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A New Year, New Resolutions

A New Year, New Resolutions

I hope you had a great holiday, however you celebrated, and that 2009 will be a year full of exciting travel experiences, happiness and success for you. Common New Year’s resolutions among almost all age groups are exercising more, eating better, and living a healthier lifestyle. So, let’s talk about how to stay in shape [...]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Travel Blissful will take a break over the holiday season, you can expect more updates again in January. Until then, have a wonderful holiday! Wherever you are in the world. For suggestions on alternative ways to spend New Year’s Eve, check out tripwolf’s Crazy New Year’s Eve Ideas. “This time of year means being kind [...]

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A Craving For Traveling

A Craving For Traveling

Bathing in a hot spring in Yugoslavia at the of age two during our Eastern European road trip is the first travel experience I can remember. The first time I felt an intense desire to travel occured when I had returned to school after the winter holidays in 2nd grade. While the teacher kept repeating our homework, I [...]

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How to Overcome a Cold

How to Overcome a Cold

Most colds will disappear in 3-7 days but, whether you’re at home or traveling, getting one is not that fun. Yesterday I got my first cold in 13 months, plus fever, a cough, and a sore throat. I’m rarely ill. Usually I catch a cold about once a year or every second year, fever a [...]

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20 Inspirational Travel Quotes

20 Inspirational Travel Quotes

Whenever you plan your next trip, are on the road, or just returned home, remember these quotes. 1. “If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.” – Glenn Clark 2. “Never judge a day by its weather. Sunshine is uplifting; rain, nourishing; wind, [...]

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Dreams Involving Travel

Dreams Involving Travel

I once read that dreams are messages from yourself to yourself, and only you can interpret the special meaning to your dreams. In Symbols of dreams involving travel I read: “All dreams involving travel boil down to one thing: a wish to leave your current situation.” As you may know I’ve had plans to go [...]

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Too Old to Travel? Never!

Too Old to Travel? Never!

When visiting travel forums and other online discussion rooms, I sometimes read questions like “Is 38 too old to travel?”, “I’m in my 50s. Am I too old to travel?”, or “When is it too late to take a gap year and see the world?” As long as you are not hospitalized or have any physical or [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

A big thanks to all of Travel Blissful’s loyal readers, contributors/guest bloggers, and advertisers. I wish you a great thanksgiving weekend!

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Redesigned

Redesigned

Some of you might remember my October post Getting It Right. I wrote about the process of finding the right blog theme and how I wanted Travel Blissful to develop in the future. At first I liked my chosen theme, but wasn’t 100% content and when I found this new theme by WooThemes I just [...]

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Travel Blissful is Back to Regular Updates

Travel Blissful is Back to Regular Updates

My old laptop crashed in the beginning of November and I decided to focus more on other work until I had bought a new one, hence the lack of regular updates lately. In “Quick Things To Post on Your Travel Blog When You’re Traveling Too Much To Write” at foXnoMad Anil recommends that you tell [...]

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