The Travel Diva

Neither here or there

This coming Tuesday I'll be familiarising myself with Dusseldorf's architecture - driving a VW Beetle cabriolet - the harbour district has some awesome buildings which appear as if they've been snatched from a Salvador Dali's masterpieces. And of course, being Germany, I suppose I'll need to critique several beer halls.

From Wednesday till Sunday I'll be in New York City; and in three and a half days need to cover chess players in Central Park, the Russian Tea Room, a groovy tea bar called Tavalon, jazz bars in Harlem, the Hip Hop Church in Harlem, a helicopter flip over the city, the Hudson River and Lady Liberty, an Excalibur limo drive through NYC and an interview with NYCs Mayor to get his take on the city going green.

When I return to Belgium I need to pack my spacious home into a truck and move to England. Pack my son off to University several hundred miles away and on my daughter's first day at her new school I'll be in Austria partaking (and writing about) a motor cycle rally.

I'm really getting to old for this. My camera bag back is already aching at the prospect of schlepping it around NYC. If you'd like to tag along and experience just one day in a travel writers life you're more than welcome… just remember, you're carrying the bag.

posted by Cindy-Lou Dale @ Friday, August 03, 2007