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        • Travel Opens Doors II
        • Travel Photos As Mid-Winter Therapy
        • COVID Sucks The Joy Out of Travel Planning
        • The Ten-Day Travel Photo Challenge Recap
        • Faces of Laos & Cambodia
        • Oh, The People You Meet: Siena, Italy
        • Windows of the World
        • Travel Opens Doors
        • Plan B Travels: Wrapping It Up in Estes Park, Colorado
        • Plan B Travels: In the Dumps in Fairplay, Colorado
        • Plan B Travels: An Unexpected Adventure in Ouray, Colorado
        • Plan B Travels: Hiking & Cycling in Southern Utah
        • Plan B Travels: Cycling the Colorado National Monument
        • Is R.E.I.’s Laos-Cambodia Multisport Adventure Right for You?
        • Clearly, I’ll Do Anything for a Post: Visiting the Spam® Museum
        • Travel & Travel Planning Mistakes: I Made Them So You Don’t Have To, Part 2
        • Travel & Travel Planning Mistakes: I Made Them So You Don’t Have To, Part 1
        • Stairways to Heaven: Riverwalk Stairways, San Antonio, Texas
        • Cambodia, Days 9-10: New Year’s Eve & Day on a Sacred Buddhist Mountain
        • Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Travel?
        • Things I Learned from Rick Steves’ Travel Skills Class
        • Cambodia, Days 7-8: Wat a Fabulous Couple of Days!
        • Day 6: The Journey to Cambodia and a Meal for Adventurous Carnivores
        • Laos, Day 5: Queasy Kayaking
        • Laos, Day 4+: Hiking, Remote Villages, and One Really Bad Indian Meal
        • Laos, Day 3: The Journey to Nong Khiaw
        • Laos, Days 1-2: Cycling & Sightseeing
        • Southeast Asia to Midwest America Jet Lag: What Fresh Hell is This?
        • “Missing” Christmas to Travel
        • And We’re Off…
        • Things We Learned From the Travel Medicine Doctor: Laos/Cambodia Edition
        • AirBnB vs. Traditional Accommodations: A First-Timer’s Perspective
        • San Antonio, Texas: The Riverwalk & Beyond
        • This & That: Random Observations About England
        • Mokara Hotel & Spa, San Antonio, Texas
        • On Traveling Overseas with Bicycles: How it All Played Out
        • UK Road Trip, Part 5: London
        • UK Road Trip, Part 4: Ludlow & the Shropshire Hills AONB
        • UK Road Trip, Part 3: Wales
        • UK Road Trip, Part 2: The Peak District
        • ¿Barcelona?
        • UK Road Trip, Part 1: Family Time in Newark
        • Stuff I Bought & What I Thought: A Critical Analysis of Travel Gadgetry & Paraphernalia
        • Another Fun Petsit: Beaver Creek, Colorado
        • Prepping for Travel: Learning Welsh
        • An Ode to Quirky Leadville, Colorado
        • Are You a Cabin Person?
        • Three Days in Seattle – A Petsitter’s Tale, Part 2: Sightseeing
        • Things I Learned from my Travel Agent
        • Three Days in Seattle – A Petsitter’s Tale, Part 1: Petsitting
        • A Photo Journey: Death Valley National Park
        • Not As Advertised: Bikepacking the San Rafael Swell in Utah
        • Dueling Adventures: Bikepacking in Utah vs. Staycation
        • Petsitting – My Latest Obsession and a New Way to Travel?
        • And the Winner is… San Antonio?!
        • Seeking Travel Ideas: Like Tucson, But Different
        • A Photo Journey: Bryce Canyon National Park
        • Oh the Places I’ve Been: Breadth vs. Depth
        • Near Misses and a Direct Hit: Driving in France
        • A Photo Journey: Arches National Park
        • A Travel Running Run-In
        • A Photo Journey: Climbing Angels’ Landing in Utah
        • A Photo Journey: Hot Air Ballooning in Albuquerque
        • White Sands? No. White Gypsum.
        • How Far Ahead Do YOU Plan?
        • Travel Suggestions Needed!
        • Long Live Spontaneity: Death Valley National Park
        • Watch Your Language!
        • The Dust-Farm-Pail List
        • Seeing the Tour de France in Person
        • Happy Accidents in International Cycling #2: Italy
        • Happy Accidents in International Cycling #1: France
        • Metro Misery in the City of Light
        • Not Your Ordinary Travel Adventure
        • It’s a Small World After All
        • Is a Viking® River Cruise Right for You?
        • The “What to Eat Where” List
        • On Traveling Overseas with Bicycles
        • Travel Planning: Almost as Much Fun as the Trip Itself! (And the Birth Story of this Blog)
      • When Bad Things Happen to Good Travelers
        • Episode 1: The Layover of a Lifetime
        • Episode 2: The Jamaica/Airport Curse Strikes Again
        • Episode 3: The Ocean Ate My Wedding Ring
        • Episode 4: The Most Beautiful Place I’ve Ever Hated
        • Episode 5: Not a Stellar Trip
        • Episode 6: A Compendium of Childhood Travel Follies
      • Travel Trailer Tales
        • Butt Clenching on the Moki Dugway, Utah
        • Bobbie the Travel Trailer: An Adoption Story
        • For Once, I’m Ahead of the Curve: The Travel Trailer
        • Until We Meet Again, Dear Bobbie
      • Hiking & Other Mountain Travel Adventures
        • Three $ummits for the Price of Four: Hiking Colorado’s DeCaLiBroN
        • Scree & Talus & Boulders, Oh My! Climbing Colorado’s Mt. Sneffels
        • Lost? Kind of: A Hike in the French Alps and a Failing of the English Language
        • “Hiking” Wales’ Highest Peak: Mount Snowdon via Crib Goch
