Tell us more about the black fly supper. I think I'd skip it too.

Lori, I've discovered something since reading your book and corresponding with you in this forum. My family travels a lot, but for the most part we don't sightsee like you do. Typically we go to a resort and plant ourselves. We'll truck around town if there's one nearby, visit the market, get a taste for the people by talking with cab drivers, waiters/ waitresses, and other resort employees, but for the most part we relax on a beach.

You have encouraged me to be more adventurous while traveling. It's funny that you should be the featured author while my son is trucking around Europe. He is doing your kind of traveling. I've spoken with him a few times after he's spent the day on buses, trains, walking, and dicovering new sites, sounds, people, etc. I can hear the excitement in his voice.

Thanks for sharing your journeys. You're an inspiration.

Do you write a travel column?