The sights and sounds of Old Havana
Old Havana is best seen by vintage car, and with Old Cars Havana we got the star treatment and a great tour of the old town.
Plane Crashes into Shopping Mall in Melbourne, Australia
Information is just coming in now about a small plane that crashed into a DFO shopping mall in Melbourne, Australia. Five people were aboard and have been killed according to sources in the area. Just before 9am on Tuesday morning a small Beechcraft airplane was taking off and was believed to have clipped the side of the DFO outlet shopping mall. According to 9news in Melbourne, the plane was coming in low and fast and crashed into...
This lady took Emotional Support Animals to a new level
Emotional Support Animals have become a sore spot for many travelers, as stranger and stranger animals have been coming on board. Read one such story here.
The Ernest Hemingway Experience in Havana
Many tour companies offer the Ernest Hemingway Experience, and if you’re a fan, this is an excellent way to find out a lot more about the intricacies of his life.
Money in Cuba and how to exchange
Money Exchange / Currency Exchange in Cuba has two official currencies called the CUC and the CUP for short. The CUC is the Convertible Cuban Peso and the CUP is the Cuban Peso. Typically, most transactions that you’re going to concern yourself with are used with the CUC, as that’s the currency for all tourist transactions and most nicer restaurants. There aren’t that many...
Two of the most amazing Cuban restaurants you’ll find in Havana
If you want a true authentic Cuban experience in one of the many Cuban restaurants in Havana, look no further than these two gems!
A Valentine’s Day Love Letter to my First Love
I think it’s no news the love Jon and I have for one another – strong enough to survive whole weekend trips to multiple Walmarts for routine MS for a few years, and definitely strong enough to fly across the globe in Economy for 28 hours to meet with him for just a few days. But it also should be no surprise when I tell you that he, and I’m sure he would agree with this, is definitely not my first love.
Our Delta upgrade just cleared as an Alaska Elite!
For now, it is still possible for an Alaska MVP to clear a Delta Upgrade, but in practice it doesn’t happen much. Today, it happened for us! Here’s how.
Are you allowed to go to Cuba? Find out here
Now you can travel to Cuba via flights from the USA, but you’ve got to have a valid reason. Here’s all the reasons and a little more information about how to go!
The Havana Chocolate Museum, a rich experience
Tucked away in a small and unassuming corner of an Old Havana street is a place known as the “Havana Chocolate Museum†or the “Museo del Chocolate.†For all intents and purposes, this really ISN’T a museum, rather a chocolate store with a small mini-factory in the back and a few display cases of some hot chocolate memorabilia, if you could call it that....



