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  • Podcast #142 — Sleeping in Business Class; Changes from Chinese Tourists

    Podcast #142 — Sleeping in Business Class; Changes from Chinese Tourists

    Yet another last-minute long-distance trip, this time to Frankfurt, Germany, lets me check out United Airlines’ new business class service, and think again about the value for those expensive lie-flat seats. Seeing a new Chinese menu at a favorite wurst stand in the old part of Frankfurt reminds me of the changes driven by the new wave of Chinese tourists.… Continue Reading →

  • Podcast #122 — Data-Hungry Phones; Dramatic Iceland

    Podcast #122 — Data-Hungry Phones; Dramatic Iceland

    Watching Iceland makes its Cinderella run in the Euro 2016 soccer tourney got me thinking back to my March trip there. It is one of the hot travel destinations — maybe too hot? Could be, but the descriptor I keep coming back to is “dramatic.” And it seems that on every trip I make out of the country, I get… Continue Reading →