Updated: The World Cup, and a Thousand and One Places to See

Send us Fan MailThis week, with the World Cup finals in full swing and my last team, France, still standing, I'm taking my podcast audience on a trip through 101 "so to speak" places I've loved and a few I'm still chasing — from watching monarch butterflies blanket the forests of Michoacán by the millions, to the light-and-shadow "descending serpent" that slides down the Kukulkan Pyramid at Chichén Itzá every equinox, to leaving a piece of my late sister's memory at the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, to a total stranger's kindness outside the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam; I open up about the sister who raised me and first showed me the world, walking the Camino de Santiago, and why I believe you don't need a passport to practice the same curiosity, humility, and connection travel gives you — you can find it in your own neighbor, your own hometown, even a stadium watch party.  Quote of the Week: It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. -Maya Angelou Episode 69: 3 Simple Strategies to Lose Weight or Stay Your Course While Traveling Let’s go, let’s get it done.Get more information at: http://projectweightloss.org