Travel in Cindy Bradford's books

Traveling

Settings are the easiest for me to describe in my books because I try to weave in places I have actually visited and studied. Using them in my writing allows me to mentally visit them again and again and relive my experiences. Hopefully, you are traveling with me in both Keeping Faith and Promises Kept. Continue Reading

My Trip to Oman

April 7th, 2010 by cindy
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I promise this will be my last blog about my recent trip to the Middle East, but going to the country of Oman was one of the highlights so I would be amiss if I didn’t detail it. Oman is an independent monarchy, ruled by a Sultan, whose picture is posted almost everywhere one looks. As recently as five years ago, Oman had an open border; that has all since changed.

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What was I thinking?? When in Rome do as the Romans?? I succumbed to peer pressure in a temporary lapse of judgment and had Henna applied to my hands while I was in the Middle East. Although most of the worst is gone, it now looks like age spots, which I don’t need any help with!

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Oasis in the Middle of the Desert

March 24th, 2010 by cindy
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I had a good trip to the Middle East, and wouldn’t take anything for the opportunity, but I will admit it will not go down on my list of favorites.

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Having a Great Time in the UAE

March 10th, 2010 by cindy
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What a great time I am having in the UAE! The weather has been unbelievably pleasant for the desert and the opportunities for me even more unbelievable.

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I Miss My Parents Most When I Travel

February 18th, 2010 by cindy

I miss my parents the most when I travel, because I know how they would have liked to hear of my adventures. I hadn’t traveled a great deal when they both died…

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Amsterdam is a strange and intriguing place, and quite pretty in an old way with its many canals and beautiful architecture.

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Stinky Cheese Up Close

February 14th, 2010 by cindy
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The school where I was chairing the accreditation visit is in the Limburg section of The Netherlands, where “stinky cheese” is a proud part of the culture

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Snowing at The Golf Hotel

February 12th, 2010 by cindy
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But I must admit, The Golf Hotel is a golfer’s heaven on earth. What a treat to be here in late spring or early summer. It must be gorgeous because even now in the dead of winter, the grounds are a lush green—that is when they are not covered in this white stuff.

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Next Adventure–The Netherlands

February 6th, 2010 by cindy
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Today I leave for Europe, first to serve as chair of a quality assurance review (accreditation visit) for a Department of Defense international school in Brunssum, The Netherlands, and then to play a few days in Amsterdam and the surrounding area.

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