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Get Global Entry in 3 Easy Steps
Get Global Precheck in 3 Easy Steps Global Entry is a must have for anyone who travels or will travel in the next 5 years. It’s like the US Government giving you a big thumbs up next time you enter the country. You gain entry to […]
Emirates Business Class: Luxury at $65 hour
Emirates Business Class: Luxury at $65 hour I recently had the rare occurrence to upgrade from economy to business class on Emirates flight from Milan to JFK. I have never flown business class internationally before and found the experience worth it on a 9 hour flight. […]
Top 5 Places to Go In Croatia
Croatia, glorious Croatia is a country I could go back to over and over. It is geographically so varied from the plains to the mountains to the coastline. It has a very robust (and delicious) wine industry and all it’s old towns look like part-time move […]
Traveling to Croatia on Budget
Croatia is perhaps one of the most beautiful Mediterranean countries around and still quite affordable as long as you know where to find the savings. If you can learn to shave off some expenses, you can easily go to Croatia for less than $125 day. As […]
5 Things to Do in Pula Croatia
Pula is sea-side city in Istria, a peninsula in NW Croatia. The main reason to come to Pula is for the well preserved roman architecture, food and wine There was something I heard several times from locals that will tell you of Pula and most of Istria, “My […]
Crushing Grapes: Hunt For Croatian Wine
Like most of you (or maybe not) I had no idea Croatia had a robust wine industry. How would I? None of it ever gets featured next to the Argentinian Malbecs or the New Zealand Sauvingon Blancs on the shelves at the Harris Teeter. Once I […]
Driving the Croatia Riviera
Not much prepares you for the visceral experience of driving the Croatia Riviera. You just aren’t expecting it to knock you out with it’s beauty the way it does. Driving from the rainy and cold capital of Zagreb and through the Velika Kapela mountains (where it was actively […]
18 Hour Layover in Warsaw
So, what does one do when one has a mandatory layover in Warsaw? One makes the lemons into lemonade. I was recently informed by LOT airlines, the national airline of Poland, that my connection flight to Croatia was being pushed to the following day which meant […]
How to Credit Your Miles to Partner Airlines
If you fly often enough, you come across amazing deals you can’t pass on. Many times these deals happen to be on airlines you don’t usually fly. For example, I found a $600 flight to Zagreb, Croatia on Lot Airlines worth about 5 cents a mile. While […]
Cycling Across 6 Japanese Islands (video)
My friend Jacob is is in Japan and just cycled 160 kilometers across 6 islands in 2 days. He took a video of his adventure. I was in Japan as an English teacher in 2002 and I am nostalgic for anything Japanese-y. Hope you enjoy this short […]