Welcome to Travel At
Home.
Wherever you are in the world there are probably so many wonderful and fascinating things to see. If you are anything like my family it becomes all too easy to ignore the sites close to home, falling prey to the belief that they will 'always be there'. Familiarity breeds contempt and we hanker after the exotic. But the truth is home for one person is exotic to many others. As an expat family we get to be at home in a wide range of different places and we try to make sure that we make the most of any place we are living right now, getting out and exploring as much as possible.
Wherever you are in the world there are probably so many wonderful and fascinating things to see. If you are anything like my family it becomes all too easy to ignore the sites close to home, falling prey to the belief that they will 'always be there'. Familiarity breeds contempt and we hanker after the exotic. But the truth is home for one person is exotic to many others. As an expat family we get to be at home in a wide range of different places and we try to make sure that we make the most of any place we are living right now, getting out and exploring as much as possible.
Over the past few
months I have noticed that the posts on other blogs that I enjoy reading most
of all talk about places. It could be
the bloggers home country; it could be their host city. It does not really matter, reading about
locations is a wonderful way to visit and see through another person’s eyes,
even if just for a few minutes. I wanted
to see if it was possible to draw them all together into one place and that is
where the idea of this link up was born.
Travel at Home is the
linky for people who want to write about their home (or host) location and all
the places that don't make it into a guide book (but really should). You
don't have to be an expat to participate, just someone with a passion for their
local area. The link will be open for a week so there is plenty of time
to add your post (or posts). This is all
very new to me at the moment so if you notice that something does not work as
it should or you think I could improve something please do let me know.
There are just a few
rules:
- Share your post - it can be a new post or an old one you want to share with a new audience.
- You can write about anywhere as long as you have or had a connection to the location.
- Add the link up button to your post so that people can navigate back easily.
- Comment on some of the other posts on the link up (the more the merrier).
- Tweet/share your link. If you include me (@ErsatzExpat) in your tweet I will retweet.
- Add your post to the Travel At Home Pinterest Board contact me via Pinterest and I will add you to the board.
- Spread the word - the more the merrier and everyone is welcome.
Monthly link ups will go in the main
feed but will then be linked to the Travel At Home page for reference. Thank you in advance for linking up and
participating in this new venture. I
look forward to enjoying some vicarious visits in the next few days.
Good luck with your new linky. Local travel is great and makes up the majority of my blog so I'll always have fodder for you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phoebe - link as many as you like, you live in such a wonderful part of the world!
DeleteI love this idea! Good luck with it :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Amanda - looking forward to reading your posts!
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