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Interesting Places to Visit and Not to Visit

Well, well. January 1st, 2008. Amazing.

Lots of people seem to be still on vacation (or going). Here in Upstate New York, right after Christmas is when the snowbirds leave for Florida or some other southern state.

I’m not going anywhere (not yet). But I was browsing through some travel websites and blogs, and found some great resources. Rather than tuck them in my bookmarks, I’ll share them so you can get some use out of them, too.

Going to Manhattan? The food is excellent, and such a variety! Here’s a handy-dandy website showing 6,440 menus from Manhattan restaurants: MenuPages. The Empire State Building has it’s own official site. And NewYorkology, one of my favorite New York travel blogs, always has lively listings of things to do.

Traveling with kids and don’t know what to do? TravelHacker has a list of free games for kids to play during long car or plane trips. The main website has some good ideas for airline travel, too. Same goes for Family Travel.
If you are like me, and staying home for the winter, you can check out some new places I’ve been enjoying. Test your geography skills with a very fun TravelerIQ quiz.

Armchair traveler? I am. Right now I’m perusing The Fleming Family Global Adventure (traveling around the world with a 3-year-old and a 7-year-old?!), and Travel Diaries (nice and organized, a pleasure to read).

My young son is doing a report on Scotland, one of my favorite countries (aye, the clan!). We’ve been enjoying Travel Around Scotland. Yes, I hope we do someday.

There’s the “mainstream media” travel pages, at New York Times and CNN. They aren’t too bad, just a tad sensational. The photos are always so enjoyable.

The special thing about travel is you can do it literally and do it virtually. With the Internet, virtual travel is that much easier. Happy trails!