On our month-long trip to Europe last year, we made stops in a lot of different countries with a lot of different tipping customs. We started in England, went to Ireland, then German, Switzerland, Italy, Scotland, and then back to England again. The United States custom of 15% for good service and 20% for great [...]
International Restaurant Tipping Guide
May 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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National Geographic Terra Cotta Warriors Exhibit
March 7th, 2010 · No Comments
Last weekend, Martha and I went with her family to see the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit at the National Geographic Museum in downtown Washington D.C. It’s a special exhibition going on now until the end of March and it showcases the Terra Cotta Warriors, an army of terracotta figures dating back to 210 B.C. and [...]
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Research Scams Before You Travel
October 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Tim Ferriss (Four Hour Workweek) and Kevin Rose (Digg) do a semi-regular video show called Random and most of the recent ones were taped on their long trip to China. I wanted to point out this particular episode because it covers a well known scam in Beijing near Tiananmen Square in Beijing: China Part 2a [...]
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