I’ve never gone on a cruise, I’m not in the market for one, and besides I can’t swim, but this caught my attention. My friend, Mary Grace, received an email for “50% off – The most unique cruise of 2012”: the Titanic 100th Anniversary Memorial Cruise. This is a joke, right!? Perhaps a sick, morbid one, … Continue reading Would you sail on the Titanic Memorial Cruise?
Barcelonians aren’t afraid to speak their minds, to help you, or frankly, to get you out of their way (for efficiency’s sake, of course). They’ll poke fun at you if you’re flushed with wine. They’ll call you Chinese out in the street, when you’re actually Filipino-American. That happened more than a few times. Which is strange on many levels, one of them being that Spain colonized the Philippines for over three centuries and named the islands for their King. Eyebrow raise.
This is Barcelona. Continue reading “Roja! Xinesa! Barcelona! Part 1: Antoni Gaudí”
Looking for an uncommon solution, you’ve come to an uncommon place. Continue reading #onereasonfortravel
Ah, the tight tether of the smartphone.
We travel to escape, oftentimes, the humdrum of our everyday. As I mentioned a few posts ago in Things I Bring: Don’t bring your laptop unless necessary, i.e., you have to work while away. I think most people would agree with this. Decidedly fewer people, I suspect, would be willing to leave the beloved smartphone at home, however. Most times, I’m Team Smartphone. Here are some key questions to consider when contemplating if it’s smart to bring the smartphone, and how to do it. Continue reading “Is it smart to travel with your smartphone?”
