Monthly Archives: July 2009
On My Itinerary: London and Sweden, here we come!
In exactly 24 hours we’ll be on a flight heading from DC to Boston… then a 12-hour layover (yes, American Airlines screwed us and changed our flights so none to London take off until evening) eating lobster rolls and looking … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: XE.com, currency converter
If there’s a silver lining in this recession, it comes threefold: the cheaper cost of travel, the abundance of time for unemployed individuals to travel, and the value of the dollar against other currencies. The last time I was in … Continue reading
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Getting Lost In: Historic Washington, D.C.!
(Above: my best friend Karen the giant, pushing the Washington Monument on a very typical insanely hot summer day in DC. This photo is from the Silly Pictures Archive of Rin & Karen that we use to blackmail each other … Continue reading
Filed under Getting Lost In..., North America
My Travel Hats adds: Chomping Around Town
(above: an amazing food stall at the market in Florence) Surprise! It was about time I started in with one of my favorite activities and highlights of traveling: eating. Soon you’ll start to find entries specific to food highlights, … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: Gotobus.com and Busjunction.com
My niece has her own version of “The Wheels on the Bus” that she prefers to sing. For example, the “Ayi (me) on the bus goes ‘Hi Kiddo. Where is everybody? JON!!’” Apparently Ayi (which officially means “aunt on mother’s … Continue reading
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My Travel Hats has a new nephew!
Technically it’s me, and not the blog, who has a new nephew, but that will explain the brief hiatus from last week. I will be back with more entries this week! In the meantime, enjoy the addition to the cast … Continue reading
Filed under Wanderings
Cool Tools: EuroFlights.info for discount European airlines
One of the best highlights of living in Paris was its proximity to so many amazing European destinations that would otherwise cost us 10 days of vacation and $700+ if flying from the U.S. Of course, while the euro continued … Continue reading
Filed under Cool Tools, Europe
Now Boarding: Istanbul for $544 from Chicago, RT
Turkish Airlines is offering a ridiculous flight steal: Istanbul (from Chicago) for $544 roundtrip (departing Monday-Thursday). I will include a “Getting Lost In Istanbul” posting next, but let me just state that my ticket in July 2007, when subprime lenders were … Continue reading
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Now Boarding: Travel taxes up
USA Today reported a nice summary of hotel room and car rental tax increases in a handful of popular tourist states that will hopefully balance their budgets with your out-of-state (or in-state) tax dollars. Yes, that gritty little tax that … Continue reading
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Now Boarding: More fees on baggage
Talk about figurative baggage: in addition to charging passengers $15 to check-in their luggage, US Airways and United Airlines are charging an ADDITIONAL $5 if you pay to check-in that bag at the ticket counter. To avoid the $5, which … Continue reading
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