Places I Remember with Lea Lane

Send us Fan Mail A celebration of fall around the world! Lea remembers ceremonies she attended in Asia and Mexico, as well as offering the best places to view autumn leaves, suggestions for Halloween and Thanksgiving, wine and beer celebrations, and some of the most unusual fall festivals, including a laughing-in-unison celebration in Japan. ___ Podcast host Lea Lane blogs at forbes.com, has trave...

Send us Fan Mail Lori Erickson , an award-winning travel writer, shares intense experiences around the world, and discusses deep, meaningful travel, often of great beauty. -- We talk of  spiritual journeys , not only for religious reasons. Lori's trip to Lourdes showed her how people rely on faith. and she reflects on the beauty of a Maori area in New Zealand . Lea remembers an evening ceremo...

Send us Fan Mail Is cruising coming back strong? Is it safe? Where are the best places to cruise right now? Bob Levinstein, CEO of Cruise Compete, covers many of your questions, and covers many types of ships and cruises, and offers inside tips. Lea and Bob share some or their favorite, memorable experiences , including a special moment by a waterfall in Guadalope; a month-long cruise from Chile t...

Send us Fan Mail Mark Everard is who you would imagine a New Zealander to be: warm, fit, open, informative, hospitable, polite -- and extremely proud of his very special homeland. He is one of New Zealand's most sought after private guides, and on this episode we speak to him in Auckland, as he tours us through the North and South Islands of this stunning Pacific country. We first discuss the...

Send us Fan Mail Hilary Nangle is a Maine maven --  born there, lives there and writes guidebooks about her beloved most-eastern New England state. She takes us on a trip up the coast, from the sandy south beaches to the rocky Down East peninsulas, and inland, to oudoor pleasures, sharing stories and fun facts along the way. ---  What makes Maine so special? Hilary suggests the best times to visit...

Send us Fan Mail You might not expect a producer of  pop culture phenomena like 'American Idol' and 'So You Think You Can Dance' to create a dramatic wildlife documentary series . But when Emmy-Award-winning producer Simon Fuller met Emmy-award winning doc director John  Downer, a "perfect partnership"   began. -- The result is the Serengeti s eries, set on the plains...

Send us Fan Mail Patricia Schultz, author/editor of the best-selling series 1,000 Places To See Before You Die , is  a terrific guest. On this super-size 25th episode, she and Lea share stories, experiences and info about favorite places around the world. -- Patricia first tells when she started traveling, and how the "1,000 Places" brand came to be, about 20 years ago. -- Then she and L...

Send us Fan Mail Morocco has all the elements travelers love : historic interests, great cities, friendly people; mild climate, scenic beauty, good food and lodging, and great shopping. Expert guide Ahmed Taoumi leads us through the country. -- Ahmed tells of the Imperial Cities : Marrakech, Fez, Meknes, Rabat, with their casbahs. We also discuss the Roman ruins at Volubulus. -- He talks of cities...

Send us Fan Mail  "Life is short and the world is wide. The sooner you start exploring it the better" is a popular quote from Simon Raven. Family trips,  backpacking, gap year, exchange programs, international schools -- all are wonderful for young travelers, say guests Bob Gogel, CEO  of WorldStrides, and student traveler Sabrina Lane. -- Bob covers the first section of the podcast, exp...

Send us Fan Mail Liz Georges, and Joan and Julia Haskins, all l ong-time D.C. residents, share secret places and special D.C. moments. Lea asked each of them to share their five favorite thing s about Washington, and each, their favorite memory. -- After Lea offers a brief history of the city (did you know that George Washington, who founded it, never got to live there?) the ladies offered their p...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Davidson 's story is hard to believe, but all too true. He survived mountain avalanches that took the life of his climbing partner and best friend. And later, while climbing Mt. Everest in Nepal, the highest mountain in the world, a severe earthquake hit . --Many lost their lives, and Jim helped rescue many others.  He eventually returned to summit Everest. -- Jim is the...

Send us Fan Mail Between Lezlie Bishop and her son, actor Stephen Bishop, we cover the realities of traveling as a person of color around the world, from the Jim Crow era to the George Floyd reckoning.    -- Lezlie and Lea remember the i ndignities of Jim Crow in the U.S. south.  Lezlie tells of when she was the only black student on a field trip to Jackson, Mississippi; and of The Great Migration...

