Country #8: China

Highlights

China is a beast!

Beijing - Great Wall

Xian - Terra Cotta Warriors

Chengdu - holding a baby panda at Panda Research Institute

Suzhou

Lhasa, Tibet - Potala Temple, shocked by monks and machine guns

Shanghai - sick at spa

Hong Kong - Local newspaper for DIY food tour

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Country #7: Costa Rica

Highlights

Adventure trip

First time ziplining through the tree canopy of a rainforest

First ATV tour

Surfer town Malpais was dusty, drastically different climates in different parts of the country

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Country #6: Austria

Highlights

Part 3 of Contiki Tour (Part 1 - Germany, Part 2 -Czech Republic)

Visited Vienna.

Compact, Beautiful and Elegant

Returned in 2016 and 2017.

Go to restaurant: Vietthao for Vietnamese food!

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Country #5: Czech Republic

Highlights

Part 2 of Contiki Tour (Part 1 - Germany)

Visited Prague.

City of 100 Spires

Distinctive Baroque and Gothic architecture.

Romantic, fairytale setting.

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Country #4: Greece

Highlights

Last minute Contiki Tour

Visited Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie and Berlin Wall.

Traveling is great for relationship breakup recovery.

Set new goal to visit one new country every year

What kind of traveler am I? Hit the museums or take in the local scene.

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Country #3: Greece

Highlights

Visited Athens, Santorini, Mykonos

Favorite - Santorini, adored the seaside village feeling 

Mediterranean trifecta - warm climate, by the sea with great food

Must eat - Greek Salad, moussaka, saganaki, spanikopita

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Country #2:  Fiji

Highlights:

First luxury trip.

Luxury villa on gorgeous white sand beaches that fronted the ocean.

Shocked by - rich/poor gap. 

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Country #1: Taiwan

Highlights:

What to experience - Night Markets

Cultural insight - Love Boat (Culture & Language Study Tour for Overseas Taiwanese) for college kids

Street Food Specialty - Beef Noodle Soup

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I’m super excited to introduce the topic for May because I love to travel. It’s played an important part of my education beyond the classroom. It’s easy to be ignorant until you realize that no matter where you go in the world people want the same things. To feel safe. To be seen, heard and loved. To know they matter and their lives make a difference. To fall asleep with the warmth of caring arms nearby and a belly satisfied by sustenance and a few laughs for good measure. Next week when i go to Finland, that will be country #39. I’ve had the great privilege of visiting countries on 5 continents, all except Africa and Antarctica. The leading continent is Europe with 17 countries.  While the count of 15 countries in Asia is less, the diversity of regions has been greater. My most visited country has been Spain, I’ve been six years in a row. The activity that has taken me to the most places besides eating is scuba diving, I’ve been diving in 7 countries. Stay tuned for my most memorable highlights in each country.   Want answers? Send your questions, comments and thoughts about life to [email protected]   Thank you so much for listening to The Lin Life Universe. I hope you’ve been enjoying it. Please leave a review!

How to effectively approach someone if you feel slighted? Be sure to state your feelings without blame and what I call character assassination. And if you want to really tug at their heart strings, start with an affirmation. For example, “Hey, I love you, I want to confess I was really hurt by that because I felt like your response was cold.” Instead of “you are a cold person.” Or “Hey, I know you care about me but I felt unsupported when you didn’t show up on time” instead of “you are an unsupportive person.” Statements of "you are" instead of "I felt" are interpreted as name calling. Try the "I notice, I think, I feel" method when addressing conflict. “I noticed you arrived 10 min late, I think that being on time shows respect, I felt disrespected.” Compare that to “you clearly don’t respect me” which is an absolute. Nothing in life is absolute.    Want answers? Send your questions, comments and thoughts about life to [email protected]   Thank you so much for listening to The Lin Life Universe. I hope you’ve been enjoying it. Please leave a review!