Vera Marie Badertscher, Freelance Writer: Travel Articles

Pen for Hire: Vera Marie Badertscher, Freelance Writer

Recent Trips Albuquerque, Richmond, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Delaware's Brandywine Valley.

Going Soon to London, Greece/Island of Siphnos, Southwest Ireland, San Antonio

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay at home." -James A. Michener

TOP: Venice Grand Canal. BOTTOM: Louisiana's Zydeco-Cajun Prairie Parkway. Photos by Vera Marie Badertscher.

Travel articles below.
General articles are listed on What:
Lifestyle Nature Shelter Profiles

When I was barely one year old, my family went on a road trip from Ohio to Mississippi. I never stopped traveling. Since that first trip, I have scaled the narrow steps of Angkor Wat, meandered through old Jerusalem, scrunched across a New Zealand glacier, inhaled the wild thyme on Greek mountains, shared a dusty road with mules in Mata Ortiz, Mexico, glided over a Venice canal, and swayed with a midnight crowd at an Easter paseo in Seville.

Some travel topics I have shared with readers include Cajun culture, music and food; the history of the early United States in Jamestown; hotels in Richmond Virginia, New York City and New Orleans; artists in southern Arizona; and custom tours for music lovers.

Travel Articles (Award-winning articles are in bold.)

Virtuous Vacations (PDF), Rolls Royce Owner's Desk Diary. A guide to volunteer vacationing, or voluntourism. [Originally published 1/2008]

Surprising Nashville, Steinway & Sons Magazine. A Renaissance of the visual and performing arts in "Music City". [Originally published Winter/2007]

The Piano on the Beach on Luscious St. Lucia (PDF), Steinway & Sons Magazine. The first Steinway to play the Caribbean. [Originally published Winter/2007]

Secrets of Le Marche (PDF), Rolls Royce Owner’s Desk Diary 2007. Travels in the Le Marche region of Italy.

Southwestern Spoils, Rolls Royce Owner’s Desk Diary 2006. A luxury visit to Sedona, Arizona. Winner, travel category, National Federation of Press Women.

Shopping in Santa Fe, Rolls Royce Owner’s Desk Diary 2006. Shopping for turquoise at the Santa Fe Indian Market. Winner, travel category, National Federation of Press Women.

Life Art, Arizona Highways. A tour of artists' studios in Tubac, Arizona. [Originally published 11/2006]

Monteleone, Hoosier Home & Away magazine (AAA). The Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans. Winner, travel category, National Federation of Press Women. [Originally published 3/2005]

Missile Museum Gives Insight for Cold War Defense Readiness, ArizonaHighways.com. The only museum in a former Titan Missile site. Winner, Web features, National Federation of Press Women. [Originally posted 7/2004]

The Monks Who Forgot How, KillingTheBuddha.com. Cambodian Monks after Cambodia's Holocaust. Winner, Web features, National Federation of Press Women. [Originally posted 1/2003]

Gustavus Goofed, RenaissanceCentral.com. The Vasa ship museum in Stockholm. [Originally posted 1/2001]

Vikings in Åland, RenaissanceCentral.com. A festival celebrating Viking life on a small island between Sweden and Finland. [Originally posted 3/2001]