Send us Fan Mail Lea takes on the world's weirdest, oddest summer festivals around the world. -- In the USA, there's underwater music in Key West,  hat contests in Connecticut, and all things Elvis in Memphis.  In Canada, she remembers participating in a noisy celebration of survival. -- Bayonne, France celebrates Basque culture; and Italians high in the Dolomites swing on hammocks. In P...

Send us Fan Mail Husband Bill and I invited my son Cary and his partner Zhanna on a travels through the major European World War battlefields, in Belgium and France , ending 10 days later in Paris -- a road trip of charm and history. First, we hear tips on road tripping, then we describe our trip. Right away we missed The Compiègne Wagon , the train carriage in which both the Armistices of both Wo...

Send us Fan Mail Delightful award-winning guide Eskerne Falcon talks with us from  San Sebastian (also called Donostia) in Northern Spain , near the French border. We discuss the best pintxo bars and take a super tour in this beautiful Basque city and environs, between mountains and the Bay of Biscay. -- Eskerne tells of the city's culture and history , developing from a fishing village early...

Send us Fan Mail Fran Golden and Midgi Moore , authors of 100 Places To Do in Alaska Before You Die , talk with Lea about the travel superlatives of the biggest, most northern and most spectacular state. -- We start with cruising . Does size matter when it comes to seeing glaciers, up close? (Not that much, as in other things.) We name glaciers and describe some of the best excursions off the ship...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 1's amazing tales, Episode 14, we found out that Randall Lane likes to live on the edge -- from the jungles of Liberia to the deserts of Nevada.  Besides being chief content officer and editor of Forbes, he's my son, and I found out details on the episode that I never knew about.  His motto is "life is to be experienced," and in both his work and play,...

Send us Fan Mail Randall Lane likes to live on the edge: I know because, besides  being chief content officer and editor of Forbes, he's my son.  His motto is "life is to be experienced," and in both his work and play, he would rather do things than regret the things he didn't do. Here he gives us four exciting (sometimes harrowing) tales of his adventurous travels. -- He start...

Send us Fan Mail Steve Perillo, a third-generation owner of America's biggest tour company to Italy, figures he's traveled there over a hundred times. Steve brings expertise and humor as he and Lea share glorious travel memories from Milan to Sicily, and offer a charming overview of this blessed travel destination .  What's not to love? -- Steve talks about Adam Sandler playing him...

Send us Fan Mail Florence Quinn, a travel and lifestyle public-relations pro , represents numerous destinations and lodgings around the world. She shares with us environmental problems and the best ways  to travel green, in what she  calls the "earth crisis" we're in today. -- She  became especially aware of eco-travel when, among 120 million others, she saw a photo of a distressed...

Send us Fan Mail Susan Mihalic, author of the debut novel Dark Horses, shares her love of New Mexico,   her home state. -- Northern Pueblos, including Taos Pueblo,and  rituals and festivals, Bandelier National Monument, -- Carlsbad  Caverns. Lea shares about a tornado;  Susan, a honeymoon road trip  with (or without) bats -- Susan talks of Roswell, where supposedly a UFO crashed; "cute brick...

Send us Fan Mail The Underline, a 10-mile linear park, urban trail and public arts destination, will meander from the Miami River to Dadeland South under the Miami Metrorail. With its first section, "Brickell Backyard" newly opened, Meg Daly, Founder and President of Friends of the Underline, talks with Lea about Miami's past, present and future. -- Lea and Meg both grew up in  the...

Send us Fan Mail   Harald Hansen, travel expert from Visit Norway , shares his expertise with us from Oslo. -- He talks of contemporary Norwegian architecture , and lodgings with spectacular views; even igloos where you can see the Northern Lights from your bed. -- We learn of cruising up the Norwegian coastline , above the Arctic Circle, to Tromso, the "Paris of the North."  You can go...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast host Lea Lane describes favorite delights of spring travel -- food, flowers and festivals -- from the magnificent to the hilarious. -- She starts with food , remembering gorging on "spargle," the white gold (asparagus) of Germany.  Food festivals are delicious ways to have fun. And one food festival in England  involves a nine-pound cheese that rolls down a hill....

Send us Fan Mail Irish singer/songwriter Joe Kearns is blessed with the gift of song and the gift of gab, and generously shares both with us. From his house near Dublin,  he offers witty insights about the culture and pleasures of his beloved Ireland . -- Find out how to choose the best pubs , and why Dublin’s Trinity College — home of the medieval illustrated Book of Kells -- has a barrel ceiling...