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Tag Archives: New Zealand
Goin’ Mobile beep, beep
If you land on TBTP on a regular basis, you know how I feel about bookmobiles, traveling libraries, and itinerant bookstores. So, you won’t be surprised by these two stories about mobile booksellers from opposite sides of the globe. I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA
Tagged Bookmobiles, Bookselling, crowdfunding, New Zealand, NYC
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Telling Stories About Heroes
I was dead chuffed to stumble upon the wonderful short film “Troll Bridge” which was based on an original short story of the same name by the late great Terry Pratchett. Directed by Daniel Knight, the movie was created after … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Books, Film, movies, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Discworld, New Zealand, Queenstown, Terry Pratchett
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Under the Social Influence
By now you have probably noticed that I’m a sucker for a clever travel/tourism campaign. So it will be no surprise that I fell hard to this clever video from New Zealand urging travelers to stop repeating stereotypical photos they … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Film, Photography, Tech, Tourism
Tagged New Zealand, Queenstown, Travel
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across those borders where only teachers travel
WOODWORK Bill Manhire Children are building their teacher a coffin. There it is in the paper, somewhere in Holland, a good plain coffin made of many parts, and two of the children call each day and talk to the teacher … Continue reading
Forest of Hope
I spent November 2019 in New Zealand and had hoped to be back again this year, but the Covid-19 pandemic ended that notion. Still, I hold out some hope to return to Aotearoa sometime in 2021. In the meantime, New … Continue reading
Is nostalgia a coping mechanism
As I was attempting to deal with the overwhelming political anxiety of this fraught time in the United States, I chose to fall back on my go to method of diversion: travel nostalgia. It’s hard to believe that I haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Maps, Tourism
Tagged Cartography, Christchurch, Dunedin, New Zealand, road trip, Wellington
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Halloween Travel Haunts
I have to admit that I was surprised to discover that Larnach Castle in Otago, New Zealand was on a list of 45 haunted travel destinations in a Condé Nast Traveler article on the spine-tingling subject. When I visited the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Asia, Canada, Europe, Tourism, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged Edinburgh, Iceland, New Zealand, Paris, St Petersburg
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It’s Penguin Voting Time Again
I can’t believe that at this time last year I was packing for a trip to New Zealand and voting for Penguin of the Year. Well elections are on everyone’s mind in the US, New Zealand and beyond. But advance … Continue reading
Listen to the Forests
A site called Sounds of the Forest is collecting sounds from forests and woodland areas around the world and presenting them on a world map.They are collecting the sounds of woodlands and forests from all around the world, building a soundmap … Continue reading
Just One of the Reasons We Love Iceland
According to the 2020 Global Peace Index, Iceland is the most peaceful nation on the planet. Since 2008, the Institute for Economics and Peace has ranked Iceland first. This year, it is followed by New Zealand, Austria, Portugal and Denmark on the … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Freedom of Speech, Tourism, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged Denmark, Iceland, New Zealand, Peace, Travel and Tourism
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