THE NOT SO BLONDE TRAVEL

I don't do much research when going on vacation, I like to wander ... But when I am traveling for work, I do a lot of research. How else could I pack in 24 hours what people do during a week?  When in Prague for the first time, I literally walked until my feet blistered so bad that they were bleeding the next day ... and when I flew back from my first Maui layover, I was literally applying aloe vera to my face and body every 15 minutes. Perhaps yoga on the beach, swimming, paddle boarding and snorkeling was a bit too much for my very white skin in one day :-) Needless to say, I can pack in a lot in 24 hours.  However, even I doubted my capacity to see everything I wanted to see in Venice. There was just too much, especially since not only did I want to hit the monuments, but I wanted to enjoy sunset on a rooftop a friend recommended and tour this amazing palace that my friend Eileen was raving about. Even the local Venitian I was chatting with on the bus said there wa...

When I was in Mumbai last month, I met two very fun Lufthansa flight attendants. We had so much fun partying at night that we bought semi- matching kaftans. Check us out:                                             But rest assured my post today is not about our matching outfits, even though it easily could be. Clothes and I, we love each other. The post today is about how Emma, one of the Lufthansa girls, who ended up in underwear outside her room in the middle of the night.  It was Emma's first work layover. She had never been to India, let alone at this hotel. Lucky for the rest of us - not so much for her - the rooms in our crew hotel in India are beautiful and very spacious. On the left you find a big bathtub as well a big shower and a huge sink decorated by a very ornate elephant statue, and behind the huge bathroom, there is a huge King bed and usually a...