        • Climbing 14ers: The 3rd Mountain’s the Charm… Sort Of
    • Random Musings
      • Little Things That Are Oddly Satisfying
      • You Can Learn a Lot About People From Their Christmas Ornaments
      • Keeping Up a Holiday Tradition in the Time of Coronavirus
      • Well Thank God That’s Over!
      • Coronavirus Captivity Update: The Travel Architect Goes Slightly Mad
      • Coronavirus, Crises, and Coping Methods
      • British by Marriage, or What It’s Like Having an English Expat Husband
      • National Donut Day? Sure. Why Not?
      • This Is Me – Warts and All…
      • Snow Day!!!
      • Bracing for the Deep Freeze
      • Rooting for the team: (sigh) I’m going to give it a try
      • Mice and Snakes
      • The Christmas Letter: A Strange American Holiday Tradition?
      • Should This Thanksgiving Tradition Be Banned?
      • Coffee & Donuts
    • Metablogging: Blogging About Blogging
      • Outstanding Blogger Award
      • There Are 1000 of You!
      • Blog Buddy Meet-Up #2: Bangkok, Thailand
      • Blogger Recognition Award
      • Blog Buddy Meet-Up #1: Luang Prabang, Laos
      • A Satanic Following?
      • Blog Chat…10 Questions for The Travel Architect — Life…one big adventure
      • The Travel Architect and Rivergirl. — A Post by Paul Dance – Writer
      • The Sunshine Blogger Award
      • It’s Finally Happened: I’m Suffering From a Case of the Dreaded Blog Clog
      • Blogging Milestone: 100 Followers!
      • How blogging has hijacked my (formerly balanced) life
      • How blogging is like selling things at a craft fair
    • Adventures in Pet Parenting
      • Pupdate!
      • The Tale of Bun 4: Walter*
      • The Tale of Bun 3: Stanley*
      • The Tale of Bun 2: Gertie*
      • The Tale of Bun 1: Maxwell*
      • Another Piece of my Heart *poof*… Gone.
      • Not All Homecomings Are Good
      • Hating Cats is a Learned Behavior: Part 2 – the Unlearning
      • Hating Cats is a Learned Behavior: Part 1 – the Learning
      • Pet Parenting: The Early Years
  • Travel Podcast
    • Podcast Episode 74: Thy Father is a Gorbellied Codpiece
    • Podcast Episode 73: Travel Talk with the Construction Guy, Part II
    • Podcast Episode 72: Travel Talk with the Construction Guy, Part I
    • Podcast Episode 71: Going Off-Piste
    • Podcast Episode 70: Not Waffles!
    • Podcast Episode 69: Running the Table… Or Is It the Gauntlet?
    • Podcast Episode 68: The Husband Blows Hot & Cold
    • Podcast Episode 67: The Travel Architect Knows Romance
    • Podcast Episode 66: Architecture Commences
    • Podcast Episode 65: Virus, Vaccines, & Passports, Oh My!
    • Podcast Episode 64: When’s The Last Time You Hugged a Squirrel?
    • Podcast Episode 63: What’s a Womble?
    • Podcast Episode 62: Burger Holder
    • Podcast Episode 61: Netflix Blues
    • Podcast Episode 60: It’s a Festivus Miracle!
    • Podcast Episode 59: Two Pods for the Price of One
    • Podcast Episode 58: Potato Chip Wars
    • Podcast Episode 57: The Upbeat Episode
    • Podcast Episode 56: Calaces & Pastles
    • Podcast Episode 55: The Wallace & Gromit Line
    • Podcast Episode 54: Ziggurats & Cugly Bunnies
    • Podcast Episode 53: Hey Siri!
    • Podcast Episode 52: What Rhymes with Plitvice?
    • Podcast Episode 51: Epic Kitchen Fails
    • Podcast Episode 50: Time Horizons
    • Podcast Episode 49: Coasteering
    • Podcast Episode 48: The Italian Job
    • Podcast Episode 47: My Body is a Temple
    • Podcast Episode 46: Taste Crime
    • Podcast Episode 45: Ger/Yurt
    • Podcast Episode 44: Spam . . . a lot
    • Podcast Episode 43: Choddy & Schlocky
    • Podcast Episode 42: DeCaLiBron
    • Podcast Episode 41: WTF?
    • Podcast Episode 40: Greatest Hits
    • Podcast Episode 39: Sobriquets
    • Podcast Episode 38: A Tweetment for What Ails You
    • Podcast Episode 37: Lima Bean Respect
    • Podcast Episode 36: Easter Bonnets
    • Podcast Episode 35: Fossiliferous
    • Podcast Episode 34: April Fool Switcheroo
    • Podcast Episode 33: Coronavirus Cancellations
    • Podcast Episode 32: Business Class
    • Podcast Episode 31: Leap Day Lessons
    • Podcast Episode 30: Rugby, Too?!
    • Podcast Episode 29: Get Your Liver Off My Pizza!
    • Podcast Episode 28: $700?!
    • Podcast Episode 27: It Takes Five Days
    • Podcast Episode 26: Stumped by FCO
    • Podcast Episode 25: Lost in Transit
    • Podcast Episode 24: Cambodian Capers
    • Podcast Episode 23: Laos Livin’
    • Podcast Episode 22: Incheon State of Mind
    • Podcast Episode 21: Interrobang
    • Podcast Episode 20: Dugong A-Go-Go
    • Podcast Episode 19: Bickerfest
    • Podcast Episode 18: Semicolon
    • Podcast Episode 17: Via Ferrata
    • Podcast Episode 16: Produce Misting
    • Podcast Episode 15: Off by 150
    • Podcast Episode 14: Penultimate
    • Podcast Episode 13: F-bombs
    • Podcast Episode 12: Sheep
    • Podcast Episode 11: Nigel
    • Podcast Episode 10: Castles
    • Podcast Episode 9: Pizza
    • Podcast Episode 8: Vail
    • Podcast Episode 7: Mt. Elbert
    • Podcast Episode 5: Travel Medicine
    • Podcast Episode 4: Travel Insurance
    • Podcast Episode 3: Sculpture Lover?
    • Podcast Episode 2: Evil Cookies
    • Podcast Episode 1: The Travel Architect & The Husband Team Up to Chat About Travel (Mostly)
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Travel Photos As Mid-Winter Therapy

