http://www.isbreading.org See Europe & Other Places Thru' My Eyes Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:56:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the best things I make plans for when traveling anywhere is to find and savor the authentic local cuisine.  The simplest food to a local can very well be a gem of a find to travelers like us.  We love good food and believe that good food need not ... http://www.isbreading.org/2009/01/traveling-seafood/ A Muslim - American family was booted outta the plane yesterday .. just because they said " they were looking for the safest place to sit" on the plane.  FBIs were involved.. and the plane marshall escorted the family off the plane.. and was quarantined for a few hours .. ... http://www.isbreading.org/2009/01/be-careful-what-you-say-on-board/ My girlfriends asked me.. about what they should bring when they are only going away for the weekend with their boyfriends.  Well.. first thing one has to remember is never to bring 10 luggages .. on a romantic weekend away.. for the boyfriend is gonna think that you must be ... http://www.isbreading.org/2009/01/traveling-light/ Bali is definitely a mystical place.  When i was much younger, the first thing i did when i arrived in Bali and after a long car ride to the hotel, I would head out to the city .. and look for a drinking hole or even some kind of entertainment ... http://www.isbreading.org/2008/12/bali-a-mystical-place/ Yes.. we drove across the Golden Bridge in San Francisco in a convertible just because.  We rented a red convertible from Thrifty Rental but thought later that it need a new air conditioning compressor. But that's another story for another day.  Having worked in United States, in different cities, we ... http://www.isbreading.org/2008/12/the-golden-bridge-drive-in-a-sports-car/ Marina Mandarin Hotel is not as old as her parent hotel - the Mandarin Hotel at Orchard Road but it is neither new too, I think it had to be up and running for a good 20 yrs now.  But a 5 star hotel it is .. that's for sure.. ... http://www.isbreading.org/2008/12/marina-mandarin-hotel-singapore/ The Keizersgracht Amsterdam summer months are wonderful.. and the weather is just nice. .not to hot.. and not too cold. And i guess the city lives outdoors during the summer. Go anytime besides summer.. you may find yourself in the rain all the time.. and for a tourist.. it ... http://www.isbreading.org/2008/12/amsterdam-netherland-2/ Everyone asked me about traveling with my boss and how i cope with it, since we go everywhere together.  I have to let you in on a secret, actually i travel a lot with my bosses but i have a chief engineer who was our buffer.. and he is the ... http://www.isbreading.org/2008/12/traveling-with-your-boss-2/ I've been asked many a times, if traveling insurance is a necessity.  Afterall, if you die, you die right..??  wrong..!!  because if you die, what about your family and the people you leave behind.  Like term life insurance quotes , traveling insurance need not be expensive at all.  Sure we ... http://www.isbreading.org/2008/12/traveling-insurance/ The Brown's Hotel in London was one of the very first that I had stayed in many years ago. But at that time it was under another management . .another owner. It is a very charming and intimate hotel and as one can expect . .it is very English ... http://www.isbreading.org/2008/12/brown-hotel-london/