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  • Reasons to Double-Check your Plans Before You Go.

    This post isn’t so much about grand adventures or optimistic locations, as recent one’s have been, but more one of prudent advice. To sum it all up, double-check your plans before you leave on your adventure. When I was younger, the term seat-of-your-pants was an apt description for my travel style. And, while I attempt…

    vern2011

    March 26, 2019
    Travel
    Bad Weather, double-check your plans, Europe, Schengen Zone, seat of your pants travel, travel screwups
  • Reminiscing About The Beach.

    With all of the Spring Break action cascading across my social media feed over the last couple weeks, I have been thinking about time spent at the beach. I like a good beach. The beach, and the ocean with it, have a different vibe than the hills and valleys that I’m naturally used to. As…

    vern2011

    March 19, 2019
    Travel
    Australia, Bayeux, Beach, beach drinking, Cocoa Beach, D-Day, day drinking, Florida, France, Koh Phangan, Normandy, old dudes, older travellers, Omaha Beach, Puerto Rico, Rincon, Seven Mile Beach, surfing, Thailand
  • Is Your Kit Still Up For The Trip?

    Before I start, I want to say that I love the word kit. Sometimes, the British just have better words for stuff than us Americans do. Okay, moving on . . . I think it’s a natural tendency of older travelers to already have gear to travel with. As people mature, the majority of them,…

    vern2011

    March 10, 2019
    Travel
    Costa Rica, dependable, gear, Kit, older travellers, Serviceable, Trip planning
  • Is The Travel Journal Dead?

    This isn’t as much of a travel post as it is a philosophical one. I’ve been pondering the last couple weeks about travel journals. With my summer backpacking trip across Europe coming up, I’m looking at my packing list and the weight that I’m going to have to lug around. My list includes a journal…

    vern2011

    March 3, 2019
    Travel
    cairo, Europe, Facebook, Instagram, international travel, Paris, Social media, travel journal
  • Some of my Favorite Stops in the United States.

    After I posted the previous article regarding my favorite stops around the globe, my friend Jayne hit me up on Facebook and ask me what my top spots in the United States were. This led to a great deal of thinking. I slowly came to realize that I couldn’t answer the question in the same…

    vern2011

    February 24, 2019
    Travel
    Adirondack Mountains, Chicago, Four Corners, Las Vegas, New York, Southwest USA, ST Lawrence River Valley, United States, Yosemite, Yosemite Valley
  • A Story about O’Neill’s Pub, King’s Cross, London.

    All week long I’ve been walking around with little smile on my face thanks to last week’s post about drinking beer with the locals of the world. In the search for pictures to go with that post, I came across a picture of O’Neill’s, King’s Cross, London. I love that place! Now, right now, you’re…

    vern2011

    February 17, 2019
    Travel
    BackpackerUK, beer, City Guide, Grand Prize Winner, King’s Cross, London, London Book Festival, lonely planet, O’Neill’s Pub, Pamplona, Progression, Sara Anne Grey Novels, Spain
  • Beer? I have time for a beer.

    Before I get into this one, I want to make a statement. Travel isn’t about places or things. Travel isn’t about crap you read in guide books and magazines. or, on blogs on the internet, for that matter. travel is about experiences that stay with you, after you leave a place. It’s about understanding the…

    vern2011

    February 10, 2019
    Travel
    360 Tour, beer, Ben Franklin, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Dubai Tennis Stadium, Dublin, Guinness, Guinness Brewery, Illinois, Inflatable Pub, Ireland, King’s Cross, Kuwait, Locals, London, Middle East, O’Neill’s, Pinterest, Sky Bar, ST. James’ Gate, The Bell in Hand Tavern, The Brazen Head, The Green Dragon, The Irish Village, Tourists, U2, UAE, United States, western europe
  • A Quick Bit About the Fortress of Tomar, Portugal.

    After thinking about last week’s list and searching through numerous photo collections for the pictures, I realized that I had another spot on the globe which could/should be included. Going to Tomar, Portugal, and seeing the Fortress, is really worth the trip. I found the small Portuguese town by accident. I was doing Templar research…

    vern2011

    February 3, 2019
    Travel
    Book research, Catholic church, Cemetery Cloister, Ceramic Tiles, City Views, Fortress of Tomar, Knights of the Order of Christ, Knights Templar, Moores, Old Town, Portugal, Romanesque Round Church, the Long Path, Tomar
  • My “Current” Top Five.

    Since everyone on the planet has an opinion on what they’re best travel destinations are around the globe, and since I have seen a small piece of the globe, and since I (like everyone else) have my own opinions, It seemed appropriate to throw out what I consider to be my own Travel Top Five.…

    vern2011

    January 27, 2019
    Travel
    Aguas Calientes, Ammon, Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, cairo, Cambodia, Cusco, Egypt, France, Giza Plateau, Happy, Jordan, jungle, Lara Croft, Louvre, Machu Picchu, Maria de Medici, my opinion, Paris, Peru, Petra, Pyramids, Rubens, Siem Reap, top five
  • Everybody Gets Sick.

    This post is a little late in coming. I did say something in the last post about following that post up with some heartwarming story about home during the holidays or some such thing. But, then I got like, super sick, and had some time to think better of that. What probably would have happened…

    vern2011

    January 12, 2019
    Travel
    Alabama, coffee and drugs, contiki, drug store, Egypt, heartwarming posts, Imodium AD, international travel, MT Saint Michel, New York, Nile, Normandy, optimism, Paris, Pharaohs Revenge, pharmacies, Road Trip, sick, suck it up, Texas, United States
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