Suing Over A Bad Review?!? Come On!!!

While checking out other travel related websites to get ideas for how to improve/drive more traffic to this site, I stumbled upon this news article (http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,26197059-5014090,00.html) about the potential for travelers who post bad reviews of hotels on the web to be sued by the hotel for defamation!  Is it just me, or does this sound crazy?!?!?

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Another Note About Blog Posts

Please note that I’m still putting up older posts, but they won’t show up on this page anymore because of the date (to prevent confusion I continue to date blog posts according to the date of events they relate to, not the date I write about them) so if you’re interested, please scroll down and click on older entries.  I’m slowly but surely getting all of the old stuff done.

Also note that current blog stuff has once again fallen behind because I’ve been preoccupied with Aisa trip planning, which is making my head spin!  I had forgotten how hard it is to find info sometimes!  Accordingly, I’m adjusting my style of blogging a bit include more facts/tips.  If you are looking at this blog because you are trying to find some info about Europe travel as you plan your trip, but what you’re looking for isn’t here, I might still be able to help so feel free to contact me.

Thanks for reading!

Scarlett

A Note About The Dates Of Blog Posts

So, if you’re reading this because you’re a faithful reader who has stuck with me no matter how far behind I’ve fallen (4 months now!), or if you’ve just stumbled upon this blog from some internet search for information or whatever, I think it’s time I address the fact that I’ve fallen ridiculously behind on this blog and have to do something to catch up!  Paul and I are still on the road (in Poland now), and a combination of friends meeting up to travel with us, not having Internet consistently, procrastination, and being too busy out and about sightseeing and stuff has put me 4 months and 6 countries behind in my writing!  (more…)

American Dentist in Barcelona

After finally recovering from food poisoning, the day we arrived in Barcelona I started having severe migraines which, unbeknown to me, were the result of a severe case of Acute Pulpitis (in other words, I needed a root canal) (editor’s note: in other words…”AHhhhhHHHHHHH!!!!!!”) (more…)

Travel Assurance

When you’re travelling, even a minor accident or sickness can become a major expense and inconvenience. So whether your plans include a trip outside your home province or territory, to the U.S. or to another continent, having travel insurance will go a long way toward ensuring you enjoy your time away.
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“Robbers Communications” – Wireless, Digital Cable TV, Hi-Speed …

Gave up my Canadian cell phone today… Rogers (Robbers) international data roaming rates are $30/MB with a cap so I switched to an AT&T plan with unlimited international data for $65.99.  Unfortunately, this plan is scheduled to be retired at the end of the month but customers can buy 20, 50 or 100MB allowances for reasonable prices.

T-Mobile also has a good international addon for $19.99 on top your regular blackberry plan but is email only.  However, if you’re on a BES you can hide your browser traffic….

French, Italian, German, and Spanish Phrases

A traveler’s cheat sheet on how to say the basics and ask important questions in  French, Italian, German, and Spanish

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Google Latitude Real Time Tracking

Google Latitude allows you to see where your friends are located in real time on google maps anywhere in the world.  There doesn’t appear to be any Wordpress widgets yet but once it becomes available, we will add it to enable real time tracking of our trip.

Google Latitude

Home Sweet Home…

Vancouver,  BC