Do Research First (Note: Since this original post, Delta has made many changes to its RTW tickets. So although some of this info is dated, it's still valuable regardless of which airline you will book for your RTW tickets.) After reading many blogs, including...
Getting Together Miles for RTW Tickets (Note: The article was updated in August 2022. Although Delta no longer offers RTW tickets as of 2019, many other airlines still do. Start with United. Yet plan in the same way as this post describes.) After reading many blogs...
What cell phone service should you use? We review Google Fi after three years of global travel, including all 50 US states.
How Do You Start Thinking about Being a Nomad? Let's define nomad, first, before we even get into how you might think you want to be a nomad. A nomad is a person who travels the world full time, does not have a full-time residence, lives out of a suitcase or backpack,...
How to Call Delta's RTW Desk Back in 2014, we did a round the world trip in 30 days. During our planning phase, I screwed up a lot, causing us to spend a bit more money and time than an expert. Here, I share my mistakes so that when you finally call Delta to book your...
How to Spend a Week in Moscow When on the phone with Delta booking our RTW (round the world) tickets, our only real snag came when booking Moscow. We had to stay for 8 days because we couldn't find seats to leave the city. Thus, we arrived for our week in Moscow...
Bombs and Strikes in Athens Noise. That's the first thing we noticed about Athens. Whether it was the groups of spring breakers, the couples on the plane, or the constant sound of protestors just a kilometer away, noise is the running theme. So we decided to get away...
Three Days in Athens off the Beaten Path (note: this blog was updated in 2019) Our First Day on the Beaten Path When visiting Athens, you should plan at least a week. We only had three days. We filled it with typical things to do on the first day, then a bomb and a...
4-Hour Layover in Rome (Note: This post was updated in 2019.) First, let's just say that the Rome (FCO) airport is simply stupid. The terminals are not connected nor are their systems either. We had to walk outside from terminal to terminal to determine which terminal...
Stay the Night in a 747 Despite the fact we will be traveling over 26000 miles by air on our RTW trip and sleeping a good portion of it on planes, we couldn't resist a night's stay in Jumbo Jet at the Stockholm airport. Located just off the Arlanda tarmac is a...
Getting from Oslo to Bergen Step by Step Guide (Note: this post was updated in 2019.) We wanted to get from Oslo to Bergen and see the fjords. For hours, I moved among several different Swedish and Nordic websites, trying to piece together a combined package of...
24 Hours Walking Oslo I liked Oslo much better than Stockholm. Both are capitols, but Oslo is much more manageable and quaint. It's older, too and doesn't seem to want to dominate the Scandinavian countries like Sweden does. Easily walkable, the entire downtown which...