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Zeus says Bring a Sense of Humor (AtoZ Travel Tips and WW)

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Apr 302013

Zeus says Bring a Sense of Humor (AtoZ Travel Tips and WW)

Congratulations! We made it to the letter Z. In our honor, a special travel tip from Zeus, king of the gods: Well, technically today’s message has nothing to do with Zeus, other than his name starts with Z. As a powerful god he does seem perfect for delivering my final travel tip of the AtoZ Challenge. After all, it is the single most important piece of survival advice I have for those spending a year traveling around the world with teens. Are you ready . . . If you are traveling around the world with teens, the number one, most [Read More]

You’re Not Immune To Danger When You Travel – Don’t Pet Monkeys! (AtoZ)

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Apr 292013

You're Not Immune To Danger When You Travel - Don't Pet Monkeys! (AtoZ)

Sometimes travelers need to hear the obvious. You’re not immune to danger when you travel. Do you ever look at other travelers and wonder what they are thinking. We have a rule, if it’s not safe or smart at home, it probably didn’t improve when we went into a third world country. “But mom, that guy is feeding the monkeys.” S0? We are not lemmings. Or are we? Let’s review a few of the things we have seen as we traveled: Wild monkeys bite. If you think otherwise, you might be in for an unplanned side trip to the hospital [Read More]

Xebec No More – Travel Tips to Cruise the Mediterranean (#AtoZ Travel Tips)

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Apr 272013

Xebec No More - Travel Tips to Cruise the Mediterranean (#AtoZ Travel Tips)

Xebec is not the only way to Cruise the Mediterranean! What is a Xebec, you ask? It’s a a small, three-masted vessel of the Mediterranean, formerly much used by corsairs, now employed to some extent in commerce. Image Credit: Public Domain image provided by Wikimedia Commons We decided to cruise the Mediterranean on the NCL Spirit. No, we did not win the lottery. We booked six days prior to leaving at a discount so big it was cheaper than the nightly price for a hotel and included 12 nights, all meals, transportation and entertainment. (Last minute booking works best from [Read More]

Visitor Visa Dramas and How To Avoid Them (AtoZ Travel Tips)

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Apr 252013

Visitor Visa Dramas and How To Avoid Them (AtoZ Travel Tips)

One of my favorite souvenirs of our trip around the world is my passport, filled up with visitor visas and permission to enter so many countries. The stories are the same. Never a moment of worry or visitor visa dramas that you hear about so often. We got off the plane in each country, queued up at immigration, handed our passport to the officer, he/she smiled and stamped us in while welcoming us to his homeland, and we went on to customs. In some countries there was a fee, but not always. That’s really all there is to it. Most [Read More]

Useful and Not So Useful Things To Pack For Extended Travel (AtoZ Travel Tips)

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Apr 242013

Useful and Not So Useful Things To Pack For Extended Travel (AtoZ Travel Tips)

It’s really amazing how many not so useful things creep in to luggage. I don’t know where they come from, but one day you think you are traveling light, the next day you are wondering why you have a giant white bear. Seriously, if you really want to roll your eyes at the not so useful things people pack, check out a teens’ luggage, or for that matter any young adult who hasn’t traveled much in the past. Long-term travel has different luggage requirements. First off, you are lugging it around, so size does matter, and in this case [Read More]

Toilets Come In All Shapes And Sizes – But Rarely Have Directions (AtoZ and WW)

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Apr 232013

Toilets Come In All Shapes And Sizes - But Rarely Have Directions (AtoZ and WW)

Toilets come in all shapes and sizes. This we learned very quickly. The difficult part for my western brain, they rarely have directions, although they often have funny toilet signs. First challenge: Which toilet are for me, and which are for hubby? Here are a few of my favorite signs (Austria, Spain, Oman): Next Challenge: What to do once we were in the proper room – Sometimes it was easy: Other times, I recognize only the tank and the flushing device. Toilets Come In All Shapes And Sizes – Learn to Squat And at other times I just roll my [Read More]