Remember travel agents? I think I last used one in 1996, to book a trip to the Dominican Republic. In Greece, where as we all know from the news, they’re not really keeping up with the program, it was hard to even find ferry schedules online up until a few years ago. And, as far [...]
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Following on the heels of the quickie Munich visit…we spent even less time in Japan, and it was just in the Tokyo Haneda airport, but still, it was enough time to have our minds blown. We made a beeline for duty free, to procure a couple of bottles of IW Harper bourbon, on a tip [...]
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In the course of our European train jaunting, Peter and I spent all of six hours in Munich, but it yielded a post worth of ridiculous photos–and none of them even involved us being drunk and stupid in a beer garden. I think the Munich tourism board should be proud of that. Directly across the [...]
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Ah, the Pyramids. Last remaining wonder of the ancient world. Monumental tombs for the pharaohs. Engineering mystery. And pain in my ass. I’m not the only one to think this. Every tourist I’ve ever met in Egypt has looked shell-shocked when they mention their trip to the Pyramids. It shouldn’t be this way. Egypt’s second [...]
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I'm Zora O'Neill. I travel and eat. I'm a:
*Guidebook author for Lonely Planet, Moon and Rough Guides
*Co-author of cookbook Forking Fantastic! Put the Party back in Dinner Party
*Expert on Amsterdam, Egypt, New Mexico and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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