Today we're talking about the value of stories in travel or life and why they matter to the individual and society. I want us to explore why travel matters and today's guest gives us the chance to do exactly that. Lavinia Spalding is the author of two books, With a Measure of Grace: Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant and Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal Writing Travel, which helps travelers find an authentic story and access tools to better chronicle their journeys as writers, bloggers, or storytellers. She's also the editor of the Best Women's Travel Writing collections and featured in a slew of publications including Gadling and the San Francisco magazine. I'm excited to talk to her today about what I mentioned today about stories and why they matter and how to look at them as something you can take home and share for the rest of your life, and why that matters. What We Cover: Why finding stories is important to personal growth. Being vulnerable to the world is the best way to let the best stories happen to you. Lavinia’s life-changing experience being shown around Florence by two Italian men. Travel is the best way to embrace the Other. Why it’s important to unplug and disconnect from your phone and computer when you travel or stay at hostels if you want to connect with other cultures and get the most growth from your experience. Explore Further: Lavinia's website Lavinia's book, Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal Writing Travel Music credit: Imogen Heap – Wait It Out (Artec Remix), Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static Become a Friend of the Show: Please subscribe and review! It just takes a second and you can help the show increase its rankings on iTunes just by this simple and quick gesture. We’d be grateful for a review. Leave one here. If you do, click here to let me know so I can personally thank you! Your Feedback If you have an idea for a podcast you would like to see or a question about an upcoming episode,email me! I’d love to hear from you. Thank you so much for your support! The post 89: The Value of Travel Stories with Lavinia Spalding appeared first on The Daily Travel Podcast.