Janice and Keith conducted a workshop on “Monetising Your Blog” at the Travel Bloggers Unite Conference in Innsbruck in August 2011. In this workshop, they talked about the stages of growth (starting out as a hobby blogger to developing a strategic plan for the blog to make it a sustainable business). The video of the workshop and the slides can be found below.
The Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park is housed in an impressive building from the early 1930’s featuring elements of what is called the “emperor’s crown style” – a mix of Western Art Deco and Eastern sweeping forms. Two stories of well displayed and lit materials, with plenty of opportunities for resting, this museum was a pleasure to visit. Although the collection is made up of more than 87,000 items, thus making it the largest museum of Japan, only a selected number of items is always on display, never overwhelming visitors.
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Inside the stone walls that surround Città Alta, the upper town of Bergamo, Italy, a medieval city continues to thrive. In the 17th century, Venetians built the walls to protect the town from Milan. Today, residents and university students live and shop here, dine at local restaurants and lounge in the sun on the Piazza Vecchia. For baby boomer travelers, history and life meld in Città Alta, providing an authentic look at Italian life in a medieval town. That’s what Alan and I discovered on a northern Italian road trip guided by Claudio Fontana of A La Carte Italy Tours.
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Stop two on my IndiaTourism-sponsored road trip was three nights in Darjeeling, known as the “queen of the hill stations,” and home of the “toy train” and of course the “champagne of tea.”
I have long wanted to visit Darjeeling and when I was researching and planning my trip, I set my heart on staying at the Windamere Hotel. I had also set my heart on getting up at 4 am to drive from Darjeeling to Tiger Hill to watch the sun rise light up the great Himalayan range on my 50th birthday. Luckily for me, both IndiaTourism and nature cooperated.
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When cruise ships visit Monaco, baby boomer travelers have several choices for exploring. They can wander the streets of Monte Carlo, the elegant European gambling capital, perhaps stepping inside the casino made famous in the James Bond films, Golden Eye and Never Say Never Again. If there’s time, boomer Francophiles might want to book a longer cruise excursion into Provence, where the French countryside is awash in lavender, if your timing is right. Another option is to peek into the lives of the rich and famous along the Côte d’Azur.
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