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Street art with meaning
Graffiti and I have a true love/hate relationship. Although I love Italy dearly, each and every time I go back, I am aghast at the amount of graffiti painted onto architectural masterpieces. I can’t imagine what sort of person would scrawl their name on the side of the Duomo. On the other hand, I have [...]
Dog Sledding in Finland
I absolutely love dogs, but I never would have guessed how much I’d immediately take to dog sledding during my trip to Finland. I only got a chance to do it for a few hours, but as soon as I got off the sled, I turned to the folks running it and asked them if [...]
A big day for someone and my serendipity
Resting my feet after an afternoon’s worth of walking the hills of Girona in the middle of one of my favorite places in the world, Costa Brava, I stopped at a sidewalk café to quench my thirst with a bottle of Spanish beer. I sat there listening to some music on my iPod happily awash [...]
A quick guide to tapas
If you are headed to Spain, get your taste buds ready to enjoy one of the great culinary treats in the world, tapas (also called pinchos in some parts of far northern Spain). Tapas are bite-sized food portions, not only served in restaurants, but also in almost every bar and pub in the country from [...]
Instagram Favorites, Alex Ogle, a.k.a. @Alex_Ogle
I am thinking about possibly adding a new feature to this site — great Instagram photographers that I like and admire and examples of their work. As I’ve gotten more into Instagram over time (my main profile is here), I have found more and more that I like and admire and as part of my [...]
Going amethyst mining in Finland, another unexpected afternoon
One of the things I enjoy about doing some of the sponsored trips I get to do these days is that there invariably are a few things on the schedule that they come up with that I’d never have done myself, if left to my own devices. I definitely fall into the “whatever you want [...]
Vintage Travel Posters (Part Two)
I was a bit surprised at how popular my last post of vintage travel posters was, but since I am obviously a huge fan of some of the styles (ergo my entire site redesign), I thought I’d browse around the interwebs and see if I could come up with some more ones that I love. [...]
Ice swimming in Finland. Ice swimming??!!
It was right that on the agenda that the Visit Finland folks emailed me. I wasn’t sure they were serious or whether it was part of some sort of Finnish joke. Finnish sauna is for every occasion in Finland, for business as much as for leisure. The Finns believe that due to its social nature [...]
I took off in December of 2008 to circle the planet with no reservations and without leaving the ground. Sixteen months later, I succeed. My permanent travels have just continued from there. Feel free to email me at: michaelshodson@yahoo.com
Michael Hodson
