Welcome to The Window Seat: a blog for every traveler.
Why The Window Seat? Because if you're a traveler, it's how you take in the world around you. And because it's the best seat in the house, the one with the most captivating view - and that is precisely what this blog is about. Sharing travel perspectives and experiences.
Posted in: Florida
With the holiday season in full swing, gift shopping underway (well, almost), and my annual hometown pilgrimage upcoming, I’ve had one thing on my mind: family. It’s the time of year when travel means family travel: how to keep the kids entertained, the parents happy, the siblings living harmoniously, and yourself sane. It can take some serious maneuvering.
Photo courtesy of IgoUgo member C.Kowalczik
Welcome to The Window Seat Podcast!
In this episode of The Window Seat Podcast, we're going to Orlando, Florida.
We tell you where the "young at heart" can find romance, find out what goes on behind the scenes of theme park attractions, talk to a travel expert about family-friendly shows, and discover where speed junkies go to get their fix.
Listen to the whole show: [24:17]
Download Episode #3: Orlando (mp3)Or listen a la carte:
Young At Heart [6:43]
Behind The Scenes [6:31]
Shows [6:24]
Speed Demon [6:58]
There's something about travel that imbues even those of us who always wear a seatbelt in the back of a cab and return our books to the library on time with a suddenly fearless sort of "now or never!" mentality that we'd never find present in ourselves at home. "Ah, when else am I going to swim with sharks / eat deep-fried grasshoppers / try skydiving?" we think to ourselves. "I'm on vacation! What can go wrong?"
Why, just last week, my boyfriend and I were cycling across a bridge in Banos, Ecuador, when a few men approached us with a rope and a harness and asked if we were interested in bungee jumping. I admit I just couldn't work up the nerve to voluntarily throw myself off a bridge---perhaps if the Macarena had been playing on a loop for the last six hours it would have been a different story---but Sean decided that bungee jumping in Ecuador was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And with only a fleeting thought as to how safe it might be, this impromptu act of kamikaze craziness, he paid the ten bucks and stepped into the harness.
Not So Clear and Present Danger
December 10, 2007