{"id":18159,"date":"2020-06-23T00:43:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T07:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?page_id=18159"},"modified":"2020-07-05T00:38:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T07:38:23","slug":"meet-tom-weber","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Tom Weber"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18156\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18156\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Weber in Ireland\" width=\"520\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland.jpg 520w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>Photo courtesy of Tom Weber<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Tom traded in his hometown St. Louis Cardinals\u2019 ball cap for a stylish\u00a0Borsalino\u00a0and now hangs his\u00a0cappello\u00a0in Ostuni, la Citt\u00e0 Bianca (the White City) in the Alto Salento sub-region of Puglia in southeastern Italy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A veteran print and broadcast journalist with well-worn passports that have taken him to 50 countries and counting, Tom explains why he\u2019s attracted to the Old World charm of the Bel Paese: \u201cI\u2019m inspired by the beauty I find in all things that are very, very old, and reliving history by meandering along cobblestone and travertine streets that were laid down thousands of years ago, looking up and marveling at what occupies the space still today, really gets my \u2018Vespa\u2019 running.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Tom has a great eye behind the camera and is a graphic and entertaining storyteller. We\u2019re happy to have The Palladian Traveler in the Traveling Boy fold and look forward to Tom\u2019s dispatches filed from his creative hideaway, Villa Allegra, atop a hill just outside of Ostuni.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1. What are your top 5 favorite places to travel?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Venice, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Lisbon, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Seville, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Ireland \u2014 Anywhere along the Wild Atlantic Way<\/li>\n<li>Queensland, Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18155\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18155\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Weber-Favorite-Places.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Weber's top 5 favorite places to travel\" width=\"850\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Weber-Favorite-Places.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Weber-Favorite-Places-600x628.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Weber-Favorite-Places-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Weber-Favorite-Places-768x804.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos courtesy of Tom Weber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>2. Name your favorite destination for enjoying a local food.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Puglia region of Italy and its fab \u201ccucina povera\u201d (poor kitchen), where everything, from the farm and the sea, is zero-kilometer fresh and quite inexpensive.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18158\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18158\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Weber-Favorite-Eats.jpg\" alt=\"dishes from Italy's Puglia region\" width=\"850\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Weber-Favorite-Eats.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Weber-Favorite-Eats-600x455.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Weber-Favorite-Eats-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Weber-Favorite-Eats-768x583.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos courtesy of Tom Weber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>3. What is it that you enjoy the most when you visit a new destination?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The thrill of never having been there before. The newness is exciting and a real eye-opener.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>4. What are your best tips when preparing to travel?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do proper research before you go so you don\u2019t return home realizing what you missed. You know, the \u201cDOH! moment.\u201d I hate when that happens.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>5. What are your best practices regarding currency? Do you suggest wearing a money belt?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival I always pick up some pocket change at an airport ATM for taxis, tips and other incidentals. Otherwise, I rely totally on my Capital One MasterCard for all other purchases. There are no foreign exchange rate conversion charges and the card gets you in everywhere and pays rewards for every dollar spent. That\u2019s great value.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18157\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18157\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Biking.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Weber with bike\" width=\"520\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Biking.jpg 520w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-Biking-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>Photo courtesy of Tom Weber<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>6. How do you get by with the language barrier?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Knowing English gives you a leg up, but it doesn\u2019t hurt to tackle an online language program, like Babbel, before you head behind enemy lines. And, make the effort to say a few phrases in the local language; it\u2019ll take you pretty far.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>7.\u00a0What countries would you avoid?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anywhere a human being is not treated humane.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>8. What airline do you like the most?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Singapore Airlines. Enough said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>9.\u00a0What is your favorite travel book?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLonely Planet\u201d has the globe covered with expert travel advice on just about every destination imaginable. For leisure reading, and a good laugh, I\u2019d pick anything from the pen of Bill Bryson.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>10.\u00a0What is your favorite film?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Being 50% Irish, I have to give the nod to John Ford\u2019s \u201cThe Quiet Man,\u201d with an honorable mention to \u201cWaking Ned Devine.\u201d<\/p>\n<span class='bdaia-btns bdaia-btn-medium' style=\"background:#248559 !important;color:#ffffff !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/author\/tom\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\">SEE TOM&#8217;S POSTS HERE<\/a><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom traded in his hometown St. Louis Cardinals\u2019 ball cap for a stylish\u00a0Borsalino\u00a0and now hangs his\u00a0cappello\u00a0in Ostuni, la Citt\u00e0 Bianca (the White City) in the Alto Salento sub-region of Puglia in southeastern Italy. A veteran print and broadcast journalist with well-worn passports that have taken him to 50 countries and counting, Tom explains why he\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Tom Weber - Traveling Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tom Weber is a veteran print and broadcast journalist with well-worn passports that have taken him to 50 countries and counting.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Tom Weber - Traveling Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tom Weber is a veteran print and broadcast journalist with well-worn passports that have taken him to 50 countries and counting.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Traveling Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-05T07:38:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/\",\"name\":\"Meet Tom Weber - Traveling Archive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-23T07:43:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-05T07:38:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Tom Weber is a veteran print and broadcast journalist with well-worn passports that have taken him to 50 countries and counting.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland.jpg\",\"width\":520,\"height\":420,\"caption\":\"Photo courtesy of Tom Weber\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meet Tom Weber\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/\",\"name\":\"Traveling Archive\",\"description\":\"Traveling Adventures\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meet Tom Weber - Traveling Archive","description":"Tom Weber is a veteran print and broadcast journalist with well-worn passports that have taken him to 50 countries and counting.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meet Tom Weber - Traveling Archive","og_description":"Tom Weber is a veteran print and broadcast journalist with well-worn passports that have taken him to 50 countries and counting.","og_url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/","og_site_name":"Traveling Archive","article_modified_time":"2020-07-05T07:38:23+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/","url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/","name":"Meet Tom Weber - Traveling Archive","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-23T07:43:56+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-05T07:38:23+00:00","description":"Tom Weber is a veteran print and broadcast journalist with well-worn passports that have taken him to 50 countries and counting.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tom-at-Ireland.jpg","width":520,"height":420,"caption":"Photo courtesy of Tom Weber"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-tom-weber\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meet Tom Weber"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#website","url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/","name":"Traveling Archive","description":"Traveling Adventures","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18159"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18415,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18159\/revisions\/18415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}