• Korea, what is that?

    One of the perks of dating a travel expert is you might get super cheap and/or free tickets to cool places. Because of some credit card offers I took in the United States, I had enough free airline miles to buy a round-trip off-peak ticket from the U.S. to Europe. And what better person to…

  • Eight Trigram Palm Tree

    Having successfully made it to my new home alive, all that remained to do was… live in it. These few weeks in Elche were meant originally to be my “vacation” from vacationing. But once you’re on a roll, that’s difficult to accomplish. First, some background on Elche: As in most of Spain, the city of…

  • The Hotdog That Never Was

    What follows is that account of what NOT to do while traveling alone.    Do as I say, not as I do.  A little bit of what needs to be understood before I tell this story:  By renting a room in Elche for one month, my landlord, Majo, agreed to come give me the keys as…