I’m So Excited…And I Just Can’t Hide It If I had to pick just one word to describe how I am feeling at this very moment – the first day back from NATO – I would say grateful. Grateful, that in my late 40s, I continue to experience such absolutely epic adventures: things I couldn’t…
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Fave Foods I’ve traveled to all 193 nations of the world, and if you’ve followed me for even just a little while, you know one of my absolute favorite things to do while on my trips is to eat. A great meal can make up for even the worst day. And out of all my…
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Let Them Eat Cake! One of my favorite things about traveling is some of the sweet surprises you find along the way – the literal “sweets,” from ice cream to candy…especially the stuff you can’t find at home. It was during that first 2015 trip to Austria when I would discover my favorite cake of…
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Coming to America Since I was a small boy, I have memories of my father telling me stories of his grandparents, their life in Czechoslovakia, and how they came to the USA chasing the American dream. From Johannes who lived in a giant villa and ran away to America with his housekeeper (who was 20…
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My March 2024 trip to Czechia to meet distant relatives for the very first time ranks as one of my best trips ever. I figured if I was making a true trip back to “the motherland,” I’d pull out all the stops, including making sure I ate lots of genuine Czech foods and local favorites….
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Hace 21 Años I hadn’t been to Cuba since 2002, when I literally had to sneak in. Cuba was off-limits to Americans when I first visited 20 years ago. It wasn’t Cuba, but The United States, who, by law prohibited “us” Americans from going there. It could be done, illegally and under the radar, but…
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