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Susanne Pacher is the publisher of Travel and Transitions (http://www.travelandtransitions.com), a popular web portal for unconventional travel & cross-cultural connections. Check out our brand new section featuring FREE ebooks about travel. Sort By: Date | Popularity
Hello From New York City - Part 1 - First Impressions Of The Big AppleSo yesterday morning our American Airways flight (booked for free with my Airmiles) left at 7:13 am to bring us to the Big Apple, a place I had always had a fascination with, but only had visited twice very briefly in my life,and that more than 10 years ago.
Just flying... Hello From Vancouver- Part 1 - Arrival In VancouverI left beautiful Victoria early yesterday morning at 8 am and took the Pacific Coachlines bus/ferry combination back to the mainland. It was another gorgeous day and I spent the entire ferry ride on the top deck soaking in the scenery and the sunshine. At about 11:30 I exited at... Presenting: Hermilo Brito From The Ideal Language School In Cuernavaca - Making Spanish Learning FunOne of the reasons I chose to travel to Cuernavaca this past April was that it is one of the world's centers for Spanish teaching. Cuernavaca has in excess of 40 language schools and attracts language students from all over the world to this beautiful city with the near perfect... Hello From Cuba - Part 1 - First ImpressionsTuesday, April 5, 2005, 6:00 pm, Hotel Havana Libre
Thanks to a severe case of the Revenge of Montezuma (or Ricky Ricardo?..,) I am sitting here in the Hotel Havana Libre and I finally get around to create updates from my first 4.5 days here in Cuba. The Internet connection is... Hello From Toronto - Part 5 - Novice Golf, Driving Through The Kawarthas, A Little Off-Road Mountain-BikingIt is unbelievable how nine days can just fly by. Today my brother, sister-in-law and our two Austrian friends are scheduled to fly back to Graz, Austria, via Vienna. There has been an increasingly palpable sense of sentimentality in the air, in light of the fact that this wonderful time... Hello From Cuba - Part 4 - Bureaucracy Galore - The University Of HavanaHotel Havana Libre, Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 7:20 pm
Yesterday I had to sign up for my Spanish course at the University of Havana. The Campus of the University is an astoundingly beautiful collection of classical buildings and a Cuban tank graces the entrance to the library.
At 9 am all the... Hello From Toronto - Part 7 - Summer In T.O. Positively RocksIt's been a pretty amazing summer so far. The weather has been pretty good since as far back as April. Occasionally, we've had rain showers and thunderstorms, but much of the rain has actually fallen over night. The weather on the weekends has been great for the most part, perfect... Hello From Toronto - Part 6 - The Toronto International Dragonboat Festival 2006One of my favourite spots in Toronto is the Toronto Islands, that lovely patch of land right in front of downtown Toronto, separated by just a sliver of water. So close, yet so far from the city's hustle and bustle. One of the biggest events on the Islands is the... Hello From Toronto - Part 3 - Exploring Niagara Wine CountryTwo days ago I took our European visitors on a little driving tour of the Niagara Peninsula, specifically to explore some of the 50 something wineries. My brother is a chef and very interested in exploring the authentic tastes and flavours of Canada. So far my visitors have been very... Hello From Chicago - Part 1 - First ImpressionsChicago, Arlington House Youth Hostel, Friday, October 21, 6:05 am
So here I am again, on another short excursion away from home. I've been awake for an hour already and decided the best thing is to get up and put my first impressions on paper. Since there is only a one...
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