Archive | July, 2008

Do You Have the Traveling Gene?

Posted on 31 July 2008

If you find yourself with an itch to travel, you might have more in common with early migrants than just wanderlust.  Standford University geneticists have identified a gene that could explain why early man left his farming communities to explore the world, why Americans are natural capitalists and perhaps even why you can’t wait for [...]

National Travel Writing Month: NaTraWriMo

Posted on 30 July 2008

I had this idea the other day.  What if I spent one month, really focusing on my writing?  Not just polishing prose that will never get published, but actually thinking like an editor, finding angles and pitching my ideas to a publication.  What if I spent the entire month of August, submitting a query letter [...]

The Growing Pains of a Rookie Traveler

Posted on 29 July 2008

I am haunted by the things I want to write.  Just as I’m about to close my eyes, it comes to me… the perfect article about Madrid or Paris or somewhere I haven’t been yet.  I always promise myself to remember it for the next day, but it never returns, these twilight inspirations.  I think [...]

Completely Unrelated to Travel, Living Abroad or Anything Useful

Posted on 28 July 2008

While researching on writersmarket.com I ran across the listing for the perennial dog lover’s magazine from the seventies: Dog Fancy.  Curious, I clicked through to the submission guidelines, where I found this instruction:
“No stories written from a dog’s point of view.”
Which can only mean that they have not only received stories set inside the mind [...]

(Winner Announced) If You Were in Europe, Where Would You Go?

Posted on 25 July 2008

I have a rough idea of some of the places I’d like to go, but I’m a bit torn on my next trip.  Should I go somewhere I’ve already been, like Rome?  Or should I see another big city, like Berlin?  Or should I head to beach in Croatia?  Or leave Europe altogether and check [...]

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*Where is Christine now?



  • Currently traveling through the US to MEXICO

  • Past Trips (while living in Madrid):
  • Paris 7/13/08 - 7/18/08
  • Brussells 7/19/08 - 7/21/08
  • Lisboa 8/5/08 - 8/8/08
  • Venice, Bologna, Croatia 8/13/09 - 8/19/08
  • La Tomatina (Valencia area) 8/25/08 - 8/28/08
  • Canary Islands 9/2/08 - 9/6/08
  • Dublin 9/8/08 - 9/12/08
  • Morocco 9/15/08 - 9/18/08
  • and returned to Vermont on 9/20/08.


Tenative travel dates

  • Updated on my Dopplr Profile
    • Belize City in December
    • Antigua Guatemala in December
    • Tegucigalpa in January
    • San Salvador in January
    • Managua in February
    • San José in February
    • Panamá in March
    • Cartagena in March
    • Quito in April
    • Lima in April
    • Santiago in May
    • Buenos Aires in May
    • Sao Paulo in May
    • Caracas in July
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