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Walkable city, Great Hotel, and Aussie pies
We found Sydney, Australia, to be a great little get away, and especially liked the George's hotel, Hotel 59 near King's Cross. The...
Craig
Oct 17, 20191 min read
Eating in Taiwan
Let me just say this, Susann isn't a fan of rice, and Chinese food is pretty much near the bottom of her favs... but there we were in...
Craig
Oct 15, 20191 min read
Elvis has left the country
It is a bit of a pain doing a lot of typing on a tablet or phone, so I'll do most of my posting at
https://www.facebook.com/travelblitzt
Craig
Mar 11, 20171 min read
Red Eye Express
Time to start checking @travelblitztips on Facebook, (https://www.facebook.com/travelblitztips)
Craig
Mar 10, 20171 min read
Travel Day(s), the price you pay, before you stay
We have a rule... you have to stay someplace longer than it takes you go get there
Craig
Mar 9, 20172 min read
Captain Obvious here, you do have your airline app installed, right?
I don't know how I ever managed to catch a flight back before the Internet; Kayak, Expedia, Cheap Tickets, Google maps, Tripadvisor
Craig with tips from Gracie
Mar 8, 20171 min read
Staying online while traveling
While your hotel and many cafés certainly should have Wi-Fi, what about trying to check the bus or tram website while you are at the bus or
Craig
Mar 7, 20172 min read
Make sure you can charge it (your phone)
Instead of taking one wall plug to charge my phone, I have purchase a few dual port chargers with an equal number of wall adapters
Craig
Mar 6, 20171 min read
Never lose your travel paperwork
Travel tip: when we get a travel document or voucher, print, email, and save an ipad copy
Craig
Mar 5, 20171 min read
Top Tip to cheap travel: check the weather
Top tip to cheap travel: To travel without paying for extra bags that may get lost requires only packing what you will need. So we regularly
Craig
Mar 4, 20171 min read
Our Favorite Hotel... thus far
Some of our favorite hotels, and why we liked a 5th floor walk up (it's character, and location)
Craig
Feb 28, 20172 min read
Memories of N'awlins
A few years back, we spent a long weekend in New Orleans, at Olde town Inn, Rampart @ 1001 Marigny
Craig
Feb 28, 20172 min read
The Anal-Retentive Test Pack
I find there are two kinds of travelers... the ones with a lot of money, and the rest of us. The folks with a lot of money decide what they
Craig
Feb 26, 20173 min read
Helsinki, Turku, and Tallinn, more plans
Helsinki, Turku, and Tallinn, more plans
Additional PLANNING DETAILS, sites to see, links and more
Craig
Feb 23, 201712 min read
Helsinki Plan
Sites to visit and nearby tram stops More details to come #Planning #Travel
Craig
Feb 18, 20171 min read
Planning our day in Tallinn, Estonia
We have plotted a loop around Tallinn that will let us see as much of the old town as we can on foot Great Coastal Gate and Fat...
Craig
Feb 12, 20177 min read
Finnish Cheat Sheet
Finnish has grammatically nothing at all in common with other Scandinavian languages, or Russian (see also http://wikitravel.org/en/Finn...
Craig
Feb 9, 20171 min read
Our Favorite Hotel in: Barcelona
Hotel Paral-lel was such a great find for us... convenient to cafés, grocers, the Paral-lel metro and funicular station, plus it had one of
Craig
Feb 9, 20171 min read
Our current trip in planning: Finland and Estonia
Our plans so far #Travel
Craig
Feb 1, 20171 min read
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