Who is Travlinmad?
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“It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn.”
We're Lori and Angelo — the writer/photographer team and slow travelers behind Travlinmad.
This travel blog has grown and evolved along with us since its inception in 2008.
Then, it was simply our travel journal / photography blog and a means of staying in touch with friends and family when we traveled.
We’d pop into internet cafes, order a coffee while we logged in on dial-up, and upload our whereabouts and a few pics until the next stop on our travels.
2014年,Travlinmad成为我们的全职工作!
A lot has changed since then but one thing has remained constant with us — our travel style.
Amazingly, we slow traveled back then before it was even calledslow travel今天,我们仍然这样做。
We were never backpackers but far from luxury travelers — we couldn’t see spending big bucks for levels of service we didn’t want or need.
Now that we’re older and more established however, we appreciate a touch of luxury now and then.
We also prefer that our money directly benefits the local economy, so we tend to stay in locally-owned boutique hotels and B&Bs.
Today, over 375,000 travelers read our (now 3) travel blogs every month for trusted travel info based on firsthand experience, and inspiration to plan their own independent travel.
After 30 years and countless journeys together, we’ve learned a few things:
Travel doesn’t have to be expensiveto be amazing, so that it’s just aonce a year— or worse, oncein a lifetime— experience.
Planning independent travel doesn’t have to be a herculean taskand can be a fun part of the journey. You don’t have to travel with large tour groups of loud strangers (unless you really want to).
You shouldn’t have to rush. An entire country in one week? No thanks …we prefer totravel slow.
Travel isn’t about collecting countries.如果你真的佤邦nt to experience a place, spend some time there. A 5-hour cruise ship excursion ashore won’t show you a country, and is more likely to show you the worst part of an otherwise lovely place.
Like Anthony Bourdain, the more we travel, the more we realize just how little we know about the world.
We’d rather have immersiveslow traveland188app that lead us to meaningful connections, not exhaustion — the kind of experiences that inspire us to travel even more.
Sound like you too? Follow us on social@Travlinmad.
We’re also second-generation Italian-Americans who love traveling to Italy. You’ll find lots of188.博金宝 on Travlinmad.
For even more, check outItaly Foodies, our travel website about food travel to Italy!
Heading to the beach in southwest Florida? You’ll want to check out our websiteNaples Florida Travel Guidefor what to see and do!
About Lori
Loriis Travlinmad's Editor, co-writer, and photographer who caught the photography bug as a kid, and started traveling soon thereafter — a combination that eventually led to a career in tourism and destination marketing.
She originally hails from New Jersey and loves Bruce Springsteen and fresh Jersey tomatoes and strawberries.
She loves British humor, cooking & eating (Italian foodand Thai), drinking red wine and tequila, listening to music loud, and being at the ocean.
She loves farm-to-table food experiences, unique food tours, and photographing the colors and textures of the places she visits.
Travel Goals: Learning to surf and speak Italian
Will Travel for Food:Pizza in NapoliandKey Lime Piein Florida
Most Amazing Travel Experience So Far?That time they helpedrescue spider monkeys in Costa Rica!
Worst Travel Experience to Date:A nauseating bus ride in the dark along theAmalfi Coast, made worse by the loud man wearing bad cologne in the seat in front of her. He ended up wearing her lunch (come to think of it, it may have beenhisworst travel experience too!).
Treasured Souvenirs:Hand crafted textiles and unique cooking utensils
Favorite Street Food: Fresh baked sfogliatelle fromNapoli
Favorite Small Town Experience:Cesky Krumlovwas an absolute dream!
About Angelo
Angelo is co-writer and business manager of Travlinmad with prior careers in aviation, anthropology, and air traffic control — an interesting and wild ride! He met Lori in college and finished grad school after they married.
Originally from eastern Pennsylvania, he grew up eating heart-healthy foods like scrapple, steak sandwiches, and Yocco's hot dogs — and he still loves them.
He's a Marine and a Parrothead who loves boats, airplanes, and yoga, and it was on his first trip to Italy where his love of food and wine lit a spark for baking, and now there's always too much bread and pastry in the house!
Travel Goals: Learning to sail and mastering the perfect ciabatta
Will Travel for Food:Sarde en Saor in Sant'erasmo, a lagoon island in Venice, Italy andPatagonian Lambin Chile.
Most Memorable Travel Experience?Hiking Glacier Grey in Chilean Patagonia
Worst Travel Experience to Date:Sailing to Caye Caulker, Belize on an open-deck catamaran in a lightening storm.
Treasured Souvenir:A 30 lb. hand-carved ironwood Rastafarian sculpturefromJamaica.
Favorite Street Food:Fried fresh seafood in a paper cone in theCinque Terre.
Favorite Small Town Experience:Capri.Cahhh-pri.
What’s Still on Their Bucket List?
More Mexico.....More Indonesia.....More Europe.....Always Italy.....and Angelo really wants to see the Aurora Borealis. ;-)