We’ve been gloomily predicting appallingly long lines to get through airport security this summer, and while the summer is yet to be fully upon us, the reality of these predictions exploded into full public view […]
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Good morning It has been a busy week for the best possible reason – we now have eight people who rushed to join our Bucharest to Budapest Balkan cruise in late August. Six of them
Norwegian Air Shuttle is the third largest low-cost airline in Europe and flies to over 100 cities, mainly within western Europe. It also operates a few flights between the US and Europe, with a fleet
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Good morning Very exciting news this morning. I’ve regularly been asked to offer another Travel Insider tour of the Eastern Danube, through the Balkans between Budapest and Bucharest. The 2007 tour I operated was so
One of the most requested Travel Insider tours has been for a repeat of our 2007 cruise along the Danube east of Budapest. Now, after nine long years of waiting, we have it available again!
Balkan Cruise from Bucharest to Budapest Aug/Sep 2016 Read More »
Good morning It was an exciting week this week. I generally choose to book international travel about three months prior to departure, and so, a little ahead of schedule, I booked the flights for myself
So there you are, staring glumly at your cell phone, while in a foreign country. You want to call back home, but to do so will cost you several dollars per minute – money better
Good morning and Happy April Fool’s Day I mentioned how frequent flier miles aren’t worth as much as they used to be in last week’s newsletter. Reader Fran wrote in to say that she tried
The eagerly awaited Tesla Model 3 was announced by Elon Musk on Thursday evening. There were few surprises (after a steady stream of leaks and good guesses over the last month or two), and the
Good Friday morning Another Easter in this curiously Godless nation. Even though this is my 31st Easter here, it is still strange to see no official recognition of the event, other than stores full of
Most media are missing the point of the Brussels bombings on Tuesday 22 March. Meanwhile, naive public pressure for simple fast solutions to a complex problem is encouraging inappropriate responses that attempt to pacify the public
Good morning The spring or vernal equinox is Sunday and not only do we already have daylight saving but certainly here in the PNW, spring is in the air, blossom is on the trees, and
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