From Kansas City to Spain and Points North

  Those familiar with the architecture of Kansas City’s magnificent Country Club Plaza are surely aware that Kansas City’s sister city is Seville Spain. The  Plaza’s developer, J.C. Nichols, traveled in Sevilla as a young man, and the trip forever influenced his life, and now the lives those who visit Kansas City.

   At an event sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers a few years back, I became aquainted with the media relations director for the Tourism Office of Spain.  “We haven’t had a writer from Kansas City visit Sevilla in some time,” she said.

   So off on a wonderful ten day adventure to the Andalucia region of Spain I went with my husband, son and niece.  It was while traveling and working on stories there, I met the publisher of a magazine from Atlanta, a really great guy who bought us ice cream after the kids peddled him around in a bicycle carriage in Maria Luisa Park.

   Since then, I’ve had the good fortune of selling a number of stories to Points North Magazine.  Last November, the editor contacted me at the last minute to cover a story on Amelia Island, Florida at the Ritz-Carlton of all places.  We kayaked and had massages and ate the most fabulous cuisine at the restaurant “Salt.”

  That’s how my business has grown over the years, just meeting the right people at the right time and sharing with them the love of adventure and travel and communication.

   So if you’re in the Atlanta area, pick up a copy of the the March 2008 issue of Points North, or visit the web site at www.ptsnorth.com.  There’s not a direct link to my story, but you can always order a copy of that issue, if you’re really, really interested.  And I would recommend it, because Amelia Island, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, is a fabulous vacation destination.

  Or to see Bruce’s photos from our trip to Spain, visit my web site, www.dianalambdinmeyer.com and click on Stock Photos.