PARIS – French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world. And my favorite statistic is that 90% of French people never leave the country.  Americans who may travel a lot or are thinking about […]

My Steve Martin trip is finally getting going. NYC here I come! At least for the next 12 hrs.

Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer … Pictures taken on […]

I just found one of my favorite Christmas songs on YouTube and figured since we’re heading to Australia this year it’s time to kick a little southern Christmas music. In fact, I’ve decided to post this on the day we fly out as a reminder that while you can take the boy out of WV, […]