Italy, We Have a Problem: About This Blog Entry It’s hard for even me to believe that there was a time in my life when travel didn’t excite me. But there was. There was actually a period of my life, when I would travel–mostly cruises, with my family–that I didn’t have that travel “bug;” that…
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Grouch First a disclaimer: I was one cranky muhfugga when I was in Copenhagen, so this report may be a little bit biased. I hadn’t achieved a full night’s sleep in almost a week, since arriving in Europe; my body clock was refusing to adjust and day number six was just about my breaking point….
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Alright Stop! Visiting Iceland was nothing short of incredible. I arrived late afternoon and after missing my bus to The Blue Lagoon (make sure you’re on the right bus!), the Flybus company was kind enough to arrange and pay for a cab there. Yup, I was not only going to visit–but going to stay the…
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Time is Running Out If you’ve ever wanted to go to Cuba, go now, please. No really, get off my website and book a trip now. Ever since Obama started lifting sanctions on Cuba, the once restricted country is getting more and more Americanized, day by day, and it won’t be long before there are…
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You Take the Good, You Take the Bad… This was one of the few trips I’ve had in my life–maybe the only trip–that I didn’t really enjoy. It’s the only trip that I’ve ever actually cut short–and went home early! The DR was an interesting trip that consisted of two parts: Punta Cana and Santo Domingo….
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One of These Things is Not Like the Other Dominica was part of a crazy 10-day, 10-island trip…yes, a whirlwind TEN islands in TEN days; it was insane. And though I enjoyed every island I landed on, many of them just kind of “blended in.” Ask me the difference between St. Kitts and St. Martin,…
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Hop On, Hop Off Landed at 1:25PM, wheels up again at 5:00PM. This was one tight layover! Luckily, there was an absolutely gorgeous beach just four minutes away. The cabbie dropped me off at Grande Anse Beach, where I grabbed lunch at Umbrella’s Beach Bar. This place was perfect, right on the sand. I had…
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