July 2010 Archives - Twenty-Something Travel

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Friday Postcard: Ladakh, India

Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Steph.

Today’s photo was contributed by frequent commenter Abhijit from The Corny Traveler’s Chronicles: This is a photo I took at the Fotu La Pass en route to Leh (Ladakh,India) from Srinagar (India). The Fotu La is the highest point on this road, and is located at a height of 13,479 ft (4,108 metres), and one [...]

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July Update and Links

Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by Steph.

Going to mix it up with the format this month… What’s going on: This month I celebrated Twenty-Something Travel’s one year Blogaversary! Things have come so far and changed so much. I celebrated this milestone with two blog posts: State of the Blog: Twenty-Something Travel Turns One The Year I Learned to Have an Opinion [...]

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Finding the “Real” Italy in Florence

Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Steph.

After Venice, the next stop on my mini-Italy tour was Florence. Unlike the canal city I’d never had my heart set on visiting Florence, never dreamed about it as a kid. Still, Florence has a reputation for being well loved, and I stuck it in my itinerary in hopes of getting a picture of what [...]

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The Year I Learned to Have An Opinion

Posted on 25. Jul, 2010 by Steph.

It’s no secret that travel has changed me. It’s made me smarter, braver and more confident. Equally, when I look back on the past year, I can see that travel blogging has changed me fundamentally as well. As I said last week , I really can’t believe I’ve been doing this for an entire year. [...]

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State of the Blog: Twenty-Something Travel Turns One!

Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by Steph.

Today my little corner of the blogosphere turns one year old. I really can’t believe it either! In a couple days I’m going to talk about how travel blogging has enriched me as a person and all those intangible goodies it’s brought me. Today though, I wanted to take some time to talk about Twenty-Something [...]

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Uncanny Venice

Posted on 20. Jul, 2010 by Steph.

All my life I wanted to go to Venice. As a little girl, looking through my parents National Geographic, I used to clip photos of this magical and mysterious city. The streets were made of water! This exotically subversive idea delighted my 8-year-old brain. The fact that it was sinking added a sense of urgency. [...]

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My Top 4 Favorite Hostel Memories

Posted on 18. Jul, 2010 by Steph.

While I countdown days and hours and make endless preparations for my upcoming trip, I’ve also been spending some time reminiscing about my past travels and what’s unique about the spirit and fun of backpacking. This got me thinking about all of the strange funny things that have happened to me while staying in hostels. [...]

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Friday Postcard: Great Falls, Virginia

Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by Steph.

The waterfalls at Great Falls National Park are both beautiful and powerfully deadly. Every year an average of 7 people drown in the ruddy Potomac waters. They have the steepest drop of any rapids in the Eastern US. As a kid my Dad and I used to hike the popular Billy Goat Trail nearby. (Do [...]

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The London Book Project

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Steph.

If you haven’t been paying attention: I really love to read. I’m a total nerd of the English major variety. My room is overflowing with books that I can never seem to whittle down. I’m such a nerd I even named my cat after TS Eliot: Awhile back I wrote a guest post for Sharing [...]

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