When the modern age is not, how to “quickly” renew a passport
Is it really? Certainly, some things have become very advanced. Others are most definitely not. I just renewed my passport. A process made much more difficult by not being in the US or with a 10-45 day stay in the capital of a country with a US Embassy or a city with...
Why I didn’t get shushed in the Sistine Chapel
A tale of two trips to Italy. There are times when solo travel is the only option and times when it’s a conscious choice. The stigma of solo travel is fading more and more. There are advantages of solo travel. No arguing over where to have dinner. No feeling...
How Just One Movie Can Inspire Your Travel
Sometimes life imitates art. Sometimes life inspires art. Sometimes art inspires life. When I first saw the “resting place of the Holy Grail” in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade then learned it was a real place, Petra, Jordan, it became a bucket list item. When I...
Your data is at risk when you travel
A dreadful day 25Aug2017 was a day everyone dreads. I was happily typing on my laptop when a background app locked up. I tried to kill the offending app but Task Manager wouldn’t open. Then the whole screen went black and the laptop crashed. As frustrating as a...
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The Smartest World Travelers Always Learn These Two Words As someone who is conversational in Spanish, French, and Russian and can get by in Italian and German, with a smattering of Hebrew and Arabic, trust me when I say, if you’re going to travel outside your...
Postcards aren’t obsolete in the digital age
I send postcards. I send a lot of postcards. Why because my friends and family live vicariously through my travels and adventures. And everyone likes real mail. It started on that Soviet Union trip in ’88 and continues. Over the years my grandmother has gotten...Affiliate Link:
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