farlands | traveling near and far

Travel blogs are prolific, sometimes interesting, other times not so much. I enjoy it when I get hold of a good one. Here are three great entries that I read recently and want to share with others, because really, it's not (always) about me! First up, from my friend Jodi: 24 hours in Iceland at Everything and a Racehorse Why don't American houses look like this? Solo Female Travel at Nomadic Matt - This is a great this set of essays because of the variety of tips and experiences of the authors.  For work I usually travel by myself, and I find it is very different to travel as family or as a couple. And finally... Let me introduce you to my new friend, Nevis at Shut up & Run In which I learn that Nevis is a mountain.  Enjoy and share with others too!

When our family was in Kansas City for a graduation in 2014, we stayed in a hotel close to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art .  There are giant shuttlecock sculptures on the lawn - it's quite a sight. I discovered on the grounds a just-about-completed completely glass labyrinth installation by artist Robert Morris.  I fell in love with it after I trespassed inside to try it out and it was disorienting and magical at the same time.  So, I brought John back to explore it together, and took one of my most favorite photos of him: Mirror, mirror....

There are some places that beckon you back across the years.  I realized that this morning, when a coworker who had just traveled to New Orleans shared how one of the restaurants was on her mother's 'must go' list based on the last time she had been there...35 years ago.  I love how the combination of place, food and that special something pulls us all back. Last week, over Thanksgiving break, I had the chance to do just that by going to dinner at the  The Red Bar in Grayton Beach, Florida.  I don't know how long my family and I have been going there.  Fifteen, twenty years?  (Mom, Dad, chime in here!).  I know we've introduced it to scores of friends and family ourselves.  On this trip it was a friend of my brother-in-law who brought it up in conversation over lunch earlier in the day, and by the end of the day a small group of us decided to make the 20 min drive to have dinner.  I was so excited to be back!  And, miraculously, a par...