Well fellow travelers it’s been awhile since I’ve updated everyone on what we’ve been working on and what we’re planning here at noambit. So….here it goes!
These last few months have brought several exciting, and even a bit unexpected, surprises…but then again if it was expected then it wouldn’t be a surprise. Hmmm? Like we’ve mentioned before Ryan Sexton and I have been hard at work researching, writing and recording new audio tours. After producing both Florence tours we went back and realized that we could do 
better. So with a modest investment we purchased some new equipment and sat down to re-record each tour in their entirety. While we did this it became apparent that the maps that come with each download also needed an overhaul. Without missing a beat I got to work and created much more user friendly and computer generated versions.
Now we’ve caught back up with ourselves and are very proud of our MP3 tours of Florence and the Sachsenhausen Concentration camp. We love the fact that we can bring you real advice and tours from real travelers. Most of the other MP3 tours out there are recorded by professional actors who are paid to read a script written by someone else but you’ll never find that with noambit’s Talk About tours. You’ll get my voice and my advice from my experiences…and Ryan’s of course.
But always striving to bring you the best, we took on the huge project of producing a tour of The Alhambra in Granada Spain. This one is going to be the longest and most involved tour yet. Its funny how many small but important nuances of a destination pop up when doing these tours but we love it and I’m confident you will too. Just think, you’ll be the only one in the Alhambra to know what that weird cubby hole in the wall was once used for as well as know what the Arabic poem surrounding it says!
In even more exciting news; I have recently been contacted by the Head of Tourism in Istria Croatia to be part of a team of travel writers on a tour of the region. I’ll be joined by Karen Bryan of europealacarte.co.uk , Kerrin Rousset of mykugelhopf.ch, Ola Fagbohun of diversetraveller.com and Laura Motto of lamericaine.blogspot.com. It’s going to be a very eclectic group and I recommend checking out each of their websites; they’re all great reads.
With an increasing tourism market, Istria wants to spread the word about its beautiful beaches, spectacular food and affordable accommodation. It seems that while the French and Germans have discovered this exciting alternative to crowded and expensive Italy, Americans have all but forgotten about it. So, following this trip planned for April I’ll be bringing you some really informative updates regarding the how tos, how not tos, where tos and what tos of Istria Croatia. Not to mention some one-of-a-kind audio tours.
Also, I’ll be traveling a bit in Germany around the same time so keep an eye out for more info and downloads for cities like Munich and Frankfurt.
As always we want to thank each and everyone of our readers. We love the letters you send telling us about your adventures and the excitement you share about upcoming travels. If anyone has any suggestions for audio tours or places to visit in Croatia toss us a line.
Now, I guess I’ll end this with a quick travel tip– Instead of throwing out your old prescription bottles; tear off the labels and save them for your next trip. They make great little carriers for things like Q-tips, band-aids, loose change, vitamins, etc. You can also make a nice and compact little sewing kit for those unexpected tares by tossing in a needle, some thread and a few buttons. Best of all they keep all this sort of stuff organized in your bathroom kit and dry when your shampoo bottle leaks.
Till soon,
Chris.
