I went to Beijing in April two years ago with a head filled of decades old fantasies, yearnings and remembrances of landscapes and cultural forms from National Geographic and the Asia Society in New York. When my chance finally arrived to go as a single unaccompanied tourist I jumped on the opp.
I found artists of […]
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China Revisited
Posted in April 29th, 2008
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Patience with Children
Posted in April 29th, 2008
My son is six and his new word of the moment is “I’m bored”. Another one is “I hate …” His friends are also mimicking same in that exasperated voice of utter jadedness. When asked to complete a task, however simple he sighs audibly and lets out a grudge as if I had asked of […]
Being There
Posted in April 29th, 2008
Remember the film of same name? The book was written by Jerzy Kosinski. It was the last one that Peter Sellers performed in before making transition. Shirley Maclaine hailed it as one last testament to the great man’s life. The message was simple, as in the Beatles song Let it Be, by being yourself you […]
Spread Your Wings
Posted in April 29th, 2008
For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it… For every nine people who do things the way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way. For every nine people who stand in front of a locked building, only one will ever come around […]
Staying Focused
Posted in April 29th, 2008
Why does it happen that staying focused comes and goes in waves? Right now and for the past four months I feel as if a great cloud has been lifted and I am able to focus intensely. I wake up and have it sorted in my mind what I am going to do, when and […]
Restaurants in Amsterdam
Posted in April 29th, 2008
I am critical of the food scene here, least of all because it’s been a rough twelve years restaurant wise. From dingy spots that all look as if the owner purchased school chairs at auction to menus you could read from your sleep with the same features such as lamb rack, pork cutlets fried, shrimp […]
To Move or Not to Move
Posted in April 29th, 2008
My husband started an adventure in Beijing. He began doing business in China four years ago and a few months ago the company seal was ratified. He now has a wholly owned subsidiary in the capital. Great thinks me. I visited Beijing two years ago April with wide eyes and a full head of images. […]
Tangern, Austria
Posted in April 27th, 2008
by Elise in Inventure Travel
The hills are alive with the sound of … How many times can one actually tell the same joke about Austria? Apparently millions. After it’s debut forty plus years ago, it still rolls off my tongue everytime I hear someone is traveling there. When I went in the summer I too began unconsciuosly singing the […]
Venice, Italy
Posted in April 24th, 2008
by Elise in Inventure Travel
Pigeons and people at St. Marks Square
Venice masquerades as the somber, the romantic, the hidden, the deceptive, the glamorous, the dingy and the divine. There are so many faces to it perhaps this is why it’s Carnival is world famous? What’s so special about this Disneyland of an island(s) when all one sees […]
Utah, USA
Posted in April 24th, 2008
by Elise in Inventure Travel
Monument Valley
Transfigured by the surroundings
As part of my southwestern states’ journey one of the outstanding highlights was Monument Valley. Driving to the entrance of this magical place transported me. I was an astronaut entering another star system. The moon was orange and the sky a tiger stripe of pink, purple and blue. I did the […]