A Year of Covid
Today a family member who was exposed to COVID had to cancel an airline ticket, as they must now must quarantine instead of traveling. While they’re grateful for the airline’s flexibility and refunding of the ticket (full disclosure: they were within the 24-hour cancellation period for refunds), it was nonetheless disheartening to realize that, a year into COVID, this is still where we are…
By Boat Across the Channel
Back in ye olden times, or at least the 1980s, there was no Channel Tunnel (aka “Chunnel”) to swiftly transport you from the UK to France. Plus, for most travelers, plane flights were either expensive or inconvenient or both. The cheaper way of travel, especially for backpackers and weekend visitors, was to catch a boat across the water.
