The days of recording your travels in a worn leather journal in a sidewalk café on the streets of Amsterdam are not obsolete; it's just that you'll likely be typing away on your MacBook instead. As cyber cafés continue to sprout up all over the world, travel blogs have become a staple for keeping in touch with those stranded at home, posting a picture of that Seattle coffee shop's frothy cappuccino, and recording the name of the oh-so-cute bed-and-breakfast in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Let IT be your guide to a few travel blogs that have caught our collective eye by being inspirational, informative, or just too interesting to ignore. And keep your eyes peeled for future Wired Wanderlust updates. We'll be back.
A Taste of Europe: Tammy and David, a thirty-something wanderlusting couple sold their house and decided to spend a year in Europe "slow traveling"—spending two to three months in each country. Tammy writes, "As a last fling by ourselves, the conversation began as an idea to go to Europe for a two-week vacation. Where to go? England? Ireland? Italy? …The idea turned from spending two weeks in Europe to six months to possibly a year." This extensive travelogue is filled with beautiful photographs, local history, and personal experiences. By the end of each posting, you will begin to wonder why you are still sitting at your desk.
Jeremy Wang in Taiwan: Jeremy Wang of Brooklyn, New York, took a ten-day trip to Taiwan, the birthplace of his father and the destination of his mother's medical mission trip as a young nurse. As a 24-year-old, his perspective on the country and his family are vastly different than his hazy memories of visiting as a curious five-year-old. Follow Jeremy as he musters the courage to try "stinky tofu," navigates the Taipei subway, and comes to the conclusion that family transcends language.
Notes from the Road: Erik Gauger has combined his love of journal writing and photography with blogging technology. "Notes from the Road" is a collection of entries taken from his handwritten journal and photographs taken with a traditional print film camera that he layers together to create evocative place descriptions of the West Indies, the Iberian Peninsula, the Great Plains, and more.
What travel blogs do you love? Send them to assistant online editor Mary Beth for inclusion in future Wired Wanderlust posts.
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