…How’s That for Initialism!? The red-eye out of San Diego seemed like a brilliant move. A 9PM departure, landing in New York at 5:26AM—plenty of time to connect to my flight to Casablanca. Simple, right? Only we landed early, and for once, that wasn’t a good thing. I staggered over to Terminal One, bleary-eyed at…
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Marking my Territory I wanted to see Guernsey for the same reason I wanted to see Jersey – please refer back to my Jersey blog and I’ll explain there. Guernsey, while not it’s own “country” per se, is one of the UK’s Channel Islands and one in a group of English territories I’d been itching…
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Not a Country, But… While the United Kingdom‘s Jersey island is technically not its own independent country, it is classified as a “self-governing British Crown Dependency.” It’s also one of a handful of European territories included on one of my favorite apps, “Been.” Been is a super simple phone app that lists every country (and…
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I’m So Excited…And I Just Can’t Hide It If I had to pick just one word to describe how I am feeling at this very moment – the first day back from NATO – I would say grateful. Grateful, that in my late 40s, I continue to experience such absolutely epic adventures: things I couldn’t…
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Fave Foods I’ve traveled to all 193 nations of the world, and if you’ve followed me for even just a little while, you know one of my absolute favorite things to do while on my trips is to eat. A great meal can make up for even the worst day. And out of all my…
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Let Them Eat Cake! One of my favorite things about traveling is some of the sweet surprises you find along the way – the literal “sweets,” from ice cream to candy…especially the stuff you can’t find at home. It was during that first 2015 trip to Austria when I would discover my favorite cake of…
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Coming to America Since I was a small boy, I have memories of my father telling me stories of his grandparents, their life in Czechoslovakia, and how they came to the USA chasing the American dream. From Johannes who lived in a giant villa and ran away to America with his housekeeper (who was 20…
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My March 2024 trip to Czechia to meet distant relatives for the very first time ranks as one of my best trips ever. I figured if I was making a true trip back to “the motherland,” I’d pull out all the stops, including making sure I ate lots of genuine Czech foods and local favorites….
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