Mexico City There’s one area of foreign travel that is an absolute horror, and that’s the visa process. Of course, that’s not a problem for Americans going to countries in the European Union as well as some other areas where we have agreements and understandings, but once you move outside of that bubble, please be …
Month: December 2018
Random Travel Tips – Part #4: Don’t Make Assumptions about Lodging
New Orleans A breaker fuse at the house blew this morning under pressure from the coffee pot, microwave, and a space heater all singing their songs at the same time, which reminds me that when booking lodging on foreign travel, read the offering carefully and make no assumptions. In 2016, the Organizers’ Forum journeyed to Douala, …
Random Travel Tips – Part #3: Talk to Strangers When it Counts
Montreal We were sitting cheek to jowl in the back section of a Lufthansa flight from Nairobi to Frankfurt. I was transferring from a Kenya Airlines flight from Kampala to Nairobi and then going forward in hops to Frankfurt, Chicago, and finally New Orleans. The attendants and a percentage of the passengers were German of …