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October 14, 2018January 17, 2020

Scandinavia: Pricey Provisions & Puzzling ‘Pantsdrunk’ People

You should know one thing before traveling to the Scandinavian and Nordic countries – Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. It is expensive. That is, unless you don’t think $27 hamburgers, a $3 chicken wing and $10 drafts are expensive. But at least the taxes are high. You could try to do it on the …

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October 8, 2018January 23, 2020

The Special Effects in Norway are very well done

We are certain we will never see anything more incredible than the Northern Lights. We’re 200 miles above the Arctic Circle in Norway, near a little town called Tromsø. The night was very overcast and rainy. We were certain we would not be seeing anything more than the glare of the city lights off the …

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September 22, 2017February 15, 2020

Travel to Albania: the mysterious pillboxes of a paranoid past

We’re traveling through Albania’s remarkably diverse landscape. We very slowly drive up and up horrendous roads with pencil-thin cliff ledges through the cold snow-capped Albanian Alps, then down and down and along gently rolling scrubby panoramas, then to the hot shores of the Adriatic Sea. We notice many expensive Mercedes-Benz vehicles on the rutted roads …

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September 19, 2017March 15, 2021

Captivated by Croatia: yes, it looks just like ‘Game of Thrones’

Croatia has a stunningly beautiful coastline with cities like Dubrovnik and Split that are well worth a visit. But I’ve got to say, this was a country where the people we encountered were not overly warm – at least they weren’t to us. We kind of pride ourselves in meeting, engaging and befriending locals. It’s …

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September 7, 2017January 19, 2020

Iguazu Falls: worth the bad hair day

Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Brazil is breathtaking, of course. There are 275 falls along 1.67 miles of the Iguazu River. The U-shaped Devil’s Throat, the most impressive, straddles the countries’ borders and plunges nearly 370 feet across 2,300 feet. Iguazu is higher and nearly twice as wide as Niagara Falls. (Victoria Falls, straddling Zambia …

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August 14, 2017February 15, 2020

Safe in Singapore through no fault of our own

Just in case you’re wondering if Singapore is as safe as it claims to be – debatably only second to Tokyo, according to various sources - here is how safe it is. We went to Sentosa Island, taking a cab then the air tram, to see its beautiful aquarium and view its amazing nightly laser …

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February 15, 2017January 26, 2020

Travel to Tahiti: Bora Bora is like a movie … but which one?

Bora Bora is one of those places that is so beautiful, you feel like you are in a movie. I don’t know which movie. Hopefully not “Jaws.” After an all night flight from Los Angeles to French Polynesia, we chartered a beautiful catamaran yacht with four staterooms and attached bathrooms from The Moorings in Tahiti. …

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