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Category Archives: Travel
Did Black Hawk Helicopter Pilot Rebecca Lobach Deliberately Crash Into American Airlines Flight 5342? (1-30-25)
A normal person feels terrible when they learn about what National Guard pilot trainee Jo Ellis endured online from Wednesday night to Friday morning (false speculation that she was the pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed Wednesday evening). … Continue reading
Yisroel Pensack: The New York Times Shows Uncanny Timing With Sunday Travel Story On Mountain Climbing In The Himalayas
"It was 4 a.m. in mid-November, and I was stretching in a lodge in Thorong Phedi, Nepal, at 14,500 feet, trying to pump warmth back into my body and get rid of a throbbing headache brought on by dehydration and … Continue reading
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He was on the roadtrip of a lifetime, chugging across the US at the wheel of an exquisite vintage Torino with a young, blonde, beautiful … workmate
Dave Gorman writes for the Times of London: The hotel receptionist stared at me with what seemed undue suspicion. “So … you want a room?” he asked, his tone of voice suggesting that he found the idea faintly absurd. “Yes,” … Continue reading
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Tagged brain, colleague, dave gorman, hotel ness, hotel reception, hotel receptionist, hoteliers, lifetime, question mark, roadtrip, suspicion, swimming the channel, times of london, tiny lobby, toenails, tone of voice, torino, true meaning, wheel, workmate
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Budapest’s Jewish Quarter
Nicholas Kush writes for the New York Times: KIRALY STREET in Budapest has staked claim to the title of hip new spot with its restaurants and fine boutiques, but there’s more to the city’s once-gritty District VII than this one … Continue reading
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Travel Deeper: London, Oxford
Tamar Fox writes for Jewcy: If you’re in London for a while and can spare a day just hanging out in Golder’s Green, that’s what you should do. Take the Northern Line to the Golders Green station, and just wander … Continue reading
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You are where you sleep, because where you sleep says to the world,
A good sentence from Taschen’s 2002 book "Cheap Hotels." From WorldHum: What are some of the things about a cheap room that make you, as you write in the book’s introduction, so “unexpectedly and inexplicably” happy? It happens when I … Continue reading
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Conference Travel Tips
RKelley writes: Limit yourself to carry-on luggage Bring Visine Dump the conference tote Pack some Airborne or cold-blasting packets Have cash on you You don’t want to be the one dick in the dinner crowd who doesn’t treat and take … Continue reading
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