Many times I’ve met people who’ve told me they’d love to travel and see the world, but that they have these travel fears that won’t let them.

As a person who has traveled, I think it’s sad that people won’t go after their dreams just because they’re scared.

And though sometimes those fears may be justified, to me, they’re not enough of a reason not to pursue one of the most rewarding experiences of life.

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Even though traveling is something almost everybody lists as one of their long-life wishes, there are still people who won’t do it because of their travel fears.

Are you still thinking about traveling and not doing anything about it?

Maybe you’ve dreamed of traveling for the longest time, but you fill your mind up with excuses and you never seem to just do it.

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Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ve recently heard about The Diamond Jubilee. It’s got something to do with the United Kingdom, right?

So I thought I’d look a bit more into it and learn about this celebration, and we all know that the English are not skimpy when it comes to celebrate big.

Especially now, when everybody is planning a trip to London!

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The first important work of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí after graduating from architecture school is now on sale. The Herrero Jover family, owners of Casa Vicens, decided to sell it on September of last year.

I stumbled upon this news a couple of weeks ago and it took me by surprise because it never occurred to me that anybody would sell any of Gaudí’s works.

See “update” at the end of the article.

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Back in 2003 I was looking for information about traveling to Egypt and I stumbled upon an intriguing website that announced the winners of the contest for the design of the new Grand Egyptian Museum.

Well, I had no idea there were plans to build a new museum in Cairo! Didn’t they have a gorgeous pink Victorian building as the home of the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities?

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