…of the old quarter contrast with the wide boulevards and glam shops of the new town. It’s a clear European city with a chaotic nature and a penchant for rule bending. Palermo is an ancient city that showcases the remains of Sicily’s countless invaders: it was once an Arab Emirate, the seat of the Norman Kingdom and allegedly in the 12th century it was Europe’s grandest city. The city is still a real beauty and it is surprising to see the number of…
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Amazing Santorini
April 15, 2009 by 3 Comments
…arly know, I love lists and I also love to be surprised and taken aback by new places. It doesn’t happen often but I did a full day trip to Santorini and never wanted to leave. This amazing Greek island is right up in my top 3 or 4 islands anywhere in the world. Maybe just a notch below Easter Island, Capri and Fernando de Noronha as my all time favorites. The beauty of Santorini cannot possibly be understated as it is truly breathtaking and the v…
Value of Travel Forums
April 22, 2009 by 1 Comment
…eady have a Chinese visa and if it will be cancelled out when I obtain the new Tibet permit. I immediately had a few responses that were very helpful and I now know what the deal is. Additionally, I posted some Bhutan questions and that was quickly and accurately responded to as well. I often use this site, both for great information from people in the know and also to market my own site a little bit but it has consistently given me great answers…
Chicken Kiev
May 1, 2009 by 9 Comments
…ng near them and watching their game and he gave me an eye that I clearly knew what he was referring to. I have been to these places before and know how prevalent the Russian mafia is and they don’t even pretend to hide it. Anyone who tells you they don’t exist has no idea what they’re talking about because they are everywhere in these countries, especially Ukraine and Russia. Anyway, so then I went to the bar to grab a perrier before I went to sl…
Copenhagen and Malmo
May 16, 2009 by 2 Comments
…rry was cool because it had a huge restaurant and shopping set up, reminiscient of a Lido deck on a crappy cruise ship. Anyway, we arrived in the unbelievably nice and new Hauptbanhopf (spelling?) Station in Berlin at 6am and I am loving life in one of the best cities on Earth….
From the Azores to India
June 17, 2009 by 2 Comments
…delayed, while I only had a 55 minute layover to begin with to London, I knew something bad would happen with my bags-and it did. They lost my bag which has all my clothes/toiletries type stuff. TAP Portugal may be the worst airline I’ve ever flown and I hope to never use them again if I have a choice. When I did finally get to London I was told I wouldn’t get my stuff back until the next day at the earliest because they wouldn’t send it out unti…
