Reduced to being an armchair traveler during the great COVID-19 pandemic, the Bashful Adventurer cracks open a novel by Randy Wayne White and learns lessons useful for these rat-riot insane times.
Category: Adventuring
The Other Alcott Sister: Abigail May Alcott Nieriker
The Bashful Adventurer goes to Orchard House in Concord, MA to see all things Louisa May Alcott. But it’s another Alcott sister, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (AKA “Amy” in Little Women) who turns out to have a big presence there.
Travel in the Time of the Coronavirus
Don’t let your dream of travel die during the time of the coronavirus. The Bashful Adventurer talks about what the future may hold, how to stay in touch, and armchair travel.
25 Best Small Museums
The Bashful Adventurer canvassed travel writers around the world to discover the best small museums, those quirky venues celebrating everything from neon to perfume. Here’s where travel writers choose to go.
Mother’s Day Gifts for Traveling Moms
The Bashful Adventurer’s gently curated suggestions for Mother’s Day gifts for traveling moms. Give a gift your mom actually wants!
Hoofing It
Get to Know a City by Walking It The best way to learn a city, see its inhabitants, and begin to understand a place is by walking it. Catching a cab, taking a bus, hopping on a subway are all perfectly viable means to get a traveler from one point to another, but the dusty…
Celebrity Summit Cruising
A Trip to the Southern Caribbean on a Ship Full of Bliss More of a small boat or river boat cruiser, when I opt for a cruise of the Southern Caribbean, I go big: A group of friends and I decide to celebrate a milestone birthday aboard the Celebrity Summit. With plenty of amenities for…
Reading while Traveling: The Improbable Adventures of a Middle-Aged Woman
A Book for the Road by Jennifer Lawler Right at the outset of her latest book, The Improbable Adventures of a Middle-Aged Woman, author, traveler, and single parent Jennifer Lawler tells her reader that everything she has ever done made sense at the time, so right away one can’t help but like her. And if…
Where to Brush by the Revolution
I haven’t visited any places specifically to learn about the War of Independence, but I have stumbled upon little reminders at a few places. Seeing little bits of the past brings history alive for me. I know I learned about the Revolutionary War in school, but now it’s so much easier to remember what I…
Visiting the Revolution through Books
American history keeps coming to me as I travel in the northeastern United States. I realize that, as a political science major, I learned more about the French and the Russian revolutions than the one had here at home. French Comte Rochambeau rode through my town; George Washington was in the area; how could I…