Guide Books

pen4hire on June 15th, 2010

I’m over at My Itchy Travel Feet today reviewing Riding the HulaHula to the Arctic Ocean,  a travel book for “the seasoned traveler.” Donna Hull writes about baby boomer travel at My Itchy Travel Feet, and this book fits the bill.  Terrific list of adventures for “seasoned travelers” who need help planning a trip. Take [...]

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pen4hire on June 7th, 2010

This just in: A couple of my travel tips are included with this collection of tips on trip planning at Wandering Educators. Going to Vietnam? How about Argentina? National Geographic Traveler has new guidebooks on those two countries (revised Vietnam, brand new Argentina) and I review them for my friends at Indie Travel Podcast. Now [...]

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pen4hire on June 4th, 2010

Destination: France (continued from Trip Planning: France) Print PDF

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pen4hire on May 18th, 2010

Destinations: France, Bruges, Amsterdam Traveler’s Library: Growing Daily with guidebooks, maps, notes…. It occurred to me that you might be interested in the trip planning process that goes on in our book-filled house. So here goes. Print PDF

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pen4hire on April 26th, 2010

Destination: Chicago Book: Voices from the Chicago Grave: They’re Calling. Will You Answer? 2nd Edition, by Scott Markus A GUEST POST by Dr. Jessie Voigts I’d like to share an incredibly scary book of ghost stories. Why so scary? – because they are TRUE. Print PDF

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pen4hire on March 28th, 2010

Destination: Michigan Book: Traveling Michigan’s Sunset Coast: Exploring Michigan’s West Coast Beach Towns – from New Buffalo to Mackinaw City,(2007) by Julie Royce A Guest Post by Dr. Jessie Voigts Print PDF

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pen4hire on December 4th, 2009

Destination: Normandy, France Books: A Journey into Flaubert’s Normandy by Susannah Patton and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert A GUEST POST BY Dr. Jessie Voigts Print PDF

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pen4hire on December 2nd, 2009

The 2nd edition of the Indie Travel Podcast Magazine arrived December 1.  This issue is even better than the first issue, and that is quite an accomplishment. Craig and Linda Martin, the ever-traveling, ever-creative New Zealanders, have outdone themselves. Print PDF

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pen4hire on November 20th, 2009

France on Friday Destination: Boston Book: Walking Boston by Robert Todd Felton A GUEST POST BY Robert Todd Felton Bivalve Molluscs, French Royalty, and the Streets of Boston One of the best parts of walking around Boston is that you are always bumping up against some surprising scrap of American history.  Around one corner is [...]

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