the list of now

Travel writing – especially off-the-cuff, budget, adventurous, creative, DIY, expat or vagabond and in many ways “alternative” travel -  is one of my favorite-favorite things to read.  Lately, I’ve been exploring blogs that are all about this kind of travel/lifestyle.  Since I was already a loyal reader of Nora Dunn‘s writing, I followed her to Vagabondish, for which she is a contributor.

It’s wonderful.

They have a myriad of great general “advice” or travel tips posts, very specific first-person location posts (like a recent series on Rome) and fun stuff, like Photo of the Moment posts  – including this amazing pic of my beloved Newport Bridge (yay, Rhode Island!) and Signspotting, which provides endless entertainment for me, because I’m 12 and it includes gems like this:

So yes.  Go there if you like traveling, especially if you – like me – enjoy armchair traveling, planning excessive amounts of travel that you may or may not ever get to do and daydream (and sometimes take) spontaneous roadtrips or pretend to be a tourist and do your adventuring locally.

Regardless, it’s a fun blog to follow and sometimes travel lessons are also life lessons.  I give you:  Never, Ever Pack When You’re High.  Indeed, brilliant.