Welcome to this edition of the Carnival of Cities, and to the Perceptive Travel blog.

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Next week’s host is Go Green Travel Green, so turn in your submissions by noontime next Tuesday, 29 July. If you’d like to host the Carnival on your own blog, contact me: sheila “at” sheilascarborough “dot” com. Thanks!

Cities in the Americas

Washington, DC, USA   Jon Rochetti gives some background about V-Mail for Victory at the National Postal Museum at The DC Traveler – Washington DC travel & tourism information, saying, “During World War II, V-Mail or Photomail was used to cheaply transfer letters from soldiers to home. Now, the National Postal Museum has an exhibit of V-Mail samples and how it all worked.”

New York, New York, USA   GrrlScientist presents My First Serious Job Offer in Literally Years (and it’s not at all what you’d think) on her blog Living the Scientific Life, saying, “Once upon a time, on a bright sunny morning in NYC….”

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA   Nick did some research into Most and Least Walker Friendly Cities: Rankings at the EcoFuss Green News blog, noting that “Minneapolis is crowned as the most walkable city, based on recent rankings that score the walkability of top US cities.”

San Diego, California, USA   amanda s says that although the service is spotty and the wait tends to be long, Sushi Deli One and Two are good spots to try. She writes Staying Classy in San Diego, Local’s Guide for Things To Do.

Chicago, Illinois, USA   Ms. Smarty Pants presents An Almost Free Summer Tuesday in Chicago because, as we know, Ms. Smarty Pants Know It All.  :)  I particularly like her free concert ideas.

Houston, Texas, USA   I wrote this post about spending time with my son at the Houston Children’s Museum over on the Family Travel blog.

Buenos Aires, Argentina   Michael tells us how the young girls go for the glitter in his post How to Be Barbie for a Day: The Opening of the Casa de Barbie at his blog Michael Emilio.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA   Liz Lewis writes about Green Eating: Boston Restaurants (with a bonus video on using restaurant fryer oil to power a truck) on her blog Traveling the Green Way.

San Luis Obispo, California, USA   Beth Blair, one of the four rip-roaring Traveling Mamas, covers a lot of bases in Family Fun: San Luis Obispo.

Chicago, Illinois, USA   James Hills presents Rock & Roll, Video Games and Uber Chic? It’s Hotel Sax Chicago!  It was a fun read (he says, “This is an awesome Chicago hotel … perfect for mancations”) but what’s up with that photo of the hotel lobby - do guys really like decorating in Modified Brothel?!  James writes Man Tripping - Guy’s Getaways and Mancations.

Nancy Brown presents Carmel Revealed: A Local’s Perspective posted at the Uptake Blog, saying, “While I don’t live in Carmel yet…this is where I’d like to live, eventually.” Well, after reading her post, who wouldn’t?

Cities in Europe

Dublin, Ireland   Sean has all the details on the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, posted at My Secret Ireland.

Liverpool, United Kingdom   Naomi presents Liverpool Celebrates Beatles Day (and gets some Russian Beatles fans in the comments) on her blog Diary From England.

Bojnice, Slovakia   Karen Bryan is certain that Slovakia’s Bojnice Castle beats Cinderella and she explains why on her excellent Europe A La Carte Blog, saying, “Bojnice Castle in Slovakia is the archetypical fairy tale castle.”

London, United Kingdom   Mircea helps visitors get their arms around a sometimes-overwhelming city in the post 8 things to do in London;  It’s on the Travel Guides blog.

Multiple Cities But I Loved It Anyway

City Bookstores   ivanisko presents the Top 5: Central Europe at the unique Bookstore Guide, saying, “These are our top 5 bookstores selling books in English in Central Europe. The cities on this list include Budapest, Bratislava, Prague and Krakow and their local bookstores we like the best.”

That concludes this edition, and thanks for visiting.

Please submit your (single, non-spammy, only-focused-on-one-city) blog post to the next edition of the Carnival of Cities, using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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I haven’t had a chance to do a linkpost in awhile, but wanted to write up a quick one for this week….

Airport Layover Contest  –  What would you recommend for the best use of a few hours of airport layover?  Conde Nast Traveler’s Perrin Post says to send in your best ideas by 31 July for their Airport Layover Contest.  The submissions are in the comments; some good stuff already.

The venerable Delta Queen riverboat may not be plying the Mississippi River much longer….

Heading to Australia? Here are 15 ways to play in Perth.

Lone travel to Latin America, or how I beat my fears to a pulp, on BlogHer.

Mena, Egypt is my kind of town.

Tickets for the October 2008 Angola Prison Rodeo in Louisiana went on sale today (yes, the same prison that had a reputation for bloody inmate assaults in the 1960s. Today they run a world-renowned rodeo and you can subscribe to the inmate newspaper.)

Cool places to go in Lawrence, Kansas.

Calling all urbanites….five best quirky city tours.

