This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Danielle Kitchel from the USA. Thanks for your entry Danielle! Rain. The air was filled with a light mist that didn’t precisely fall but seemed to drift aimlessly under a pearly gray sky. Everything else under that arching dome was shaded … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by David Temianka from the USA. Thanks for your entry David! As the jet engines roared 30,000 feet above the small island nation of New Zealand, my heart throbbed with anticipation and excitement. I was traveling with my father and his orchestra, … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Corey Cart from the USA. Thanks for your entry Corey! Flash floods saturated nearby fields as my plane slammed onto the runway. Disappointment flooded my mind. Maybe my friends knew something I didn’t? You see, my friends’ faces lit up … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Rona Amichai from The United States. Thanks for your entry Rona! Seventy steps. Up, up, up, into the Italian rock, Eighty six years on seventy steps, slowly, one at a time. Fifty four and sixty two years to share the load, while … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Sarah Humphreys from England. Thanks for your entry Sarah! On first arriving in Florence, over twenty years ago, I was immediately struck by a sign outside the microscopic airport that had been translated into English as “The delays of today are … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Gina Sloman from America. Thanks for your entry Gina! When the sun sets in Granada, Spain, the day has just begun. Nestled between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the sandy beaches of southern Spain, Granada is nothing short of a storybook. … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Ashley Day from America. Thanks for your entry Ashley! When I looked up from my last ham and cheese breakfast sandwich and saw a serious man in business clothes, I knew it was our guide—not because he was what I expected … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Ashley Tessarolo from America. Thanks for your entry Ashley! On that New Year’s Eve, I climbed the winding stone stairs to my friends’ French apartment in a building older than America. I felt like an oversized Alice in Wonderland as I … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Wayne and Pat Dunlap from America. Thanks for your entry Wayne and Pat! What is your description of romantic paradise? How about sitting on a picturesque powdery white sandy beach under a thatch beach palapa sipping a margarita or cerveza (beer) … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Johnna Crider from America. Thanks for your entry Johnna! It’s a cool late summer morning; cool meaning it’s just under ninety degrees, and the sun has yet to rise. All is silent as the sky begins to glow with the birth … Continued