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Published December 12, 2011 at 7:00 am |  Email This Post
What Boundaries? Live Your Dream! is a travel book by fellow travel bloggers Lisa Chavis and Cheryl MacDonald of What Boundaries Travel.
Buy it.
Let me tell you why…
First things first, Lisa and Cheryl are wonderful friends of mine. Their zest for life, adventure and travel is infectious. And that spirit continues in their book. It’s a quick, fun read as they recant their tales from a backpacking trip throughout Europe. You’ll laugh as they drive through Italy with underwear hanging from the back of their car (dryers tend to, well… not dry in Europe), empathize with an encounter with pickpockets in France, share in the frustration of missing that one, perfect, photo spot on the Island of Santorini in Greece and chuckle at their muddy trek into the cow and horse pastures of Austria.
Published May 3, 2011 at 7:00 am | Email This PostToday’s post is a quickie and includes one of my favorite photos. On a backpacking trip in Amsterdam a few years back I exited the train station and encountered this bike rack.
Many people associate the dutch with bicycling – but I never thought they were this serious about biking!
Can you imagine trying to find your bike in this mess? And then having to get it out if it was in the middle of the pack? Yikes!
Have you ever been biking in Amsterdam? What was your experience like? Share by commenting.
Published April 25, 2011 at 7:00 am | Email This PostHey adventurers,
Happy Monday. Paris is a great city to photograph (be sure to check out my tips on taking photos of the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe before you visit). But it’s an even better city to photograph in black and white. Here are a few of my favorites.
 Carousel at the Sacre Coeur  Harpist at the Sacre Coeur  Notre Dame Gargoyle  Monmartre Building  Moulin Rouge  Eiffel Tower  The top of the Eiffel Tower Have a favorite? Share by commenting. You can also upload your best black and white photo on the adventureswithben facebook page.
Published August 24, 2010 at 7:00 am | Email This PostBrowsing through calendars, travel books and online, you can see all these amazing photos of landmarks. I always wanted to know “how did they take that” – because my photos never looked that good. So I’m writing a series of these “how did they take that” posts to make you a better a travel photographer.
Last week I wrote a post about How to Take a Photograph of the Eiffel Tower. This week, the series continues with How to Take a Photograph of Neuschwanstein Castle.
Published March 17, 2010 at 1:00 am | Email This Post
Yes, that statue is doing what you think it’s doing. The educated know that Brussels, Belgium is the center of the European Union. The slightly irreverent (which would include myself), know that Brussels is the location of the famed Manneken Pis Statue.
I’m a sucker for kitsch. If you have a landmark in your hometown that is well-known, tacky and very touristy, chances are you’ll find me there when I’m in town. Yes I do go visit the more “cultured” attractions a city has to offer, but there is something very fun about seeing, in this case, Jerome Duquesnoy (the name of the statue)Â taking a leak for travelers from around the globe.
Published August 18, 2009 at 11:21 am | Email This Post
Sometimes when I am reading through books, magazines or websites there are places in the world that I see and I say, “I would love to go there, but I’ll never make it”. The Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France was one of those places. Why was it so difficult? Simply because it is far from Paris and removed from the normal tourist route. In order to visit the Abbey travelers must board a train to nowhere. Arriving in a little town called Pontorson, they must board a city bus to the Mont Saint Michel. The logistics of timing it all turn off many. With a risky spirit and some luck, Brian and I took the chance for a once in a lifetime moment.
Published August 11, 2009 at 11:21 am | Email This Post
A few years back I broke one of my cardinal rules of traveling. Since most trips are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, I believe that it is worth saving the few extra dollars ahead of time to indulge while you are on your vacation. Skip dining out Friday night, cook something instead and put that $40 into your vacation savings account (you do have a vacation savings account, right?)
Published August 3, 2009 at 11:21 am | Email This PostWhat is Lane 8? In Track & Field, Lane 8 is the lane generally reserved for the slowest runners. The second question you may be wondering is what does that have to do with adventures? The answer is simple. Visit Lane8.org to find out. If you can’t wait, here’s the story, but to get the full impression, you really need to read it for yourself.
Jeff Noel, the author of Lane 8.org, is currently in Finland at the 2009 Master’s Track & Field World Championships. He’s in Finland as we speak. How exciting is that? An adventure happening in real-time! Jeff has trained for years to compete on the world stage. He’s doing it for several reasons, chief among them is for his son.
Published July 19, 2009 at 10:48 am | Email This Post
Several years ago a roommate of mine backpacked to Europe for a few months and I became enamored with the fantasy of saving every penny, boarding a train to destinations unknown and discovering old Europe. Given my propensity for planning, the destinations unknown part became a more tightly crafted itinerary of must-see attractions, but the spirit was still there.
Think about all the signs you see each day when you drive: Stop Signs, Yield Signs, Rotary Signs (Or Roundabout or Traffic Circles, depending on where you are from) and Crosswalk Signs. Today’s signs comes to you from Munich, Germany. There are several signs on this post, but the one we found most comedic was the center one – the man walking down the steps.
Published June 29, 2009 at 8:29 pm | Email This PostI have exactly 18,660 photographs in my photo album on my computer. They are categorized into 440 different adventures – and that’s only photos from the past 5 years when I had a digital camera!
Whenever I travel I take a lot of photographs, more than the average person I would say. Photography is a hobby of mine. And while I’m not quite the professional I want to be, I have gotten better.
 This photo here is one of my favorites. Everyone who visits Paris has the necessary “I was here”, shot directly in front of the Eiffel Tower. I have several of those myself too. But this photo tells a different story.
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