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Top 5 U.S. Craft Breweries You Must Visit. Link to the blog post in our bio #drinklocal #craftbeer #beer #brewery #breweries #travel #instabeer #🍻

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Until next time USVI! @stjohn_daily #instatravel #virginislands #travel #caribbean #usvi #stjohnsbrewers (at Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas, USA Virgin Islands)

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British Virgin Islands for the day! #bvi #virginislands #caribbean #travel #instatravel #beach @britishvirginis (at West End Ferry Dock, Tortola, Bvi)

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Flying over the Bahamas #bahamas #caribbean

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Local distillery tour. @oneeightd #drinklocal #dc (at One Eight Distilling)

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Perfect beer for a warm Friday night. Silo Farmhouse Ale from Mill Creek Brewing Company of Nolensville, TN @millcreekbrewco @nashville @nashvilleexplorersclub @neatnashville #drinklocal #craftbeer #beer #nashville #travel #friday (at Washington, District of Columbia)

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Some distilleries allow you to buy a bottle after a tour. Town Branch Distillery in Lexington, KY @townbranchdistillery provided the opportunity to meet one of the distillers who signed our bottle! Stay classy and keep up the awesome job!! #townbranchbourbon #bourbon #kentucky #lexington #bourbon-trail (at Lexington, Kentucky)

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Happy International Cat Day! #internationalcatday #cats

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Looking for a good summer travel book? Check out the link in my bio for our recommendation. #summer #travel #book #theartoftravel

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You'll find our latest destination guide to Geneva on our page @visitgeneva @visitswitzerland #geneva #swtizerland #travel #instatravel #fondue (at Geneva, Switzerland)

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Summer Travel Book

The Art of Travel

I’m always in search of a good book to read, either when I’m traveling or when I’m looking for inspiration to travel.  I often gravitate towards travel-related books written by travel writers, ones that explore travel through their experiences, telling you what they saw and did.  I was however, in search of a travel book that looked at travel from the perspective of how and why we travel.  That search lead me to The Art of Travel by Alain de Bottom per the recommendation of Nomadic Matt, a well known travel blogger.

The Art of Travel explores travel from the perspective of anticipation, allure, and the value of the little things while traveling.  The book is broken into several sections that breakdown the emotions of travel from the departure, the period before we travel and all that influences our expectations of the destination, to motives for travel, the reasons why we travel, and finally the return, and how the journey impacts us as we return to our lives.  This all encompassing exploration of travel will leave you thinking about your next trip in ways you’d never thought.

In each chapter de Bottom discusses the topic as it relates to personal experiences as well as the experiences of famous writers including J. K. Huysmans, Charles Baudelaire, and Gustave Flaubert.  Perhaps the greatest stories of all are Alexander von Humboldt's epic five-year journey around South America in 1799 to 1804 and Xavier de Maistre’s journey around his bedroom.

If you are looking for something beyond the tried and tested travel story of someone else's adventure, and want to explore our motivations for travel, then The Art of Travel is for you.

Well worth a read.

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The ultimate breakfast at the best place for it in Nashville, the stuffed French toast with eggs, cheese, and bacon topped with pancakes @bluebirdcafetn Thank you @rob_bodley and @desireesaru for showing us around #nashville We had an amazing time and can't wait to return! #Tennessee #breakfast #travel #food #instafood #instatravel (at Skye Blue cafe)

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True to its name, some of the spiciest chicken I have ever eaten. Bolton's Spicy Chicken and Fish @boltonsspicy #nashville #tennessee #boltonsspicychickenandfish #food #travel #instatravel #roadtrip (at Bolton's)

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First craft brewery in Nashville @czanns #drinklocal #craftbeer #nashville #beer (at Czann's Brewing Company)

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Good morning from #Charleston #westvirginia #roadtrip #charlestonwv #goodmorning Off to Nashville! Here we come @robbodley @desireesaru (at Charleston, West Virginia)

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#beer and #quesadilla @blacksheepchs #drinklocal #craftbeer #charlestonwv #westvirginia (at Black Sheep Burrito and Brews at The Brewery)

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Great day for a hike! #hiking #travel #nationalpark (at Billy Goat Trail of Great Falls, MD)