Amateur Traveler Interview – Micro-states of Europe
Chris Christensen, my co-host of This Week In Travel, is also the man behind the Amateur Traveler Podcast, one of the most popular travel podcasts on the internet. I recently did my 4th appearance on the show talking about the micro-states of Europe: Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein and Andorra. My previous appearances include interviews on [...]
Photo Essay : Dresden, Germany
In November 2011 I took a Eurail trip through Germany, visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the central and eastern parts of the country. Perhaps the most fascinating city I visited on that trip was the city of Dresden. Dresden has been through a lot over the last half century. Fire bombed in WWII, subject [...]
Literally The Only Three Things You Need To Travel Anywhere In The World
The impetus for this post comes from a discussion I had with my assistant Amy over 10 years ago. I commented to her that there were only 3 things that you really needed to travel. If you had those three things, then you really didn’t need anything else. Moreover, all three of those things could [...]
Monday Travel Update – Labor Day in Toronto Edition
I’m currently in Toronto for a few days before heading off to Spain on Wednesday. The last week I was up in Northern Manitoba as a guest of Churchill Wild and Manitoba Tourism to see polar bears in the wild. The lodge I was at was a remote place on the shore of Hudson Bay, [...]
This Week In Travel – Episode 122
This is our very first attempt at using video for our podcast. I join in around the halfway mark. I had to check out of my room at the airport hotel when the show started and ended up joining in from a bench at the Toronto airport. We hope to be doing more of these [...]
