Regular hosts Gary Arndt and Chris Christensen are joined by this week’s guests from the TBEX North America 2016 at Mall of America.
Month: May 2016
Global Travel Conspiracy, Episode 43 – The Broad Abroad
This week I talk to Paula Froelich, former editor of Yahoo Travel and the publisher of A Broad Abroad.
Global Travel Conspiracy Episode 40 – Language Hacking
Benny Lewis is the Irish Polygot. For over a decade he has traveled around the world learning different languages. We talk about language learning, how he got into language learning, and he new language hacking courses on Spanish, Italian, French and German. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts
The Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region
From the World Heritage inscription: The Lake Ohrid region, a mixed World Heritage property covering 83,350 ha, was inscribed for its natural values in 1979 and for its cultural values a year later. Lake Ohrid is a superlative natural phenomenon, providing refuge for numerous endemic and relict freshwater species of flora and fauna dating from …
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This Week in Travel – Episode 206
This week Jen Leo, Chris Christensen, and I are joined by Leif Pettersen is a freelance writer, humorist, world traveler, and tourism communications professional from Minneapolis, Minn. His first solo, book-length project, BACKPACKING WITH DRACULA is available on Amazon.
Durmitor National Park
From the Durmitor National Park World Heritage inscription: Durmitor is a stunning limestone massif located in Northern Montenegro and belonging to the Dinaric Alps or Dinarides. It is also the name of Montenegro’s largest protected area, the Durmitor National Park, which constitutes the heart of a landscape shaped by glaciers, numerous rivers and underground streams …
Mehmed Paša Sokolovi? Bridge in Višegrad
From the World Heritage inscription: The Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge in Višegrad across the Drina River in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina was built at the end of the 16th century by the court architect Mimar Koca Sinan on the orders of Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović. Characteristic of the apogee of Ottoman monumental …
The Global Travel Conspiracy, Episode 41 – Balkans Road Trip
Discussing travels to Balkans! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Follow the travels: Instagram Facebook Twitter Blog
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
From the World Heritage inscription: The four edifices of the site reflect the high points of the Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture, with its distinct style of wall painting, which developed in the Balkans between the 13th and 17th centuries. The Dečani Monastery was built in the mid-14th century for the Serbian king Stefan Dečanski and is …