Finally, we’ve been in several blog carnivals lately, so let me give a shout-out to them, and remind everyone that Wendy at Escape from New York is hosting the next Carnival of Cities:

Bahrain Rising was featured on the Less Than A Shoestring carnival covering South America, Africa and the Middle East.  It also includes a Rick Steves people-to-people diplomacy visit to Iran,  and a Swedish writer’s impressions from hitchhiking in Africa.

Virginia’s unique Barter Theatre was featured on the Less Than A Shoestring carnival covering the Americas (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)  along with the Traveling Mamas telling us where to eat a great fast food lunch in Hawaii.

The Carnival of Travelers on the Fly Away Cafe blog - the Photo Edition - had mostly photo posts, including ours from North Carolina’s Mast General Store and a lovely one from a cemetery in Omotesando in Tokyo.

Welcome to this edition of the Carnival of Cities; it was supposed to be posted as usual on Wednesday (18 June) but I was “overtaken by events” preparing to teach a new workshop yesterday, here in Austin (Learn Five Web 2.0 Tools in One Day.)

Let’s just say that the workshop went very well, but five tools is probably a few too many to cram into one teaching event. :)

At any rate, let’s pause and take a quick world tour in one blog post:

** Cities in the Americas **

Lodi, California, USA JHSEsq tells a great story about an everyday hero saving a life on the train tracks in Life in Lodi: The Village Has a Real, Live Hero posted at Colloquium.

Atlanta, Georgia, USA Claudine recommends the Canine Cocktail Hour at Hotel Indigo posted at her blog theatlantatraveler.com, saying, “We love our pets in Atlanta!”

Seattle, Washington, USA Pam Mandel presents Seattle’s Wing Luke Asian Museum posted at Nerd’s Eye View, saying, “Seattle has a new museum that addresses the Asian and Pacific Islander cultures that call our city home. The museum isn’t quite ready for prime time, but the building is a stunner and the museum promises to be a real gem when they have all their exhibits installed. It’s worth a preview.”

Caminos de Los Indios, Venezuela APH gives some background on Socialist Cities at the Market Urbanism blog, saying, “Development of Caminos de Los Indios, the first of five “Socialist Cities” has begun south of Caracas. In his 2007 inaugural speech, Hugo Chavez said, ‘We need to [develop] a system of cities based on federations, federal regions. We need to build communal cities, Socialist Cities.’”

San Francisco, California, USA CatSynth presents In the shadow of the bridge posted at catsynth.com mp3 kitty cat synthesizer music, saying, “Images and thoughts from our neighborhood in San Francisco.”

Moab, Utah, USA Ms. Smarty Pants gives us some highlights from Moab, Utah posted at Ms. Smarty Pants Know It All, saying, “Moab is a smaller town, but it is the main hub of southeast Utah.”

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Ethan lists all sorts of things to do, plus a neat little photo stream, in Vancouver: So Much to Do, So Little Time posted at Never Clever Whatsoever.

Ocho Rios, Jamaica Amy @ The Q Family presents Carnival Cruise - Day 6 - Ocho Rios posted at The Q Family Adventure, saying, “Our quick visit to Ocho Rios shows that there is more to see in Jamaica than we can do in one day.”

New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA John presents the Most Common Birds in Middlesex County posted at his comprehensive A DC Birding Blog.

Seattle, Washington, USA Mary Jo Manzanares says to get off of the couch and Let’s Get Ready to Scramble! Writing at her blog The Seattle Traveler, she says, “Explore the streets of Seattle and get a little exercise with this urban orienteering competition.”

Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, USA Kara Williams presents Good, Big Eats at Kahuna Kabobs in Lahaina, Maui posted at Traveling Mamas.

** Cities in Asia **

Nagoya, Japan Silicon Valley Blogger presents Making Money Through Day Trading: The Secret Lives of Stay-At-Home Mommy Speculators posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “This details the story of a day-trading Japanese suburban housewife in Nagoya, Japan.”

Beijing, China I had a wonderful two-part Family Travel blog guest post by Laura Bond Williams about taking young children to Beijing. Part One covers the logistics of long-haul travel from Texas to China with little ones, and Part Two has details of her family’s time in Beijing.

Tokyo, Japan Wendy presents Teenage Tokyo: Hangry and Angry posted at Escape From New York, saying, “They look like the revenge of Hello Kitty. Their names are Hangry and Angry and they have scars, eye patches and stitches.”

Xuan Wei, China Junjie has some nice photos of Xuan Wei posted at Junjie’s China blog.

** Cities in Europe **

Perugia, Italy Karen Bryan presents Review of Holiday Inn Perugia - great value for money and scenic pool posted at Europe A La Carte Blog, saying, “A value for money hotel close to the beautiful Umbrian town of Perugia in Italy.”

Nuuk, Greenland Katrina Cain asks What is the Biggest City in the World? and I’m going with her square kilometers definition. She writes at What is the Biggest….

