What better place than Ireland to learn how to pour the perfect pint of Guiness? This is just the beginning of Zane’s fun in the heart of pub-land.
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Tequila isn’t just a drink, but a place in Mexico — a magical place where Zane finds everything from the Jose Cuervo Estate to a restaurant that cooks all its food in tequila.
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Once the trip is booked and paid for and by paid for I mean charged to the lowest interest card you have allowing you to dribble money into it while paying interest for months on end to eventually pay off the trip, you start planning. It’s interesting to think about the different philosophies of paying for a vacation.
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Zane explores the culture of Jamaica through the three Rs: Red Strip, Reggae and Rum.

(Okay, I missed it yesterday!) Whether tasting the grapes off the vines or getting bar owners to chug Cristal, Zane takes Champagne by storm, one flute at a time.

As you can imagine, the worst thing you want to hear at work is that you’re being forced to take additional vacation.  Such was my lot at my full time job, where because I had so much built up vacation time, this year, I needed to take an additional week off above my standard 3 weeks.  The reason for this, the company explained in a single font, 10 point e-mail is because they care about my health and well being.

Of course, being in Finance, all of us knew that the real reason was to move stored vacation time from one line on the balance sheet to a more street-friendly line.  Get rid of all that accrued vacation.
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