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How Apple and Samsung Pay solve the chip and pin card problems Just in case you are new to travel in Europe, using credit cards can be a different experience than in the States. Despite cards used in the USA now having a chip, few have pins. Apple Pay and Samsung Pay to the rescue. […]
Ghent Altarpiece I am not well taught on the worlds better known artworks. In fact I knew very little of the Ghent Altarpiece, aka Adoration of the Mystic Lamb until I watched Monuments Men on a flight to New York. Needless to say an interesting movie. This hasn’t been the first time a movie […]
For many of us the idea of going to an all inclusive resort brings up images of a young couple enjoying a Caribbean getaway during the colder months or maybe a family getaway. Living in New England and being subject to advertisements from places like Sandals, teasing warmer weather during winter from all inclusive’s from […]
If you are heading to Prague and feel the urge for something macabre take a trip to Kutna Hora – Sedlac and visit the “Bone Church”. The Ossuary is a Roman Catholic Church and contains an estimated 40,000 plus human remains. Bones and skulls stacked in pyramids as well as articulately created sculptures and chandeliers […]
Everyone knows I love a good sunset. I usually capture some great ones out on the ocean. Here I was in The Old Town Square in Prague. Anyone who has been there knows how beautiful it is day or night. As many times as I’ve been to Prague and taken countless photos, I’d never been […]
I was in Budapest last week with my friend Andi from Serbia. We were out walking around looking to get some good pictures of Budapest at night. This shot taken from the Buda side on a very cold night illustrates just how beautiful Budapest can be during the night.
How can you not pay a visit to the Guinness Storehouse when in Dublin? I mean a beer factory? Let alone one of the worlds most famous at that. Normally I am more apt to stray down a more desolate street but I could not resist this temptation. At €16.50 it is a fairly steep […]
I am trying to cut the cost of doing laundry while traveling by writing about various laundromats that I have found on my trips. It always seems to me the one cost of travel that is often overlooked. Hotel laundry service is very expensive so I look for a good old fashion self serve or […]
Doing laundry on the road can be a real pain in the butt at times. Hotel laundry is very expensive, especially if what you need to wash are just jeans and pullover’s and not dress clothing. If you are in Prague laundromats are as rare as pork knuckle in the U.S. Luckily Andy’s Laundromat fills that […]
Not really a lovely topic to write about, but so many people are curious when I’ve spoken about the open air urinals in Amsterdam. I feel it offers something to the traveler spending time in Amsterdam looking for the WC…. Installed in and around the Red Light District, these unique urinals where put in to […]
No matter if you live in a metro area or have spent time in cities while traveling, you have no doubt come across the sight of a homeless person begging for change. Make no eye contact? Pick up your pace a bit? Or maybe you check your pocket and put a little money in the […]
When arriving to Prague Airport (Václav Haveld) and you want to get to the city as quickly as possible your best bet is a city bus to a metro stop and continue from there to your destination. When you exit the arrivals terminal, walk across the street for the city bus stop. There will be […]
The majority of travelers prefer warmer weather and tend to focus their trips around the milder seasons and venture to warmer climates for winter get-aways. I spent last January roaming the streets of Helsinki, Oslo, Tallinn and Riga. It may have been very cold but it is no reason not to experience the beauty of […]
Europe is full of beautiful Squares. Poznan’s Old Town Square is one of the more “unsung” if you will. I was browsing a map of Poland trying to decide which city to visit. After doing a Google search on images of Poznan I was sold. After arriving, I was elated with its […]
This little museum just down the street from Prague Castle is something to see if you find communism, spying and the former Soviet Union even a bit intriguing. The cost of 300 Czech, about $14 is worth every penny. The gentleman who owns and narrates the tour is Russian and eager to show off all the […]