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on February 12, 2021February 11, 2021
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Podcast Episode 66: Architecture Commences

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on February 7, 2021
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COVID Sucks The Joy Out of Travel Planning

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on February 5, 2021February 4, 2021
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Podcast Episode 65: Virus, Vaccines, & Passports, Oh My!

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 31, 2021
  • Travel-Inspired Baking

France: Gâteau à la Noix

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 29, 2021January 28, 2021
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good Travelers

Episode 6: A Compendium of Childhood Travel Follies

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021
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Podcast Episode 64: When’s The Last Time You Hugged a Squirrel?

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 17, 2021
  • Random Musings

Little Things That Are Oddly Satisfying

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 15, 2021January 14, 2021
Audio
  • Travel Podcast

Podcast Episode 63: What’s a Womble?

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 10, 2021
  • Travel

The Ten-Day Travel Photo Challenge Recap

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 8, 2021January 8, 2021
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Ten-Day Travel Photo Challenge, Day Ten

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021
  • Travel

Ten-Day Travel Photo Challenge, Day Nine

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 4, 2021January 3, 2021
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Podcast Episode 62: Burger Holder

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 3, 2021
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Ten-Day Travel Photo Challenge, Day Eight

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 3, 2021January 2, 2021
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Ten-Day Travel Photo Challenge, Day Seven

  • by The Travel Architect
  • Posted on January 2, 2021January 2, 2021

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