“Hurry, get on board, it’s comin’, listen to those rails a-thrumming all aboard. Get on the “A” train, soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem” – Duke Ellington (Take The “A” Train)
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We Confronted Extraordinary Beauty
March 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India” – Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Contagion Of An Unknown Atmosphere
March 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“He blushed to see other Frenchmen overcome with joy whenever they met a compatriot abroad. The would fall on each other, cluster in a raucous group, and pass whole evenings complaining about the barbarity of the locals. These were the few who actually noticed that locals did things differently. Others managed to travel so ‘covered […]
We May Sit In Our Library
March 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth” – John Lubbock
A Good Place To Start
March 10, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“The beginning is always a good place to start” – Munchkin (The Wizard of Oz)
The Past Is Buried Deep Within The Ground
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“The past is buried deep within the ground in Rabat, although the ancient walls in the old city are still standing, painted in electrifying variations of royal blue that make the winding roads look like streamlets or shallow ocean water” – Raquel Cepeda
Roadrunner, Going Faster Miles An Hour
March 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Roadrunner, roadrunner, going faster miles an hour. Gonna drive past the Stop ‘n’ Shop, with the radio on. I’m in love with Massachusetts and the neon when it’s cold outside. And the highway when it’s late at night. Got the radio on, I’m like the roadrunner” – Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers (Roadrunner)
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Sometimes You Need To Move Away
March 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Sometimes you need to move away before you can see where you are” – Benny Bellamacina
Chance To Travel The World
March 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I’ve got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up – my life wasn’t so bad” – Coolio
