Tag: Europe
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters–Travel Bucket List
The September 18th meeting opened with introductions and welcome remarks from Jacqueline Maynard-Campbell, who noted the theme of the evening as “Travel Bucket List.” Preetha Menon, who recently returned from India, was introduced as the Toastmaster for the evening. The meeting included a brief discussion about the importance of travel experiences, with a quote shared…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters–Olympic Cities
The theme of our July 25th meeting on the eve of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games was Olympic Cities. We talked about the great cities of the world that have hosted the Olympic Games. Our Destination Master for the meeting, Meghan Burns, gave us these clues for a city somewhere in the world. If you…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters–Forgotten Destinations
Abandoned hotels, ghost towns and empty school buildings are interesting and sometimes very popular travel destinations. We explored the topic of Forgotten Destinations at our May 30 meeting. Our Travel Topics Master, Judith Ferber, asked us questions about forgotten monuments, grand hotels, and other historical places that have been abandoned. Meghan shared that in Rome…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters–Eastern Europe and Central Asia
We explored traveling to the countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia at our Travel Talkers Toastmasters meeting on March 21. Our destination master, Kit Myers, provided these clues for a geologic feature or landform in Eastern Europe: If you guessed the Danube River, you are correct! Our Travel Topics Master, Meghan Burns, took us…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters — Western Europe
Travel destinations in Western Europe were the focus of our February 15th meeting. Western Europe is defined as including these 9 countries—Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, and Switzerland. These countries include art museums (The Louvre in Paris, Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam), castles (Versailles in France, Neuschwanstein in Germany), vibrant cities (Paris, Amsterdam, Vienna),…
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