I love to travel. However, due to money and time issues (as both are spent on school currently) I have been stuck close to home. So I'm traveling in blogland instead. Today I found something called the Magic Carpet Ride. This is an event hosted by Lisa at a whimsical bohemian. Bloggers sign up to give something away, and link to her site as part of the giveaway. I went to Ireland today and read comments by people in Australia as part of my magical carpet ride (just follow the blog links), to name a couple of places. If you want to find some great arty blogs from all over the world, this is the place to go.
awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com
A few years ago I traveled to England, to the spots where Ms. Austen lived or wrote about in her books. My favorite was the small coastal town of Lyme, where I made sure to climb down the exact steps on the pier that the characters climb down in Persuasion and that Louisa Musgrove decides to jump down and consequently hits her head. It was a cold, windy day and the steps were narrow and wet. I definitely could see why Henrietta Musgrove was scared climbing down those stairs.
Though she never left Southwest England, and traveling was limited by money and how far horses could take a carriage, her characters did visit places such as Lyme (Persuasion) and Brighton (Lydia in Pride and Prejudice) and Bath (Cathy in Northanger Abbey and Anne in Persuasion).
For those of us who like to travel alone- admit it, you don't have to compromise in what you're going to see- here are some websites to visit.
gutsywomentravel.com
adventurewomen.com
allsinglestravel.com
journeywoman.com
Bon voyage!
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