Cheeseburgers in Paradise

Sometime you just want a good burger. We’ve seen fast food chains in places all around the world including Ho Chi Minh City (McDonalds and Carl’s Jr) Bergen, Norway (McDonalds and Burger King) Barcelona (McDonalds), Copenhagen (McDonalds), Thailand (Burger King and McDonalds).   While having taken advantage of fast food while traveling we prefer non-chainContinue reading “Cheeseburgers in Paradise”

The Old Port City of Kotor, Montenegro

The old port of Kotor is ringed by steep limestone mountains and surrounded by fortifications built from the  Roman era to the Venetian period. It is located on the Bay of Kotor deep inland from the Adriatic Sea. The bay is a ria, which is a filled river canyon. Together with picturesque towns, the nearlyContinue reading “The Old Port City of Kotor, Montenegro”

The Cost of Paradise*

It’s The Hurricanes! We visited St. Croix not long after hurricane Maria having not been there in over fifteen years. We scheduled this trip last summer, long before hurricane Maria made a visit. Our original plan was to visit some old haunts and see what friends were still around. Unfortunately this trip became more aContinue reading “The Cost of Paradise*”

The True Cost of Paradise*

It’s Those Hurricanes! We visited St. Croix not long after hurricane Maria, having not been there in over fifteen years. We scheduled this trip last summer, long before hurricane Maria made a visit. Our original plan was to visit some old haunts and see which friends were still around. Unfortunately this trip became more aContinue reading “The True Cost of Paradise*”

St. Kitts and Basseterre

On a cruise this past December we stopped in St. Kitts. It has been a number of years since we visited and a lot has changed. The center of town is The Circus with Berkeley Memorial in the middle of the circle. The Circus was the town’s focus, including nice arts and crafts shops andContinue reading “St. Kitts and Basseterre”

Frequent Flyer Programs

It’s been forty years since I earned my first airline “mile”. These industry programs became almost universal over a few years and were pretty simple to understand. Fly a mile and earn a mile and after accumulating a specific number of miles get a free ticket. There were a number of subtle variations like ifContinue reading “Frequent Flyer Programs”