That concludes this edition of the Carnival of Cities. If you’d like to host the July 2 or July 9 edition, drop me an email at sheila “at” sheilascarborough “dot” com. Thanks!

Pam over at Nerd’s Eye View is hosting next week’s 25 June edition, so submit your (one, non-spammy) blog post to the next edition by 12 noon US Pacific time on Tuesday, 24 June, using our carnival submission form.

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Hey, everyone. Sorry about not posting this weekend but I got so caught up in a new project that everything else sort of slipped my mind.

What’s the project, you ask?

Well, it combines my love of travel and writing and focuses on an important issue in today’s world.

Of course, you’ve probably already figured it out from this post’s heading. But just in case you haven’t, I’ll be writing about green travel for the b5Media network.

The blog is called Traveling the Green Way and will be looking at all things relating to traveling green.

Sure hope you stop by and have a look.

And for any of you who write about travel, I’ll be hosting a Green Travel Carnival every other week.

So think green with your travel posts and join the first Green Travel Carnival that will be held on the 11th of June.

Here’s how you can Join the Green Travel Carnival.

See you there…

Welcome to the carnival where you can tour the world in one blog post!

If you’d like to host the 28 May or 4 June Carnival of Cities, please email me at sheila “at” sheilascarborough “dot” com. Thanks!

Some intriguing contributions this week….

** Cities in the Americas **

Seattle, Washington, USA Mary Jo Manzanares says that An Angel Whispered to Me: “See Corteo” posted at The Seattle Traveler. This Cirque du Soleil production is worth seeing, whether in Seattle or one of their performances in another city.

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA Leslie Carbone gives some historical background and then presents a video on Dunmore’s Proclamation, Liberty to Slaves at her blog Leslie Carbone.

Miami, Florida, USA Michael writes that Downtown Miami’s Skyline Looks To Be Stretching Skywards posted at Michael Emilio. Of course, the Florida real estate picture is pretty grim, so who will buy all those condos in the sky?

Burlington, Vermont, USA Gray says that A Single Pebble has the best Asian food in the county and possibly the whole state. Posted at SoloFriendly.com.

Chicago, Illinois, USA TherapyDoc wonders if those City Cats are going to start strolling right down Michigan Avenue; “It isn’t every day the big cats come down to the big city.” Posted at Everyone Needs Therapy.

Arlington, Texas, USA The Whited Sepulchre is not happy about The Texas Sinkhole; no, not the Houston one, but the tax-subsidized one for “America’s Team.” Posted at The Whited Sepulchre.

Mexico City, Mexico Jack Norell describes Coyoacan, Mexico City posted at Eyeflare - Travel Articles and Tips, saying, “Coyoacan is a gorgeous leafy suburb of Mexico City. It is famous for its markets and, on a Saturday and Sunday, for great secondhand bookshops and also ice cream (you should try mil flores flavor - “a thousand flowers.”) The name Coyoacan means ‘Place of Coyotes’.”

Loganville, Georgia, USA Amy @ The Q Family describes how to Pick Your Own Strawberries at her blog The Q Family Adventure, saying, “Enjoy Spring; go out and pick your own strawberries in this Atlanta suburb.”

Daytona Beach, Florida, USA Kara Williams got up to racing speed at the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Daytona International Speedway posted at Traveling Mamas.

Branson, Missouri, USA Jeff Sullivan describes the Knudsen Brothers in his post Six - Best New Shows In Branson posted at Branson Travel Attractions.

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Debbie Dubrow writes about Exploring Whistler Village posted at Delicious Baby, saying, “Read about our family vacation to Whistler BC, where we enjoyed the last ski-weekend of the season.”

** Cities in Europe **

London, United Kingdom Caitlin Fitzsimmons has the scoop on how to Save money in London: Part 1 - Transport posted at Roaming Tales, saying, “The first in a 5-part series on how visitors can save money in London.”

Larnaca, Cyprus Andrew Edgington says that Inexpensive Cyprus Apartments In Larnaca Are A Great Deal posted at Cyprus Informer.

** Cities in Asia **

Jaipur, India Lokendra Rathore describes some beautiful Gardens Around Jaipur posted at Karan’s Guest House.

Hanoi, Vietnam If you’re curious about Vietnam and have wondered, “So, what’s Hanoi like?” then read Pam Mandel’s description of the cacophony of city sounds (including the 6 a.m. morning announcements) posted at her blog Nerd’s Eye View.

Coorg, India AdmirableIndia.com spends time in Coorg, Madikeri and includes photos on the AdmirableIndia.com blog.

That concludes this week’s edition; the Carnival of Cities host next week (on Wednesday, 21 May) is the ever-entertaining Nerd’s Eye View.

Submit your (one, non-spammy) blog post about any aspect of a single city by noon US Pacific Time on Tuesday, 20 May, using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Thanks for visiting!

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