September 4, 2014

Berlin: Are there too many tourists?

Berlin has zoomed to the #3 spot for European visitors (behind London and Paris and just ahead of Rome), and some Berliners are worried it’s costing them what they like about their city…cheaper prices and less crowding than some of the other great…

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Frommers Color Complete Guides: A New Debut

Frommers’ “Color Complete” France Guidebook 2015 is a great guidebook and a marked change from most of the later Wiley Frommer’s Guides. The big differences I noticed are that the info is current and there are a lot of budget options.

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Why the Return of Frommers Guidebooks is a Big Deal

Besides my review of Frommer’s “France Color Complete Guide.” permit me to share my own opinionated view of how monumental it is for the Frommers to get these guidebooks out.   After looking over the new France and Spain books, I had some…

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A Trabant in Krakow Poland

  This little car is a Trabant. Powered by a two-stroke pollution generator that maxed out at 18 hp, the Trabant was made of a fiberglass, reinforced with recycled fibres like cotton and wood. Designed in the 1950s, the Trabant was East…

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Berlin: Are there too many tourists?

Berlin has zoomed to the #3 spot for European visitors (behind London and Paris and just ahead of Rome), and some Berliners are worried it’s costing them what they like about their city…cheaper prices and less crowding than some of the other great…

Read More

Frommers Color Complete Guides: A New Debut

Frommers’ “Color Complete” France Guidebook 2015 is a great guidebook and a marked change from most of the later Wiley Frommer’s Guides. The big differences I noticed are that the info is current and there are a lot of budget options.

Read More

A Trabant in Krakow Poland

  This little car is a Trabant. Powered by a two-stroke pollution generator that maxed out at 18 hp, the Trabant was made of a fiberglass, reinforced with recycled fibres like cotton and wood. Designed in the 1950s, the Trabant was East…

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