My passion and need to travel can be traced to my maternal grandmother—a librarian and inveterate traveler, who visited many places in the U.S. as well as four continents—read us stories and narratives that often involved characters and scenes from other cultures. To date, I have visited 64 countries and all 7 continents. " /> My passion and need to travel can be traced to my maternal grandmother—a librarian and inveterate traveler, who visited many places in the U.S. as well as four continents—read us stories and narratives that often involved characters and scenes from other cultures. To date, I have visited 64 countries and all 7 continents. " />