Gearing up for the 3rd anniversary of TravelCommons next month, here’s a link to the first “greatest hits” episode — the Best of TravelCommons 2005. Listening to it again after a couple of years, the medley of hotel bathrooms is a chuckle, but the the travel story excerpts is what makes this episode worth listening to again. Here’s a direct link to the podcast file.

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Here are the show notes from the Best of TravelCommons 2005:

• Intro music — Warmth by Makkina
• Home for Christmas week, recover from a tough 4 weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas
• Thanks to everyone who has left, or tried to leave, a review on the TravelCommons page of iTunes
• Bridge music — iTunes link to Pictures of You by Evangeline
• Medley of TravelCommons Hotel Bathroom studios
• from T/C #5 – Why I record in bathrooms
• Medley of TSA rants
• from T/C #5-7 – Sean Penn comments
• from T/C #7 – Steve Frick of Frick’s World is a little uncomfortable recording in the bathroom
• from T/C #14 – Willie Evans from the Scots Band Evangeline talks about writing a travel song
• from T/C #17 – My kids’ view of travel
• from T/C #20 – Allan Marko tells a story about rapid airplane repair
• from T/C #3 – Flyers from Cleveland to Chicago looking for an early exit
• from T/C #11 – Packing light leaves no margin for error
• from T/C #23 – Patrons at the hotel bar drinking shots
• from T/C #19 – Different colors in Bologna, Italy
• from T/C #13 – Imaginative way to sleep on red-eyes
• from T/C #21 – Decisions on vacation photos
• from T/C #4 – Disappointed web search
• from T/C #24 – Fun with Rental Cars
• from T/C #7 – Air sickness without the bag
• Closing music — iTunes link to Ramblin’ Man by the Allman Brothers Band
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• Direct link to the show