I've confessed my most memorable recent travel mishap in a previous episode but my son regularly reminds me of it: we got stuck in central Copenhagen in our just-picked-up rental car, unable to escape since all the roads around us were closed for the Copenhagen marathon, and I didn't even know how …
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Slow Travel Benefits – Episode 185 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
I wasn't always a slow traveller. I'm still not always a slow traveller - but I prefer it when it's possible. To me, it means picking just one or two destinations per trip, finding a single place to stay in each, exploring locally, and having a fair chunk of unplanned time just to see what's out …
Antarctic Travels – Episode 184 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
No single place conjures up so many fantastical images for me the way that Antarctica does. This week's episode is piece of pure escapism (since we are all stuck at home, corona-style) to the southern-most continent, where scenes like this are, apparently, not uncommon. The penguins alone are …