A Brand New Travel Bag and Some Dumb Purchases
A member of a writer’s group I belong to recently posted this question: If you had to name the dumbest…
Tag: trip planning
10 Common Sense Safety Tips for Travelers
In a previous post I reflected on whether the world is really as dangerous for travel as the media, your…
Subterranean Paris: Sewers Below the City of Light
“Paris has another Paris under herself; a Paris of sewers; which has its streets, its crossings, its squares, its blind…
Jewish Paris: Falafel, History and Remembrance
This post is Part 3 of a series on alternative Paris. Links to parts 1 and 2 are below the…
The Paris Catacombs: I See Dead People
This post is Part 2 of a series about Alternative Paris. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, How to…
How to See Paris Without Wanting to Stab Your Travel Partner
They make their way from Dubuque. New York City. Portland, Maine and Dallas, Texas. But also from Moscow, Frankfurt, Tangier…
Paris: Coffee and the Lost View From a Rooftop
There used to be two great bargains in Paris. A pair of not-so-secret traveler’s secrets to explore the city like…
Finding Great Food While Traveling: Edinburgh Edition
Edinburgh appeared on our travel radar last summer just a few days before flying to Norway. One reason for the Norway…
Road Tripping in Ireland
I had this vague notion about my first trip to Ireland 15 years ago: that I would seek out some…
7 Airports, 4 Countries and 1 Carry-on bag
I managed to negotiate another Portland, Oregon winter without pepper-spraying anyone, which makes me a winner in practically anybody’s book.…