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TIL how to do it. Basically, press the "WC" (dark letters on white background) on the wall to the right of the toilet; see image ...

I wrote recently that I’m not very good at the “rest” thing. But our two weeks on a faraway island were very enjoyable. What made it ...

Short version: We took Norwegian Air OAK-ARN-AMS (Oakland California, Stockholm/Arlanda, Amsterdam/Schiphol), and HEL-LGW (Helsinki-Vantaa ...

Water in the airport rest-rooms is drinkable but may be slightly warm and not very appetizing. As of 26 April 2018, cold water (also hot w...

We heard yesterday in Helsinki (where prices are lower!) that one can take a ferry overnight to Stockholm, spend a day here in S-town, and...

Some folks say that Hawaiian and Alaska are the two best airlines to take to Honolulu. What with Dad 's passing last year, I've be...

Aren't you glad I didn't title this "getting lei'd in Kailua"? Suppose you're a young newlywed and you want to...

According to Caltrain's ticket types page , a monthly pass can now be bought as late as the 15th of the month. This is great news, b...

Does that title look a little strange? What’s that dot doing atop a capital ‘I’? Well, it’s Turkish. We recently took a Rick Steves walk...

We went to the "new" British Library -- there was no budget for it so it seemed to take forever. (The reading room and colle...

Quick: what is a Cathedral? Are they all Catholic? Is the Crystal Cathedral a real one? Answers: where the seat of a Bishop is; No, t...

First, "Peace in our time" or "Peace for our time," as Neville Chamberlain said after a 1938 meeting with Hitler, w...

We arrived without incident on United 954 (nonstop SFO→LHR), went through immigration (passport control), picked up our bags, and exite...

As we approached the Tower of London area, the waterman (who claimed not to be a guide, but he was very good) described some historical e...

That's what they're calling Phil Mosek, who tried to board an airplane without "proper ID". He was arrested, and acqu...

We just got back from the "Beaver Pond Lodge," about 11 miles off I-87 near Brant Lake, New York. It's beautiful up the...

It's not camping, but when you're vacationing in a cabin and a trip to the store is an expedition, it almost feels like it. So ...

Yesterday I got chewed out by a fare inspector on the VTA light rail for not tapping (tagging, swiping, scanning) my clipper card before...

Impatient? Click here. So we're staying on Long Island, and I spend two days in Pittsburgh. The plan was to fly back Tuesday night, ...

We were having a good trip until our run-in with "Jane Doe": camped three nights at Stony (or Stoney) Creek in Sequoia, the...