Category | Travel Tips

What to Do if You Spill Wine on Your Laptop (Updated)

Posted on 23 July 2008

1.  Turn it off
2.  Flip upside down
3.  Pull apart the keyboard and hard drive and dry off
4.  Let air dry over night
5.  Go to your happy place (mine is Belgium waffles with strawberries:  see above)
Hopefully tomorrow it will at least turn on, so I can get the thousands of photos, all my writings and that [...]

You Can’t See Paris for Cheap, But You Can Certainly Try

Posted on 18 July 2008

Recently fellow blogger Nerdy Nomad, wrote about living on $5 a day in China.  I hate to break the news, but this is completely impossible in Paris.  While I spent four days in Paris, living as cheaply as possible I nearly broke 50 Euros a day.  If you consider that most travel websites feature articles [...]

5 Things to Expect in Paris

Posted on 17 July 2008

How does one write about Paris?  Do they talk about the beauty of the city or the vibrant people or the delicious food or falling in love?  If they are a travel writer, then most likely yes.  It’s impossible to capture the essence of a place in a few sweeping observations, so we invoke images [...]

How to Travel the World Carefree and Still Get Your Mail

Posted on 10 July 2008

Hint: My mother is not holding it for me.
These days, everyone seems to know about getting online while abroad, using skype or MSN IM to chat with people back home and managing your money through online checking accounts. When it came time for us to fly overseas, there was one thing still hanging [...]

Want to Sail Around the World? Save Your Pennies.

Posted on 06 July 2008

GUEST POST: While I am on the road this week and exploring Madrid, I’ve arranged for some of my favorite travel bloggers to share their travel stories and advice here. So enjoy, give our guest bloggers lots of love and be sure to check out the author’s site.

Maybe your adventure will take the [...]

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Where is Christine now?



  • Currently living in MADRID

  • Visiting:
  • Paris 7/13/08 - 7/18/08
  • Brussells 7/19/08 - 7/21/08
  • Lisboa 8/5/08 - 8/8/08
  • Venice, Bologna, Croatia 8/13/09 - 8/19/08
  • La Tomatina (Valencia area) 8/25/08 - 8/28/08
  • Canary Islands 9/2/08 - 9/6/08
  • Dublin 9/8/08 - 9/12/08
  • Morocco 9/15/08 - 9/18/08
  • and returning to Vermont on 9/20/08. Mexico City is our next homestead (October 08- March 09), and travel dates around Central and South America to follow...