City kayaking tours around the world

Bridge over Derwent River in Hobart

Some cities demand to be admired from the water. I know – I live in one of them. As lovely as Sydney is, it is never lovelier than when you are out on the harbour. There are other cities too where the water is a huge feature. Copenhagen and Seattle are famous for their beautiful [...]

Guest post: Hitting the language barrier in Sweden

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This is a guest post from Kristin Luna, a San Francisco-based travel writer who regularly contributes to Frommer’s guides, a number of US magazines and newspapers, and her award-winning blog Camels & Chocolate. The concept of language is an odd one. You can have nearly everything in common with another person — age, education, similar [...]

Best of the Web – Roaming Tales: Travel links for 17 August

Today brings another bumper collection of links to great travel content on the web. I hope you enjoy it – let me know in the comments. If I link to you below, please pay it forward and give link love to someone else. Debates, trends & reflections Island caretaker. I was less than complimentary in [...]

Carnival of Cities: From Carcassonne to Miami

I’m delighted to be hosting the Carnival of Cities for a second time on Roaming Tales. This is the 30 April edition and we have a bumper crop of great posts. We seem to be confined to North (and Central) America and Europe this week, though we still have a lot of diversity, from Carcassonne [...]

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