Grand Cayman was a stop on my very first cruise, with my mom…must have been 2004ish? I only had a few hours there. I don’t remember much, except hopping off the ship for an excursion to a turtle farm and to Hell. Yes, I went to Hell. Seriously! Hell is actually what I remember the…
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The Start of Something Special My summer trip to Europe in 2015 was actually one of the events that first sparked my love for extreme travel. I checked off seven countries in less than two weeks. It was my first time seeing so many nations in a short amount of time and I absolutely loved it….
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Ahhh, Austria. What can I say that won’t open me up to ridicule and even outrage? Look, I didn’t love Austria. But I admit upfront, it’s all my fault; so I’m in no way giving this beauty of a country a bad wrap. Number one: In true “Ramblin’ Randy” fashion, I had very limited time…
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Lisbon, We Have a Problem: About This Blog Entry It’s hard for even me to believe that there was a time in my life when travel didn’t excite me. But there was. There was actually a period of my life, when I would travel–mostly cruises, with my family–that I didn’t have that travel “bug;” that…
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The Start of Something Special Europe in the summer of 2015. Seven countries in less than two weeks. It wasn’t a trip; it was a sprint, a whirlwind crash course in the art of extreme travel. For the first time, I found myself hopping from one nation to the next at breakneck speed, soaking in…
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Frankfurt, We Have a Problem: About This Blog Entry It’s hard for even me to believe that there was a time in my life when travel didn’t excite me. But there was. There was actually a period in my life when I would travel–mostly cruises, with my family–when I didn’t have that travel “bug;” that…
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The Motherland My background is Czech…well at least half of it. I carry a very uncommon Czech last name (common there, not here.) I have grainy visions of my grandparents speaking the native tongue when I was a tot. I definitely remember Grandmother’s Czech-style baking (it’s probably where I got my love of cookies!) My…
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