10 Things To Do When It Rains on Your Vacation. Number 4 Won’t be in Guidebooks.

August 29, 2014

As much as we all hope for perfect weather on our vacation, Mother Nature is beyond our control and is bound to rain on our plans. It seems like almost every trip we took last year included several unwanted rain storms. It’s easy to get frustrated and allow the rain clouds to ruin our vacation. I often tossed my hands up in anger. But a little rain shouldn’t spoil your fun! With a dash…

Europe, Travel, Travel Tips

Have You Ever Traveled to Meet Overseas Family? Part 2

June 23, 2014

Whether your family immigrated during colonial times like my wife’s or they immigrated in the 20th century like mine, we are all sons and daughters of people who came from someplace else. Those of us with more recent ties to a first generation immigrant may feel a stronger pull to know that heritage. We grew up in households where the culture of our families’ Old Country was as alive as American culture. …

Travel, Travel Budgeting, Travel Tips

Want to Save Money to Travel? Then Stay Away from Starbucks!!!

June 13, 2014

Or any other coffee shop for that matter. Friends constantly complain to me that they don’t have money to travel, dine out at nice restaurants, or pursue other dreams and hobbies. And yet, these same friends often check-in daily on Facebook to Starbucks, Caribou, or name your neighborhood coffee shop. “Getting my morning pick-me-up!” Wow! What an incredible waste of money! I’m not hating on coffee shops or the entrepreneurs that run…

Europe, Travel, Travel Tips

What to Wear in Europe this Summer

May 2, 2014

A His and Hers Packing List of What to Wear in Europe this Summer I want to start by dispelling one travel myth when it comes to packing for Europe. You do not need to fit two weeks of travel into carry-on luggage. Backpackers are gasping! “But how will you ever lug your baggage from city-to-city or up flights of stairs when there’s no elevator?” We traveled to Italy before I jumped back on the…

Latin America, Travel, Travel Tips

Have You Ever Traveled to Meet Overseas Family?

April 1, 2014

I was nervous as I stepped off the plane in Buenos Aires. I had no hotel reservation, no taxi waiting to pick me up, no tour guide holding out a welcome sign. For the next three weeks, I was relying on complete strangers for my food, my lodging, my well-being. Sure they were family, but other than two I met ten years prior, I only knew this side of my relations through…

Travel, Travel Budgeting, Travel Tips

Would You Rather Travel or Drive a Cadillac?

March 10, 2014

I think you know my answer. I’d rather travel. I’d rather have the month of August off than just two weeks. I negate Cadillac’s notion that the rest of the world is lazy because they take the month of August off when we, as proud overworked and overwhelmed Americans, only take two weeks off. Like most Americans, I receive around three weeks of PTO a year. Let me repeat. Three. Weeks. A…

Travel, Travel Budgeting, Travel Tips

How Can I Afford to Travel? Budgeting Tips for Your Dream Vacation

February 18, 2014

I often receive the following comments about my blog or our travels in general. It must be nice to have the money to go on those trips. Or, I wish I could afford to travel like that. Both statements frustrate me not by how they are being stated but by what they are saying. The truth is that you can afford to travel like we do. You just have to make it…

Travel, Travel Tips

Bumps in the Road – What Have You Forgotten to Pack?

January 21, 2014

It’s embarrassing to admit. I know. But at the age of 35 I had never wet shaved. I learned to shave with a hand-me-down electric razor from my father. When it and subsequent razors wore out from my freakishly think stubble (my five o’clock shadow starts around noon), I just bought a replacement electric razor. The situation had only occurred once when the electric razor wouldn’t work due to the lack of…

Latin America, Travel, Travel Tips

And Then We Were Robbed

November 25, 2013

I have travelled all over the world and have never been robbed. We came out of Colombia unscathed and unmolested. We survived Rome without a pick pocket. We rode the subway in Munich drunker than we should have without a bother. We managed almost getting stranded on a volcano in Costa Rica. I made an emergency evacuation out of the Ecuadorian Amazon as the country was shutting down in national protests with all of…

Travel, Travel Tips

eReaders Versus Tablets Versus Hardcopies and a Zinio Giveaway

July 19, 2013

Many months ago I wrote a post about whether or not eReaders and tablets have made my life of travel easier. It’s a question I still ponder. Clearly, to a point, they have. I am an avid reader often engrossed in multiple books at one time. My Kindle Keyboard helps to consolidate so that right now I can have Founding Brothers, The Butcher, and How to Win a Pitch all at my…

Travel Tips

10 Things To Do When It Rains on Your Vacation. Number 4 Won’t be in Guidebooks.

Have You Ever Traveled to Meet Overseas Family? Part 2

Want to Save Money to Travel? Then Stay Away from Starbucks!!!

What to Wear in Europe this Summer

Have You Ever Traveled to Meet Overseas Family?

Would You Rather Travel or Drive a Cadillac?

How Can I Afford to Travel? Budgeting Tips for Your Dream Vacation

Bumps in the Road – What Have You Forgotten to Pack?

And Then We Were Robbed

eReaders Versus Tablets Versus Hardcopies and a Zinio Giveaway

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