After a nice short nap and a warm shower, I headed down to the lobby for our first meeting. My room was on the fourth floor of the hotel and had this view, which was looking away from Rome.
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It’s hard to believe that this commercial aired in the UK a year ago. It’s celebrating Virgin Atlantic’s 25 years of flying. I’m a big fan of Virgin airways (praying that Virgin America makes a hub in Orlando). I’ve flown them over to the UK and via my part time job, met several of the cabin crew. Great crew and great flights. If only every airline brought this kind of attitude, flying would be fun again. Otherwise, enjoy the throwback to last year.
What’s better: the perfect vacation or one littered with unexpected events? I’d argue the second because it makes your stories so much better. The perfect vacation is, well, boring. Sure, the sites you saw are interesting, but with no hardship, there’s no conflict, no growth as an individual. No excitement.
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Taken at the Louvre in Paris in September 2008, I like taking photos not necessarily of the subject themselves, but of reactions to it. Here we see a collection of tourists studying, viewing and photographing the Venus de Milo statue.
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I’ve never had what I would consider a bad flight across the Atlantic until this trip. Perhaps “bad” is the wrong word. It wasn’t a “bad” flight, per se, just…well…
I was able to book round trip flights on Air France for less than $700 round trip total, which was a very good deal at the time…so good, I rushed to get my tour booked while I was finishing up the online booking. Talking with the agent on the phone, “we have space available; do you want me to put a hold on it for you?” To which I’m like, give me just a second to make sure I can get the flight confirmed. Everything went through and onto the credit cards.
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Hi all, check out our new video tour of the website and see how to get the most out of the site as well as utilizing the First Class Submit link to make submitting stories to Travel Off The Cuff incredibly easy!
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First off, thanks to everyone who visits and/or contributes stories to the site. Our goal is to make it easier for you to find and share interesting travel stories. I’m looking forward to getting more and more people submitting stories they’ve either found interesting or written themselves. This site runs better the more people contribute by either submitting stories or marking stories they like.
I’m a little surprised to think that we are approaching two years since I submitted the first stories to the site. Back then, there wasn’t much to look at in terms of look and feel. The site design has changed considerably over the past two years and so has our user management.
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Zane is in Prague for the Absinth bars and chugging contests at the legendary U Fleku beer hall.
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Japan is a country that prides itself on its traditions, even when it comes to drinking.
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Zane steps behind the fortress walls of Croatia to find homemade Grappa and Marask flowing.
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