So a few episodes ago – appropriately, when I introduced the episode about writing retreats – I confessed that I’ve spent a decent chunk of 2020 writing my own book about thoughtful travel (I had to do something with all the time I’ve saved by not travelling!).
In fact, I’ve been wanting to write this for years, so I’m grateful for the time and space (and support from some extra-good mates) to do this – and so for this episode I actually wanted to share a little bit about a part of the book that is important to me.
As a whole, the book looks at all the different ways travel has changed me – and changes many of us, as the research even proves. One important aspect we overlook quite often is how it helps us understand the world around us better, in a way that no other input can. And that’s why this episode is all about how travel really helps us understand the world, featuring a few stories I’ve rediscovered and thought more about while writing this manuscript. Enjoy!
Show notes: Episode 212 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Travel for Weddings and Honeymoons
Travelling is often fun but if you’re travelling for a super-special reason like to get married – well, then that’s even more fun! This episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is full of amazing destinations and very special trips indeed.
My first guest is Scott Antcliffe, who told me this story about his honeymoon in the Maldives – I loved his tale so much that it inspired me to find some other wedding or honeymoon stories to put into this episode.
Shaney Hudson, my second guest, answered the call – because she is a real over-achiever at weddings! She and her husband got married not one, not twice, but three times, and on three different continents and in quite incredible situations.
Finally, Emma Lovell did something I think many travel-lovers would like to do: she eloped to somewhere foreign and special, and she and her (now) husband had a really unique wedding.
Links:
- Getting Engaged While Travelling – https://www.notaballerina.com/197
- Scott Antcliffe on Twitter – https://twitter.com/cliffy94
- Shaney Hudson – twitter.com/shaneyhudson
- Emma – Lovelly Travels – https://lovellytravels.com/
- Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers – https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers
- Show notes: https://www.notaballerina.com/212
- Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers
Travel for Weddings and Honeymoons
It’s Episode 210, a nice round number so it’s time for a special edition of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast. As some of you may know, I’ve spent a fair bit of time working on my first book about thoughtful travel, and in this episode, I decided to tell you some stories from a particular section of my book that talks about how travel really helps us to understand the world better – in a way that no textbook, movie or book can ever do.
The first tale I share is one of many situations I’ve been in where travelling helped me understand world history more deeply. It’s simultaneously one of my least favourite but most impactful travel days, visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps in southern Poland.
Next, I move on to another less-than-cheery (but important!) topic, with a story about how a small incident on my travels got me thinking more deeply about racism.
To lighten the tone, I then have a story to share about what travelling has taught me about religion – it’s a story involving a car and a shrine in Japan …
Finally, my last tale about travel helping me to understand the world is one about how getting to know local people can help you learn what’s beyond the simple textbooks – in this case, it’s about communism/socialism and what I learnt from visiting Slovakia.
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You might also like:
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast: Episode 13 – Taking it Slow: Travelling to Feel Like a Local
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast: Episode 20 – English Names, Widows and PNG in the 1950s
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast: Episode 22 – Memorable Travel Moments: Hungry Porcupines and More
How to be Bilingual – Episode 26 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
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