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Snapshots of Malta

[pe2-image src=”http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RDcMHc5tlhs/VQC5GYJa2oI/AAAAAAAAwyY/OLNF6NccyGU/s144-c-o/IMG_2050.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/HighlightsOfMalta#6125099012436187778″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”IMG_2050.JPG” ] Sharing a few of my favorite shots from my recent trip to Malta with First Choice Holidays. Anytime I’m near the water, I try to catch the sunrise, which is a lot easier to do when you can see it from your balcony. [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.ggpht.com/-P95CuHnWoqg/VQC5Gb31QYI/AAAAAAAAwyY/dS2j5NSwPF4/s144-c-o/DSCF5778.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/HighlightsOfMalta#6125099013436162434″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”DSCF5778.JPG” …

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A Story about Babies on Airplanes

Would it be awkward for me to come up to you on an airplane and ask to hold your crying baby? I mean I know that you don’t know me. But I’m melting over here into a puddle in 30D because your frazzled state is taking me back. I remember the sweating from the endless …

Sal, Cape Verde, Africa, Snapshots of the World

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Snapshots from Cape Verde

Highlights of Cape Verde, Africa . I hope you’ll excuse me for getting just a little out of control on Instagram last week while I was in Cape Verde. Sunshine has a way of making me slightly giddy. I also took my big camera along to Cape Verde, and these were my favorite seven shots. …

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Snapshots of Athens {Greece} (44/48)

Snapshots of Athens, Greece On my last morning in Athens, Sarabeth had to catch a 5am bus to the airport, so I got up early to walk her to her stop, grabbed some coffee and then had a wander around the city by myself. No agenda. No maps. No rules. Just me and my camera. …

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A Walk in Meteora {Greece} (43/48)

A Walk in Meteora, Greece I would love to one day meet the free climbing monks who hauled stones in baskets to build monasteries on the tops of these otherworldly rock formations. I think they must have possessed a patience and determination that is practically nonexistent in today’s world. We wandered in their footsteps, through …

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A Walk to Lac Blanc {France} (41/48)

While we were in Switzerland this past summer, we took a quick camping trip to the French Alps. We only managed to get in one real climb while we were there, apart from walks around our campground and the darling mountain town of Chamonix. Taido chose a hike to Lac Blanc, a long walk up …

The Storr, Isle of Skye, Scotland, Hillwalking

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A Walk to the Old Man of Storr {Isle of Skye} 37/48

Y’all I can’t believe it but we are winding down #48walks. I still have LOADS of walks to share before Christmas so I’m going to crank them out this week because I am all ready to move on to the next project. 2015 will SO involve walking and I can’t wait to tell you all …

Coast to Coast, Children Welcome, Kirby Stephen, Yorkshire

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Walking Across England: The Coast to Coast Photos {England} (36/48)

My Favorite 20 Coast to Coast Photos Friends. Diane and I finished the Coast to Coast in September but the journey began back in January of last year, and it did not really finish until yesterday when I wrote the ending. And that’s how it is with a Grand Adventure. Any journey worth its salt …

Coast to Coast Finishing, Wainwright, Macs Adventure, #48walks

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Coast to Coast: Finishing {Not So} Strong

Lying in bed shaking with fever. Wondering if I will ever get warm enough to fall asleep. Muttering feeble little prayers in the dark. Please Lord, help us to finish this. Help us to wake up and be able to walk tomorrow. From the onset of this two hundred mile journey, I tried to predict …

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Coast to Coast Highs

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been sharing my favorite stories from the Coast to Coast, so today I’m keeping it short and simple with a photo essay of the high points from the walk. Not our spiritual highs, but the actual physical high points of the walk. Day 1: Dent Hill Day 2: …

The Group of 13 in the Midst, Fellow Pilgrims, Coast to Coast, #48walks

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Coast to Coast: Fellow Pilgrims

One of the great joys of walking the Coast to Coast with an extrovert was that we met tons of other people along the way. Diane was always willing to say, “Hello. We’re walking the Coast to Coast. How about you?” Endlessly enchanting in all her Southern charm, Diane has a beautiful gift of being …

Snapshots of Tea, Tea on the Coast to Coast

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Coast to Coast: Upon Arrival

Upon Arrival: Coast to Coast Lodgings Discovering our particular establishments among the small hotels and B&Bs in the villages along the Coast to Coast was like a treasure hunt waiting for us at the end of each day’s walk. When we arrived at our new place to sleep each night, we were usually greeted like …

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Coast to Coast: Long Day Strategies

I have always maintained that making it from Point A to Point B on a long walk is more of a mental game than an endurance test. Physical strength definitely comes into play, but I believe your mindset wins the day when it comes to covering the distance. Wainwright’s Coast to Coast is 196 miles …

Coast to Coast, Yorkshire, Kirby Stephen to Keld, Nine Standard Rigg, Children Welcome

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Coast to Coast: Children Welcome

Coast to Coast: Children Welcome We had been watching for them all day, expecting to glimpse them around almost every corner. My husband, Taido and the kids were joining us for the weekend. After five days and eighty miles, the distraction of their arrival was a welcome one, keeping my mind from focusing on the …

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Snapshots of Engelberg

Well, my month of posting about Switzerland has come to an end, and next week I will be turning the page on the summer and begin sharing all the fun from my latest adventure of walking Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Trail with my friend, Diane. But my memories of Switzerland would not be complete without …

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A Walk to Schwand {Switzerland} (35/48)

Our last walk in Engelberg began like so many others. Heading up, up, up into the forest. Morning light catching the forest floor and making me wonder if I was going to be too warm in my long sleeves. Then we would emerge from the forest and be up high, where we could see a …

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A Walk in Engelberg {Switzerland} (34/48)

I mentioned yesterday that we walked to and from the village of Engelberg several times every day. Sometimes we went for groceries and other times to the visitor center to use the WiFi. Most days we walked through on our way to another hike in the area or to reach the local abbey to buy …

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A Walk to Fluhmatt {Switzerland} (33/48)

Because this hike was the closest one to our house in Engelberg, we did the walk to Fluhmatt several times, and often as the beginning or ending portion of another hike. For that reason I almost did not do a blog post about it as its own walk. But then I decided to go ahead, …

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Snapshots of Chamonix

Taido has always longed to see the French Alps, and specifically, the mountain town of Chamonix, which is nestled just underneath Mont Blanc. Engelberg is about five hours away so we loaded up our camping gear and spent a couple of nights in this little French campground. When we first arrived, the clouds were covering …

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A Walk to Unterschachen {Switzerland} (32/48)

One week in Switzerland the rain seemed to settle into our valley with no intention of leaving, so one morning we got up and drove the incredible Swiss tunnels through the mountains to a different valley in search of sunshine. And we found it. In Unterschachen, which was up the road from the town of …