https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Travel_Lore/Travel experiences we can all relate to, from various parts of God's green earth.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Travel_Lore/412245I traveled to this marvelous, wee country back in 1991, spent two weeks there and from that time on have wanted to return. I may get my wish next year. I had actually hoped to make the trip this year but with my new job had to put the trip on hold. It's been over a year since I posted in the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Travel_Lore/233743Years ago – during the fall of 1986 – I spent a wonderful semester traveling and studying in Europe. I enjoy many vivid memories of my time there, but one that I was pondering again today was of the short time we spent in Austria. Our journey there was towards the end of the semester, and I was...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Travel_Lore/227620I remember summers when my sister and I would take the Amtrak train from San Luis Obispo, CA to Los Angeles to visit our grandparents. It was a summer tradition, and we thought we were hot stuff! We would say good bye to our parents at the train station, and board the train -- so excited we could...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Travel_Lore/214720Picture this: an entire raw carcass of beef resting peacefully in a rusted old grocery cart wedged between several cars in the middle of a dirt packed parking lot, with exhaust belching cars just a few yards away furiously speeding along a main thoroughfare in downtown Tashkent. Forget about...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Travel_Lore/193394I think, perhaps, the best cup of tea in my life was experienced in Kazakhstan. I was just there for a brief overnight stay, but my time was packed with so many memory making moments, one of which was my morning “bowl” of tea. In reminiscing over these moments, I remember the power being turned...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Travel_Lore/191109I convinced my dog to tell of her experiences in traveling from Michigan to California a few months ago. She was reluctant, but with a little help from me, she finished it. Quite frankly, she'd rather be chewing on rawhide, or digging up the garden, than writing stories, but nonetheless she hopes...