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Metro Ticket X-Wing Fighter

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

What to do with all those miscellaneous souvenir slips of paper you’ll collect next year on tour? Here’s a neat idea from the mind of Hubert de Lartigue I came across on the Internets for the patient and clever Star Wars fan who finds his or her pocket full of Paris Metro Ticket stubs: “Pas [...]

Delizioso!

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

It’s 455 days until we depart for Europe, Team AZ, but beware, all is not well on the Continent. Just as the French are coming to terms with their latest cultural challenge, so are the Italians now dealing with their own crisis of cultural conscience: “McItaly burger controversial in home country”.

I don’t know what the [...]

Unusual, Weird, and Bizarre

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

I don’t always post the links I collect in my travels on the Interests in a timely manner, but here are some I think are interesting. Maybe they’ll inspire you to visit.
The first lists “10 Unusual Playgrounds from Around the World”. Number 3, Clemyjontri Park in Virginia, isn’t so much unusual as it is inclusive [...]

Showcase 2009: Greece

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

We docked very early at Igoumenitsa, Greece the morning after our overnight ferry from Italy, and immediately we were off to the Meteora region in the north central part of the country. Meteora’s home to the famous rock-top monasteries; I always use For Your Eyes Only as a reference for those who may know movie. [...]

Adventure

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

I came across this video several weeks ago, but just never got around to posting it, so I figured I would now along with some other sites you might find interesting.

The video’s from “The Cockpit Chronicles with Kent Wien”, and it’s a view of London that you may get to experience is we depart [...]

Showcase 2009: Pompeii

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

From Rome we headed south to Sorrento and Pompeii, the next destinations on our 2009 tour. Our hotel in Sorrento was on the beach; the latter left something to be desired but the town was a nice break in the tour. We found a nice gelato shop not far from our lodgings and enjoyed the [...]

Food the World Over

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

America’s greatest export, the Big Mac, is will soon be available at one of France’s most cherished cultural landmarks and plenty of Parisians aren’t happy about it: “McDonald’s restaurants to open at the Louvre”. While a taste of America might be tempting while away from home, local cuisine is cheaper than fast food and not [...]

Showcase 2009: Rome

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Rome was the next city on our 2009 tour after Florence. Along with London, Rome is my most-looked-forward-to city on tour. The hot spots are crowded and busy, but the in-betweens are peaceful and pleasant. Day one in Rome began at the city’s most famous landmark, the Flavian Amphitheater, from which we continued on to [...]

Showcase 2009: Florence

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

The next city on our 2009 tour after Lucerne was Florence, Italy, birthplace of the Renaissance. This city houses perhaps my favorite piece of art in the history of Western civilization, Michelangelo’s David, which is stunning  and beautiful up close. Team AZ closed our day in the city from the Piazzale Michelangelo; Brunelleschi’s famous dome [...]

Showcase 2009: Lucerne

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

The next stop on Team AZ’s 2009 tour after Paris was Lucerne, Switzerland. Switzerland, by far, had some of the most beautiful and breathtaking scenery of our entire tour especially near our hotel town of Longern, a few miles from Lucerne. Below is Team AZ at the city’s Löwendenkmal or Lion Monument, the city’s hallmark [...]

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