by ThatTravelGuy | Jan 10, 2016 | Travel |
Planning a trip to Rome and the Vatican this summer. As hot as it may be make sure you don’t wear shorts to visit the Pope. Not only is there a dress code, but it is enforced pretty rigidly as well. It not only prohibits shorts above the knees, but it restricts the...
by ThatTravelGuy | Dec 28, 2015 | Travel |
As we flew across Italy, from my aircraft window the tranquility of the sea was punctuated by the streaks of white wake from hundreds of boats on the water. It is along the waters which cover the inside of this knee length shoe of a country that lays the soul of...
by ThatTravelGuy | Dec 19, 2015 | Travel |
See a cathedral unfinished after 122 years of almost continuous construction in Barcelona. Listen to Chopin played on an underground lake as you are surrounded by massive stalagmites and stalactites on Mallorca. Explore the beaches and stores at a playground of the...
by ThatTravelGuy | Dec 9, 2015 | Travel |
Pizza and pasta are the meals of choice. The signs and language are Italian yet our train exited through the Italian border some time ago. I am feeling somewhat like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz when she exclaimed “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.” This...
by ThatTravelGuy | Dec 3, 2015 | Travel |
It is the time of year when many retirees especially, but other winter escape artists as well are getting ready to leave for the kind of long stay holidays we all yearn for. Long stay holidays don’t have a specific time framework but at this time of year they tend to...
by ThatTravelGuy | Dec 2, 2015 | Travel |
Football teams implore you to join them on a special cruise. Radio station personalities use significant airtime to motivate you to book onto theirs. And even old time greats in hockey, football and other sports suggest their retired players’ ship tour makes an ideal...
by ThatTravelGuy | Nov 25, 2015 | Travel |
“Every flower is beautiful in its own garden. Every antiquity is beautiful in its own country.” So reads the sign at the entrance of the Efes Museum in Kusadasi, Turkey. I would not have appreciated that expression before our last trip to Turkey. I have...
by ThatTravelGuy | Nov 23, 2015 | Travel |
We have stayed here, My Sister and brother in law have, as well as a number of others to whom we have recommended it. On our last Italian journey after spending a few days in Rome, we decided to head out to Tuscany for a few days before flying home. We had feedback...
by ThatTravelGuy | Nov 15, 2015 | Travel |
We have always considered ourselves fortunate to have visited Prague and stayed in the city for a number of days. It is very difficult to consider leaving Prague for even a short time when there is enough to see and do there for weeks, let alone days. But everything...
by ThatTravelGuy | Nov 12, 2015 | Travel |
“There may be no place like it”, they would say. When I would talk with anyone who had returned from a Prague visit, they would often respond with words similar to that, and then go on to rave about the Czech experience. So when we took our turn, I went with...
