France
Tips & Tricks
Trip Planning
See that crowd? Take a good, long, hard look at it. That, my friends, is Paris in the second week of August. The most-touristed [...]
Nerd Travel
Trip Planning
USA
One of the side perks of being a historical reenactor is that it means I actually get to spend quite a good portion of [...]
Gear
Packing & Luggage
One of the things I wanted to test out on my trip to France last summer was the idea of going carry-on-only for a [...]
Budget Travel
France
How I Travel
Personal Travel
Trip Planning
Well, I’ve discovered one downside of my ultra-cheap travel style: when the shit hits the fan, you’re really SOL. Today is one of those [...]
France
Personal Travel
Trip Planning
So, due to some crossed wires and miscommunication, it turns out that Lagamas, my planned home for a month, is actually only going to [...]
Packing & Luggage
Trip Planning
As of writing this (at 7am on Saturday), I have about 76 hours left until I head to the airport for ten weeks in [...]
Packing & Luggage
Trip Planning
This afternoon I finished up the last-minute shopping for my 10 week trip to France this summer. I’ve modified my packing list somewhat to [...]
Trip Planning
When I spent 6 weeks in Switzerland in 2007, one of my splurges was a SwissPass. It gave me unlimited travel on all Swiss [...]
France
Trip Planning
So, last night I booked my airfare to France. I leave from DC on the afternoon of the 21st, stop over for 2 hours [...]
France
How I Travel
Tips & Tricks
Trip Planning
It’s looking like I should have around $1000 for my 10 weeks in France, working out to around $100 a week, or around €12 [...]
