“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” — Saint Augustine
Over the past month, I have watched two different, but equally enjoyable, travel documentaries. The first documentary is the New Europe seven hour DVD series that Michael Palin did in 2006 – 2007. The second documentary, which couldn’t be further in content from the New Europe series, is a 90 minute show called Running the Sahara.
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You may have noticed that it has been a few weeks since my last post. I took my oldest daughter, who just graduated from high school at the beginning of June, to Scotland as a graduation gift. When asked where she wanted to go on a mother-daughter trip, she replied “Scotland”. My husband wasn’t sure that it sounded like much of an ‘adventure’, compared to traveling to Africa or Asia, but I knew that even a country that is a close relative of ours in terms of culture and language could still turn out to be a great journey.
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I was recently asked by a family friend to provide some advice to his daughter-in-law who was going to India on business for the first time. Since I have been there four times over the past five years, he thought I would be able to impart anything that might make her trip a little easier.
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