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In Praise of Solo Travel in Italy for Women
byAugustine Zycher
Italy is the perfect place for solo travel for women. But when I told people that I had recently travelled through Italy myself, they looked at me in disbelief and the usual response was — “ Well, that takes balls. I wouldn’t do that.” But why not? Travelling solo is a liberating and exhilarating experience. It fills us with a sense of adventure, opens our minds and relaxes the soul.
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2015-08-09 21:38:182018-07-22 10:44:57In Praise of Solo Travel in Italy for WomenNellie Bly – Around the World in 80 Days
byAugustine Zycher
It is the 125th Anniversary of the Race Around The World. Who was the first person to race around the world in 80 days? It was not Jules Verne’s fictional Phileas Fogg. It was in fact a young American woman called Nellie Bly. She made it in only 72 days. Four days later, a second […]
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2014-11-14 09:26:402018-07-22 11:00:13Nellie Bly – Around the World in 80 DaysAustralia’s website for women’s travel, activities and adventure – Why we set up the WomanGoingPlaces Website?
by Augustine ZycherWomanGoingPlaces is Australia’s website for every woman from 30 to infirmity seeking information and inspiration for travel, activities and adventure. We set up the WomanGoingPlaces website because we recognize that there are many women like us. Women who want breaks from our everyday lives, or who want to do and see things we’ve put off while working […]
Why are women terrified of dining solo?
by Augustine ZycherWhy are women terrified of dining solo? When Australian women travel overseas on our own, we know that part of that experience means eating out alone. But when home in Australia, a woman dining out alone is considered a rarity, and may even be treated as an oddity. We seem to view it as an uncomfortable if not […]
Home Alone – Not Necessarily!
by Rosalie ZycherI’ve just read an article that again confirmed why our new WomanGoingPlaces website was created. In a piece entitled ‘Home Alone’ in the Age’s Sunday Life Magazine, writer Dianne Blacklock, divorced and mother of four grown children, wrote about finding herself on her own after raising her children. After giving priority to her family for all those years, […]