by Mary Charleson | Nov 11, 2018 | Europe
Massimo charged his glass in a toast to friendship, “Ad amici e buon cibo.” While we didn’t understand what was said, we all smiled enthusiastically in agreement, intuitively knowing it meant “to friends and good food.” The intense heat of the day had subsided, and in...
by Mary Charleson | Sep 9, 2018 | Europe
Prince’s Purple Rain filled the hot summer night air in Paris, as a chorus of thousands seated on picnic blankets under open skies belted out the well-known lyrics. Fireworks burst from both sides of the Eiffel Tower in an escalading cascade of purple light racing to...
by Mary Charleson | Sep 2, 2018 | USA
I’m always on the look out for tourism marketing examples, since I use them in presentations with clients in the travel industry over on my other business at FiveMinuteMarketing.com A fellow travelling friend put me onto this clever use of a chat bot named Rose being...
by Mary Charleson | Aug 25, 2018 | Europe
Guest post written by Karen Speirs The light is softening, casting a golden glow on the rolling hills, when the call for dinner comes. The teens scramble up the stone stairs from the pool. A quartet of card players rise from the table, pushing back heavy iron chairs....
by Mary Charleson | Jul 10, 2018 | Canada, South Africa
When I was in my final year of high school, I was hospitalized for a week with the sight in one eye threatened after an exercise band broke and impacted my eye, causing an internal bleed. I spent the entire time immobilized in bed with both eyes covered to limit...
