{"id":234,"date":"2011-09-15T10:50:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T14:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetravellingfool.com\/?page_id=234"},"modified":"2023-03-21T23:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T04:59:09","slug":"about-the-traveling-fool","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/about-the-traveling-fool\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Traveling Fool"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #c75656;\">WHY THE TRAVELING FOOL?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">I love travel and experiencing new places and people. I write about the places and things I like.\u00a0 People have asked me about the name I chose for the blog. If you are from certain parts of US you will understand the meaning. For others here is a quick explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">If you look up &#8220;fool&#8221; in some dictionaries you will find this explanation :<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"xpdxpnd\" data-mh=\"54\" data-mhc=\"1\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_sf_subsen\">\n<div class=\"_Jig\">\n<div><span class=\"lr_dct_lbl_blk vk_gy\" style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">informal use<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-dobid=\"dfn\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">a person devoted to a particular activity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vk_gy\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">&#8220;he is a running fool&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Remember the movie <em>Forrest<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><em> Gump<\/em>?<strong><em> &#8220;That boy is a running fool&#8221;<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Having lived, worked and traveled to a lot of places, occasionally friends would ask about all the places I had traveled to. After telling them some of the more shall we say exotic locations, invariably someone would remark &#8220;Well you&#8217;re just a traveling fool, aren&#8217;t you?&#8221; Plus, I call myself the Traveling Fool because I love to travel and have done more than a few foolish things in my life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Hence the name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #c75656;\">MY TRAVELS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18334\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bob-About.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bob-About.jpg 720w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bob-About-456x570.jpg 456w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bob-About-712x890.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">I enjoy visiting historic and cultural locations, meeting people and finding those little known places most tourists never know about and I like to do what I call, <strong>&#8220;<em>travel off the tourist path.<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong> To me that means even in a place full of tourists you can still find those hidden gems. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Whether it is a historic place, great place to eat and shop or just somewhere interesting that most tourists will never see. It is all about experiencing the places you visit to the fullest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">This started as a blog to chronicle some of my travels and those places where I would like to visit. Along with my comments on the industry, travel in general and yes even some complaints. I wanted a place that people could come and enjoy the journey with me and make their voices heard about various topics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">I lived four years in Germany while in the military and enjoyed traveling Europe while I was there. I was also in Asia and since retiring have worked in other locales. I have been lucky enough to travel to over 30 countries and what I write\u00a0 comes from experience, research and having a strange curiosity about people, places and cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #c75656;\">THE LINKS AND ADS YOU SEE ON THE BLOG<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">I don&#8217;t do link exchanges or advertisements just for the sake of it. If you see a link on my page it is because I trust it and value the product or it is a website or blog I enjoy and rely on for info and commentary. Any sponsored post for which any payment was received is noted at the bottom of the post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Some links on this page do earn small amount of money if you click on them and make a purchase.\u00a0 I would never recommend any item if I didn&#8217;t believe in it&#8217;s value to you. Plus, every little bit helps keep this site going and I appreciate the support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Join me, The Traveling Fool, as I hope to inspire people to get out, travel more and <strong><em>&#8220;travel of the tourist path&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> so you can truly experience and appreciate the people and places that make this world great.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Subscribe to get the latest content and share your comments. I hope to hear from you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><em>To read more about the Traveling Fool check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravellingfool.com\/press-and-mentions-about-the-traveling-fool\/\">Press mentions<\/a> page.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VeronicajunePhotography\">Veronicajune Photography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHY THE TRAVELING FOOL? I love travel and experiencing new places and people. I write about the places and things I like.\u00a0 People have asked me about the name I chose for the blog. If you are from certain parts of US you will understand the meaning. For others here is a quick explanation. 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