lifeofwanderingalan

another traveling mistake In 1977 I began my 90 to 100 day trip around Europe from Wales to Yugoslavia, Greece and Egypt in early June. The first travel mistake my two traveling friends and I made was relying on the timeliness of an airline flying from Miami to the Bahamas. We had searched for the least expensive flights to Europe from Florida and found that flying a combined flight provided by Luxembourg Air and Air Bahamas would save us hundreds of dollars. We all were living in Palm Beach County then.  The two of them in Lake Worth and me in Boynton Beach.  Our final plan was that they would drive to Boynton Beach and follow me to my office in Delray Beach a few miles south where I would leave my car behind the builder where I had my architectural office along with my developer/contractor business partner.  Then I would ride with them to Miami to his parents home.  From there his father would drive us to the Miami International Airport. Sound like a simple workab...

life of wandering alan - First International Travel Mistake Since 1950 I have been traveling internationally beginning with Canada, then Mexico and then 93 countries and 49 states on 6 continents In articles, newsletters, storytelling conferences or workshops I have been writing or speaking about the FANTASTIC, FUN, SCARY, DANGEROUS experiences I have had since I road around our block on my tricycle at age 5 without anyone knowing. One of my NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN Travel EXPERIENCES, first happened in 1977 when I was traveling by train from Mainz to Lucerne. Two of my friends and I from Palm Beach County, Florida left for Europe in early June.  We were traveling together to help each other during our first trips to Europe.  The two of them were heading to Spain for 45 days. I was going to travel throughout Europe and part of Eastern Europe to 23 countries. .After a couple weeks traveling together we were separated by my first EXPERIENCE. A train conductor approached m...