For those who dreamed of one day seeing one of the great architectural sights of Paris, the fire that gutted Notre Dame Cathedral is both a tragedy and a lesson. Back in the day, I heard repeatedly about this great little jazz spot on Rampart Street in downtown New Orleans, right across from the historic […]
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Come 2021, the days of North American travelers being welcomed into Western Europe with just a passport and a nice smile will be over. You’ll need to be registered. One of the joys of traveling to Western Europe as an American is being able to breeze through immigration and customs on arrival at European airports. […]
Read MoreGERMANY: Planes & Trains
Germany’s national airline is teaming up with the country’s national railroad to create and air-rail net across the whole country at a bargain rate. Hopefully, someone on this side of the Atlantic is taking notes. In the seemingly eternal death struggle between airlines and passengers trains, Lufthansa and Deutsche Bahn (DB) are trying something different: […]
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