The Adina Apartment Hotel Hackescher and Highlights from Berlin

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I was in Berlin to attend ITB, the world’s largest travel conference, and my friend Nick from TravMedia.com hooked me up with a media rate at Adina Apartment Hotel Hackescher. As you can see from my photos it was a great choice since it’s centrally located in the heart of the historic Mitte district and just 650 feet [...]

Travel Contests: Win a trip to Germany

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This week’s featured travel contests: Win a trip to Germany, courtesy of airberlin, A&O Hostels and EuroCheapo! Enter a 1-min film in JetBlueFlicks contest for a chance to win 2 tickets to NYC to see your film at Tropfest Win an XShot Camera Extender and iPhone Case! Enter to WIN a NORWAY trip Southwest Airlines: [...]

Searching Out The Stasi in Leipzig

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By Lorraine Williams: It had been several years since I’d been to Leipzig. That had been my first encounter with the former East Germany, and I well remember how drab the city felt, as if it was still trying to shake off the remains of the depressive regime under which it formerly existed when Germany [...]

Celebrity Silhouette

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Instead of writing a really long story about Celebrity’s newest ship, Silhouette, I’ve decided to give a bit of back story, list my favorite additions, and do a photo montage/video with the ton of photos/video snippets I took. The ship is so beautiful, it’s best to see rather than read about it. Natalie and I [...]

Hamburg, Germany

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  I began my European trip with a Los Angeles to Toronto flight on Air Canada. The reason I chose this particular flight is that it was being operated with a wide-body 767 and I was able to earn United miles since Air Canada is a Star Alliance member. FYI: This flight put me over [...]

Frankfurt & Lufthansa A380

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I left off last week from Paris. From there I made the mistake of taking a taxi to the CDG airport–can you believe it cost 72 euros (US$104)?! Next time I will take the train. CDG Airport It seems everyone is always throwing the Charles de Gaulle Airport (website under the bus, but I love [...]

My Travel Year In Review 2010

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Happy New Year from chilly Florida! If you are following me on Twitter (@JohnnyJet), then you know I missed the California rains and the Northeast blizzard by just a few days. I’m actually upset about it too, because I love a good snowstorm (as long as I’m not traveling). This past week, I had quite [...]

A Baltic Cruise On The Seaborn Sojourn

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SEABOURN SOJOURN Until last summer, I had only be on a cruises that were for three days or fewer. Therefore, I wasn’t sure how I was going to like being on a boat for a whole week with people I didn’t know, sailing to places I’d never been. My girlfriend Natalie felt the same way [...]