Julia came with me to the New York Times Travel Show today, which was great. We arrived just in time to speak with Mike, an associate editor at Fodor’s. He had some advice for us and gave us his contact information. We also attended a seminar on travel writing that was given by Max Hartshorne and Kent E. St. John from Go Nomad and Matt Link, an established travel writer and editor. The talk was very informative and they spent a lot of time answering questions, which was nice. Afterward, we spoke briefly with all three of them along with Ericka Hamburg, a writer/photographer who was in attendance. Despite being a busy day, everyone was happy to hear our story and offer their honest advice.
We did have a little time to explore the travel show as well. Julia especially loved seeing the penguins and sloth at the Busch Gardens / Sea World booth and the Cayman Islands booth brought back memories of when her family used to visit every year.
We weren’t able to spend as much time at the show today as we would have liked because we had to catch the 7:07 p.m. train back to Darien, but we are glad we were able to attend the show and it was a productive experience for both of us.
Be sure to keep checking in with our new blog for other stories and photos and keep checking back here for our “best of” post(s) which should be coming as soon as we finish re-reading every single post from the trip.
Here are a few photos from today. Click “there’s more to this” to see them all.
A penguin at the Busch Gardens / Sea World booth.
A girl practicing for her performance.
A performer waiting.
Semi-creepy duet.
A bearded dragon. I have one of these and I can confirm that they are awesome.
A culinary display. I particularly liked the mirror above the stove.