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Monthly Archives: August 2013
My favorite travel magazine
What makes you decide, I want to travel THERE? Lots of random things can get me interested in a place and wishing I could visit. Watching House Hunters International on HGTV is one of my inspirations. My son thinks I’m … Continue reading
A few tips on tipping: #3 Doling out cash at the airport
Practically everyone I know carries their bag onto the plane these days to avoid having to pay a checked baggage fee. (As an aside – if you are one of those people dragging on a gigantic bag plus a laptop … Continue reading
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Tagged carryon luggage, overhead bins, skycaps, tipping in airports, wheelchairs
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I went to Spain but it was closed
That actually happened to me last year. When you’re traveling according to a set schedule – whether you planned it yourself, or following the itinerary of a group tour or cruise – you don’t want to make the mistake of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ascension Day, Corpus Christi, David, Florence, Hispanic Day, holidays, Ireland, Louvre, museum hours, Rijksmuseum, Spain, Stonehenge, Uffizzi, Vatican Museum
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Reasons to return to Rome, Part Five: Splish, splash, I want to see a Roman Bath
Normally, my television viewing isn’t especially high brow or educational. I don’t watch “Honey Boo Boo” or “The Bachelor,” but I am a big fan of “Project Runway” and “Masterchef,” “Parks and Recreation” and “Downton Abbey.” In short – I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Baths of Caracalla, Baths of Diocletian, Roman Baths, Rome, Science Channel
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A few tips on tipping: #2 – Need help with your bags, ma’am?
Now, I admit, when I arrive at a hotel in the United States, I do find it a little aggravating that you’d better have a wad of cash in your hand before the airport cab pulls up to the hotel’s … Continue reading
Hail Franconia and a surprise in Wurzburg
Don’t you love it when you’re surprised by a place? The city of Wurzburg, Germany, was a stop on our Viking river cruise and our destination there, the Wurzburg Residenz. Wurzburg? I’d never heard of it. And when I learned … Continue reading
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A few tips on tipping: #1 – Do you want frites with that?
I don’t know how, when or where the custom of tipping others for their services came about. I picture it starting with a clever, yet scruffy Cockney boy holding the carriage door open for a duke or earl as he … Continue reading
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