I love getting requests from friends and family on places I've visited. I've been lucky to travel the world with friends and a few work boondoggles. I'm rolling up my worn Filofax pages, dog-eared travel mags, cocktail napkin jots, random emails and web bookmarks into one spot.
Everything is in Top 5 lists so I force myself to edit the best stuff. I started doing Top 5 lists to pass the time on long road trips with my friend Amy. We debated life-changing topics like Top 5 Albums on a Desert Island or Top 5 Ugly Celebs You Still Have a Mad Crush On. I've taken this road trip game to narrow my travel passions.
Each Place Has 5 Top Five Lists:
- Days - How to spend a great Sunday afternoon.
- High Style, Low Maintenance Hotels - My favorite hotels are ones where you can snuggle up in 600 thread count sheets, but still walk through the lobby in your your wet bikini. Where you can order a port while wearing your Pumas. Enjoy a five-course meal in your flip flops. Maybe a Belvedere in your ball cap.
- Foodie Finds - I mostly like quality, small neighborhood restaurants where you get a flavor of the people. You'll rarely find an chain, stiff swanky spot or hole in the wall on my list.
- Tips - What you can plan before you leave to give you more time to soak up the culture or give you more time to play.
- Misses - What I learned not to do, that you can skip.
ps Please post additions, debates or comments.
You're very fortunate to have the opportunity to travel a lot. Anyway, your top 5 list for each place is a great idea! Going through your lists, you seem to do a lot of adventuring, and you try not to keep to the usual attractions. Kudos to that! Keep posting and expand your horizon!
Posted by: Harper Cosper | June 01, 2011 at 11:49
You're very fortunate to have the opportunity to travel a lot. Anyway, your top 5 list for each place is a great idea! Going through your lists, you seem to do a lot of adventuring, and you try not to keep to the usual attractions. Kudos to that! Keep posting and expand your horizon!
Posted by: Harper Cosper | June 01, 2011 at 11:51
Very, very nicely done!
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You and I share a common wanderlust as well as the desire (and skill) to document our adventures. Please drop me a line soon - so we can catch up. Adrian S - adrian@verityslice.com
Posted by: Adrian Smith | November 09, 2011 at 18:18
So cute! I already like you on FB and also get your posts on Google Reader. :)
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