunning African Batik Silhouettes are Made
Ever wonder how the beautiful silhouette scenes of Africa make it on to fabric?We did and, as part of our Discover Corps experience in Tanzania, we learned the secret.
We even got to try our hand at making our own.
The method is called batik and the process uses colorful dyes — controlled by… CONTINUE READING >>
December 12, 2015
Put On Your Big Boy Pants!
I’ve beaten the crap outta these pants!I’ve worn them all over the world – while speaking at conventions and book events, touring cities, rambling on ruins, having cocktails and dinners at a fancy resorts, on trains, planes, and buses, volunteering in Africa, eating my way through Italy, taking in theater in NYC…
Now that’s putting them through the true GypsyNester paces and, at the end of it all… CONTINUE READING >>
December 8, 2015
Quick Question: Do recent world events make you less likely to travel?
Weigh in and find out how the GypsyNester Community answered this:
Quick question: Do recent world events make you less likely to travel?
Posted by GypsyNester-Celebrating Life After Kids on Thursday, December 3, 2015
December 6, 2015
How to Get Trapped in a Giant Crater with Wild Animals – and Love it!
Ngorongoro Crater is a funny name no doubt, but it just might be the best place on the planet to see exotic animals up close in the wild.The crater formed a few million years ago when a massive volcano collapsed onto itself leaving the largest intact caldera in the world.
The collapse also created… CONTINUE READING >>
Naughty Baby Elephant is Disciplined by Entire Herd!
Watch as this little guy gets in trouble – and how the herd responds!.. Check out our entire safari in Tanzania!
Sweet, Fuzzy Baby Zebra Nurses in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Cutest thing ever! This baby zebra has lunch and a romp! .. Check out our entire adventure in the crater!
December 3, 2015
Why We are Honored to be a PBS Next Avenue “Sites We Love”
Have you ever had something really good happen to you out of the blue?That’s how we felt when PBS’s Next Avenue contacted us saying that they were featuring us as a Sites We Love.
Shut up! we thought. This seriously can’t be happening. We freaking LOVE Next Avenue… CLICK TO SEE WHY WE ARE SO HONORED >>
November 29, 2015
Whirling Around the Saltstraumen – the World’s Strongest Tidal Flow
There was a crazy power we felt when visiting the Saltstraumen – the noise of so much rushing water, the massive whirlpools, and the sheer beauty of the surroundings ran a dynamic current through our veins.Incredibly, more than 100 billion gallons of water flows through the two-mile long by five-hundred-foot wide channel in about six hours, at speeds up to 25 miles an hour, forming the world’s strongest… CONTINUE READING >>
