Contest Winner: Featured Photo for September
In March we had a contest to select photos to feature in the next 12 issues of Slow Tidings. Last month's featured winner was Bob the Navigator. This month we are featuring Tina in Tennessee's photo called, "West Yorkshire Dales."
Contest Time Again! It's a 10, 20, 30, 40 Contest!
Here's the deal. To enter, you must submit a list of the top 10 things you would take a visitor to do, that cost $20 or less, within 30 miles of your front door (driving, not as the crow flies). The winner will then get a $40 gift certificate to Amazon.com! Don't fret though, second and third prize will each receive a free one-year premium membership to our travel forums!
The moderators will whittle the entrants down to a "top 10 group" based upon items such as details (e.g., location, opening hours, ease for a visitor to use, cost - remember must be $20 or less per person), clarity and photos. From that group, the winner will be voted on by our forum members in a poll. Anyone can enter, but entry gives us permission to publish all lists and/or photos as well as subscribe the entrant to our monthly newsletter. All entries should be posted to this topic, 10, 20, 30, 40 Contest. All photos should be uploaded to this album, 10, 20, 30, 40 photos (and linked to from the corresponding entry).
The contest will end October 31 at 11:59pm EDT. Voting will commence November 5th - November 10th. We will announce a winner in the November newsletter.
So what are you proud of in your "hometowns?" What do you take out-of-town guests to see? What's the must experience restaurant you visit? Share it with the rest of us and win prizes!
The best panna cotta of our September, 2007 trip
was at the Slow Food restaurant Osteria dell Arco in Alba, Italy.
from colleenk
PhotoHunting!
Come see the photos that have been posted in this month's PhotoHunts, where Slow Travelers hunt through their photo files and post photos that interpret the various themes.
- Sweet on the Everything About Travel forum.
- Celebration and Arch on the Italy forum.
- Night on the France forum.
Slow Travelers Talk!
Here are a few of the most interesting discussions on the Slow Talk forums this past month. Feel free to participate in the conversations!
General Travel Topics
– interesting, fun, sometimes provocative travel discussions- Dianne experienced ATM fees in Venice, and was looking for future advice on avoiding ATM fees.
- Slowtrav members gave their opinions on an article about a couple's decision to "Return to the Rat Race" from Le Marche.
- What do you like to bring home from your trips? We've been discussing our best usable souvenirs.
- Don't get snagged by credit card foreign currency conversion fees - read our latest discussion, beware foreign currency fees.
Trip Planning
– requests for ideas, input or help on upcoming trips- Jane is heading to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons and has gotten lots of great traveling and accommodation advice.
- If you're looking for information on gardens and hiking in Oahu, check out Marta's planning discussion for her December trip.
- Sandy from Vancouver Island is looking for ideas about places to visit in the Washington/Oregon area, and she got some really helpful suggestions.
- ellens was looking for a quiet hotel location in Rome.
- MikeyZ was looking for help in getting tickets for the Uffizi and Accademia in Florence.
- Provence continues to be a favorite area of Slow Travelers. Al M. asked about recommendations on towns in Provence that are good bases for exploring the region. CaWino looked for advice on day trips from Aix en Provence.
- wco811 is planning a trip to Granada and needs advice on which area of Granada to stay.
Sharing Resources
– posting links, articles and information of interest to others- What's your favorite travel gadget for under $50? See our members' favorites.
- Do you study other languages? What are your language learning methods? Find out what other Slow Travelers had to say.
Back From...
- Slowtravel members share their recent trip experiences- Well, not back yet, but Doru is keeping us posted on his trip to his homeland. Right now he's in Bucharest, but as he changes locations, he will start new discussions. You can see his planning discussion here, Trip to Romania.
- New member, DianeH, shared her memories of Norway along with a trip report, The Good, the Bad and the Wonderful.
- Woodstock is back from her trip to France with her father. She posted pictures from her trip, including some excellent photos of the Tour de France. You can find them in this discussion on Provence and Tour de France and this discussion on Normandy and Loire.
Unanswered questions
- these members haven't received much response ... perhaps you can help!- Normandy Dude is planning a trip to Israel and Egypt. He is looking for information on scuba diving in the Red Sea. Can you help him?
- Cairenn is looking for Irish Gaelic language lessons. Know any sources?
Elsewhere on Slow Travel
(reviews, trip reports, photos and blogs)Here is a sampling of some of the new publications on the Slow Travel website:
Travel Notes
Just What the Doctor Ordered by Valerie Schneider
"Our Farewell Tour wound down with two weeks spent in the Motherland, where we holed up in a small apartment at a wonderful agriturismo and wandered to all the sights around Basilicata we had not yet had the opportunity to see."
Monica's Italy Restaurant List by Monica Pileggi
Monica follows up her Paris Restaurant List, now sharing the places she dined at during her travels through Italy.
Israeli Café Culture by Marian from NJ
"Maybe I just wasn't paying attention during my last trip to Israel, in 2000, but it seems to me that coffee and cafés have a newly major role in the street life of Israelis."
Trip Reports
Pyrenees - Vall di Nuria
From Paula G. Cullison's trip report - A Journey to Spain
"Cinq femmes et moi." Travels in the South of France by Doug Phillips
"My wife and I have been to the Luberon on two separate occasions for a total of three weeks and three days. In February 2008 we began planning another trip to the same area - but with a big difference. This time there would be six travelers, including four female friends of my wife."
A Journey to Spain by Paula G. Cullison
New member, Paula, and her daughter travel through Spain, hitting the highlights and sharing impressions along the way.
Reviews
Lots of people are getting ready to travel, so please remember to take a few notes and submit your reviews when you return! Here is a small sampling of reviews from the past month:
Vacation Rentals
Geraint from the UK stopped by to give yet another good review to Bavarian Forest Holidays, specifically their Haus Peter Regen property. Kim also gave us some feedback on her recent Paris trip, reviewing a VRBO rental, Luxurious Flat from her recent stay.
Hotels
- Moderator Colleen gave a good review from her recent Canada trip to Salt Spring Inn.
- Panda was in Vienna recently and enjoyed her stay at Hotel Das Tigra.
Restaurants
Kim's back again, this time with a review of Top Chef Winner, Harold Dieterle's, restaurant, Perilla. And Colleen's at it again too, with her review of Tony's Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco.
Blogs
Nancyhol is currently blogging while traveling in Northern Italy on A Winelover's Wanderings. Her pictures are excellent! And long time member, Andrew, champion of all things related to transportation, has started a new blog, Mostly Travel, Mostly the Facts.
Photos
Those Slow Travelers were at it again! This time whooping it up in St. Louis - check out the photos from their adventures, 2009 St. Louis GTG. Speaking of adventures, Bugalu has been loading up photos from her summer trip to Rome and Montisi; we've been discussing them here.
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