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My name is Gary Arndt. In March 2007 I set out to travel around the world...
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I’m Making the Jump to Print: Say Hello to the New Staff Writer for Newsweek Magazine!

Published on 04/01/2013

My blogging days are over

I’ve been working with my manager the last several months on a major deal with a large publishing outlet. After weeks of contract negotiations I’m happy to announce that starting today I am the new traveling correspondent for Newsweek Magazine!

This deal is a dream come true for me and the fulfillment of years of hard work. The truth is, I’ve never really cared much for blogging or the internet. I’ve always viewed it as a place for amateurs and knew that the real prize was appearing in print. To paraphrase Kevin Spacey’s character Frank Underwood from the great House of Cards series on Netflix, “The Internet is the McMansion in Sarasota that falls apart after 10 years. Print is the old stone building that stands for centuries.”
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April 2013 Desktop Wallpaper

Published on 03/31/2013

April 2013 Desktop Wallpaper

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Monday Travel Update – Half Way Through Germany Edition

Published on 03/18/2013

Panoramic image of the Upper Middle Rhine River Valley

Panoramic image of the Upper Middle Rhine River Valley

I am now half way through my German World Heritage tour where I visit the remaining 27 UNESCO World Heritage Sites which I have yet to visit in the country.

Today I find myself south of Frankfurt where I visited the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Saalburg late yesterday afternoon in a snowstorm. So far I’ve visited 14 of the 28 sites on my list. Today was my busiest day of the trip as I visit 3 sites in a single day. I was able to do this because they were reasonably close together with less than an hour drive between them.

The operative word for the trip so far has been “cold”. Just before I left Berlin last week a cold front came through and dumped snow over most of the country. Temperatures have been unusually cold for most of the country and I’ve had to wear multiple layers of clothes in order to keep warm, as I don’t have a winter coat with me. Thankfully temperatures are starting to go back up again and hopefully the snows will be gone soon.
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Gary’s Big German World Heritage Adventure

Published on 03/07/2013

The route of my road trip

Starting Monday, March 11 I will spend 2-weeks driving around Germany with the goal of exploring 28 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 27 of which I have not previously visited.*

I am excited to be doing this trip for several reasons. I love road trips because there is a freedom you have when driving that doesn’t exist when you are traveling by train or plane. I love visiting UNESCO sites and Germany has the 5th highest number of them in the world (37). My ancestors also came from Germany in the 19th Century. Outside of a great aunt who spoke German, I didn’t experience much in the way of German culture growing up. (Being German became highly unfashionable in the United States with its entry into WWI.)

The sites are a mix of 19th century industrial sites, forests, cathedrals, monasteries, Roman ruins, paleontology digs and gardens.
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This Week in Travel – Episode 134

Published on 03/06/2013

This week’s guests are Mark Peacock of the TravelCommons podcast and Corey Taratuta from the Irish Fireside Podcast. I wasn’t on this episode as I was sound asleep in Poland.

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Tuesday Travel Update – Wrapping up in Poland

Published on 03/05/2013

Frank Sinatra is alive and well in Poland

The last week in Poland has been a whirlwind. Just 2 weeks ago I had no idea I’d even be coming here. Now I’m leaving tomorrow having visited both Warsaw and Krakow and 6 of Poland’s 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

I was pleasantly surprised with Poland. I enjoyed the food, I enjoyed the people I met and it is much more affordable than the rest of Western Europe. The fact that they aren’t in the Euro zone probably has a lot to do with that.

I am positive I’ll be returning to Poland someday.
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March 2013 Desktop Wallpaper

Published on 02/28/2013

March 2013 Desktop Wallpaper


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In Praise of Spontaneous Travel

Published on 02/27/2013

You seriously don’t have a hotel room booked?

I am writing this in Warsaw, Poland.

That in and of itself isn’t that impressive. Many people visit Poland every year.

What makes this special is that up until a few days ago, I had no idea I was going to be in Poland. In fact, until yesterday, I had no idea I was going to spend the night in Warsaw.

My original plan was to fly to Germany early for the ITB conference and just hang out in Berlin for a week while I waited for it to start. I realized that Berlin wasn’t far from Poland, taking the train was very easy and I had never been to Poland before. Even factoring in the cost of a train ticket, I’d probably save money by staying in Poland rather than in Berlin.

So I decided to go to Poland.
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This Week In Travel – Episode 133

Published on 02/26/2013

This week’s guest is Ralph Velasco, Photographer and Photo Tour Leader from RalphVelasco.com

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Monday Travel Update – Sleeping in Berlin

Published on 02/25/2013

I just flew in to Berlin and boy are my arms tired….actually all of me is tried.

People often assume that because I fly so much that I must have some secret to overcoming jet lag. There is no secret. When you adjust your sleep schedule, you just have to stay awake longer than you usually do for a period of time.

After getting little sleep on the flight here, I tried to stay up till a normal hour and then go to sleep. I went to be around 11pm, woke up at 4am, went back to sleep at 6:30am and then woke up again at 12:30pm.

I’m still tired, but if I can force myself into a semi-normal sleep schedule, I will get over the jet lag quicker. I’ll go to bed early tonight, get up early tomorrow which will give me plenty of time to get to the train station to get my ticket to Warsaw.

While in Poland I’ll be visiting some UNESCO sites as well as doing photo editing and writing. Believe it or not, this is sort of a vacation from my recent Central America trip and the trip I’ll be starting in 2 weeks in Germany.
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