Sunny Suisse: Goodnight, Bern
Sitting on the roof-top deck of my hotel, listening to the church bells ring as the sun set over Bern, I decided that perhaps my...
Trip Reports
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Sunny Suisse: Happy hour at the Bern Cathedral
The afternoon came quickly on my day in Bern. Part of that is because I didn’t get into town until after noon and part of...
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Sunny Suisse: Seeing the bears of Bern
I chose Bern (a/k/a Berne) as my first stop on a whirl through Switzerland based on the description provided by UNESCO regarding its old city....
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Sunny Suisse Part 1: What the heck am I doing in Switzerland??
What happens when you show up in Europe on a three night trip and you have no idea what you want to do? This is...
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Behind the scenes with United Airlines
What happens when scores of aviation enthusiasts are given access to a behind-the-scenes experience with the largest airline in the world? Something roughly like this....
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A caution against last minute hotel bookings
I’ve become something of a slacker when it comes to hotel bookings. It is not at all uncommon for me to pick my hotel after...
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Exploring Chufut-Kale near Bakhchisarai, Ukraine
The town of Bakhchisarai has, over the past couple decades, developed into the biggest tiny tourist town in Crimea, Ukraine. That might not sound like...
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Why can’t hotel websites properly map their property locations?
I’m headed to Istanbul tomorrow and, as is often my habit, I’m looking over the plans I’ve made and considering changing them. Specifically, I’m looking...
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Apparently mechanical diversions now rate full-on rants in the New York Times
You, American Airlines, should no longer be flying across the Atlantic. You do not have the know-how. You do not have the equipment. And your...
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A visit to Newark Airport’s Family Day
Perhaps I should have been a bit worried when I boarded the shuttle bus from the AirTrain station at Newark Airport to the Family Day...