Our 2012 Travels: GoNOMAD Staff
GoNOMAD’s editors traveled around the world in 2012, in keeping with our belief that if you want to write or edit travel, you gotta travel!
GoNOMAD’s editors traveled around the world in 2012, in keeping with our belief that if you want to write or edit travel, you gotta travel!
Darwin: Gateway to the Outback, Doorway to Asia
By Cathie Arquilla There is nothing like a university town to make you feel inspired. Being “on campus” feels great. The pursuit of knowledge is intoxicating. You feel a cocktail of emotions; one part expansive, two parts rejuvenated, a dash of nostalgia, a jigger of optimism. University towns are often the best places to experience…
By Cindy Bigras Ask Italians which city they most prefer and Bologna will invariably top the list, yet most foreign tourists have yet to discover this charming city located in the center of the Emilia Romagna region. If you have ever used the Italian autostrada or railways, there is a good chance you’ve passed through…
Margie Goldsmith discovers Alabama’s musical history…from Nat King Cole, to Muscle Shoals recording, to Hank Williams on a musical tour of Alabama
Ann Torrence’s U.S. Highway 89: The Scenic Route to Seven Western National Parks is a beautiful book with lots of gorgeous photographs.
David Farley takes the reader along on his quest to locate the Holy Foreskin, one of the Catholic Church’s more infamous relics that mysteriously went missing in 1983.
A Middle-aged Hippie Reclaims Her Inner Artist & Explorer By Ingrid Hart Fancy, my friend who lives in Venice Beach California, rolls a joint with coconut-flavored paper and offers me a dry hit. “Blue Dream; it’s a hybrid strain.” She explains that Sativa is good for cerebral, high energy people, perhaps like a film industry…
Julia Dimon of Word Travels: Inspiring Viewers to See the World By Christa Romano With her long blonde hair and sleek high-heeled boots, Julia Dimon looked like the perfect client for an all-inclusive tropical cruise as she walked around the Boston Globe Travel Show. While easy-going Dimon probably wouldn’t be offended by such an appearance-based…
Making a New friend on a Paris Walking Tour By Candice Walsh There are few things more frustrating than being confined to a beach apartment in Brittany, France, growing plump on French wine, and tiny lemon tarts. OK, so the lethargy was amazing, but that’s not the point. When my company sent me to Lorient,…
Portovenere, by the Ligurian Sea, a Perfect Family Destination By Alexandra Regan “I love Italy!” announced our nine-year-old son on our first full day in Portovenere. Although he was the first to say it, we were all charmed by this seaside village on the Ligurian Coast. It had been rainy off and on all morning,…
Egypt: Ed Wetschler overcomes his claustrophobia to climb through narrow passageways to the center of Khafre’s pyramids in Egypt.