Billy Joel Road Trip Recap

May 19, 2010 2 Comments by Andrew Hickey

The day before Mother’s Day this year I did what most men would do when their wife just had a baby two weeks earlier…I went on a road trip through Long Island to visit some of the sites made popular by musician Billy Joel. Now before you send me angry emails, unfollow me on Twitter [...]

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Guest Nomad: Going Local –Yesterday and Again Today

Feb 12, 2010 No Comments by Andrew Hickey

This week’s Guest Nomad is Ethan Gelber. Ethan manages media and communications for the WHL Group, which is the largest local-travel company in the world and whose member companies include whl.travel, Urban Adventures, Green Apple Transfers and WHL Consulting. Ethan also writes and edits the whl.travel blog. There’s always a lot of banter about travel [...]

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Travel Experts Reveal More Dirt From The Road

Oct 07, 2009 3 Comments by Andrew Hickey

Well yesterday’s article was pretty revealing. I mean we had some very sinful travel experts get a lot off their chest. In fact it got so bad that I needed to close down the confession booth for 24-hours. But I am back with even MORE travel confessions. I will try to keep it a little [...]

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Sinful Travelers Confess Their Deepest, Darkest, & Downright Bizarre Secrets

Oct 06, 2009 2 Comments

The other day I was conversing with a friend of mine who is just about as obsessed as I am with gallivanting throughout this planet. It seems that when one of us is on the road, the other is planning the next “big” adventure and vice versa. One day over a few adult beverages at [...]

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Best Town Square #1: Prague, Czech Republic – Old Town Square & Winner Of The Lonely Planet Guidebook

Jun 05, 2009 1 Comment

#1: Prague, Czech Republic – Old Town Square (26% of the vote) Lonely Planet review of Old Town Square One of Europe’s biggest and most beautiful urban spaces, the Old Town Square has been Prague’s principal public square since the 10th century, and was its main marketplace until the beginning of the 20th century. Despite [...]

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Best Town Square #2: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Rittenhouse Square

Jun 05, 2009 No Comments

#2: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Rittenhouse Square (19% of the vote) The City of Brotherly Love sure did love voting for its town square. Unfortunately the surge of voters might have come a few days too late. While Philly did shoot up from 7th to 2nd in one day, it just could not beat out the [...]

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Best Town Square #3: Brussels, Belgium – Grand Place

Jun 04, 2009 1 Comment

#3: Brussels, Belgium – Grand Place (16% of the vote) Bad news Brussels. After easily placing 1st in round 1 and 2, Grand Place was knocked out of the top spot and will come in with the bronze for this best town square poll. Lonely Planet review of Grand Place For one of Europe’s finest [...]

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Best Town Square #4: Moscow, Russia – Red Square

Jun 04, 2009 No Comments

#4: Moscow, Russia – Red Square (13% of the vote) The love for Mother Russia came through at the last minute with a huge amount of votes. How helpful was this wave of support? Well last week with about 24 hours left in the poll, Russia’s town square was in 8th place. But less than [...]

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Best Town Square #5: Rome, Italy – Piazza del Popolo

Jun 03, 2009 2 Comments

#5: Rome, Italy – Piazza del Popolo (8% of the vote) From 11th place in both round one and two, to a respectable fifth place in the finals, Rome’s town square just was outmatched by very loyal voters in the top three. It was in fourth place until about a day before voting ended, but [...]

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Best Town Square #6: London, England – Piccadilly Circus

Jun 03, 2009 No Comments

Best Town Square #6: London, England – Piccadilly Circus (7% of the vote) This popular English town square’s ranking on the top 10 did not surprise me at all. Why? Because in round 1 and 2 it had about the same amount of votes. It was #12 in the top 50 and #7 in the [...]

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Best Town Square #7: Krakow, Poland – Rynek Glowny

Jun 02, 2009 No Comments

#7: Krakow, Poland – Rynek Glowny (5% of the vote) Well this should prove that the voting was not rigged. As many of you know, I had said that this was my favorite town square in the world. While Krakow’s popular meeting place did great in round 1 and 2, it just lost those much [...]

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