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June 13, 2018: Yup — for $65,000 to $100,000 — why not gather a group of friends and charter your own private yacht for a week — of course sharing the cost? The yacht goes for about $82,000 a week, sleeps 10, and sails the western Mediterranean.  Sounds very civilized and you set your own schedule!

June 12, 2018: If you’ve got the money — and the time — look for “dream travel” programs that can offer everything from food and sightseeing tours of Vietnam (for as little as $1,000 a day) to Grand Slam tennis finals at Wimbledon ($10,000 – but that includes a room for 3 nights and all the perks from court-side afternoon tea to centre court tickets).

June 7, 2018: Switzerland is famous for chocolate and the retailers at the Zurich Airport know how to grab your attention and chocolate taste buds!

June 6: 2018: The Travel Curmudgeon heads to Zurich on his way back to the ?? USA after a week in Italy and a private meeting with the Pope? (Well trying to meet with the Pope!)

June 5, 2018: How about we invite a few friends to our castle in Tuscany?

June 4, 2018: Hidden away inside the old walled city of Riga is—according to Viking legend—the oldest fast food location in the world — Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs—a Latvian favorite for thousands of years!

June 1, 2018:TC stumbles into finishing line with longest run time in race history—honored with ancient cobblestone street named after him — “Hobble cobble Out Of My Way”!

May 31, 2018: The Travel Curmudgeon was welcomed recently in Riga, Latvia, where he was guest of honor and designated “starter” for the largest marathon in the Baltic’s — and tossed the opening spear that sent over 100,000 runners – and walkers – on their way through the cobblestone streets of Riga.

May 30, 2018: Let me check my 1000+ bottle cellar and find a nice red from Tuscany.

 

May 29, 2018: TC charters hot 3-wheel cycle to navigate Riga’s lumpy  cobblestone streets