Visiting an Old Friend

By Carolyn Schott | July 15, 2010
Carolyn Schott

Exploring a new place and a new culture; that’s what travel is usually about for me. Seeing how other people live, gaining new insights into history, tasting strange foods, exploring unfamiliar places. But visiting a familiar place is special in another way; like seeing an old friend you haven’t spent time with for awhile. Finding…

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Breathing Room Only

By Carolyn Schott | June 17, 2010 |
Carolyn Schott

Like toothpaste being squeezed from a tube, I slithered sideways through the jam-packed aisle of the Moldovan maxi-taxi, a common form of public transportation in Chisinau. Built for 15, this one was carrying 27 people plus the driver, so it was pretty much breathing room only. Taking public transportation to see Orheiul Vechi was turning…

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Taking Travel Seriously…Or Not

By Carolyn Schott | March 23, 2010
Carolyn Schott

Traveling is serious business these days. The TSA requirements alone can give you a headache. And just when you have the 3-ounce liquid rule figured out, they tell you not to go to the bathroom for the last half hour of the flight. Oh wait. They rescinded that one, didn’t they? Better go check their…

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