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An Athens Food Tour on Three Wheels

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Greece has an abundance of food and dishes unique to the country and it can be overwhelming for a traveler to Greece who doesn’t have knowledge of Greek food beyond Greek salad and baklava.  A great introduction to traditional Greek food is with an Athens food tour.  Even better is an Athens food tour that also provides an overview of the layout and sites of Athens, all while riding around on three wheels.  Scooterise provides such a food tour of Athens. The Vehicle Scooterise provides tours of Athens on trikkes , battery powered three-wheeled scooters.  Scooterise’s motto is “see more, sweat less” because the trikkes enable their guests to zip around Athens, covering a lot of territory in a short amount of time. Driving a trikke is a little bit like driving a Segway in that you’re standing on a moving battery powered vehicle.  However, while a Segway is controlled by moving the handlebar, a trikke is controlled by a throttle on the handle and brakes.  Dr...

10 Things to Do in Tijuana (That Don’t Involve Tequila)

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Historically Tijuana has been a drinking mecca.  Tijuana’s proximity to Southern California cities like San Diego and Los Angeles and its legal drinking age of 18 meant Tijuana was a popular place for the under 21 crowd to come for drinking and clubbing.  Tourism from the United States to Tijuana dried up for years when stories of crime and drug wars filled the news.  Now Tijuana is a safe place to visit again, and the implementation of a passport requirement means the demographic of the traveler looking for a day trip or weekend trip to Tijuana has shifted.  Tijuana’s streets are no longer overwhelmed with rowdy underage drinkers.  Now they are being strolled by couples and families looking for things to do in Tijuana that celebrate Tijuana’s beauty and culture.   Tijuana Cultural Center The Tijuana Cultural Center is the most important center for culture in northwest Mexico.  Founded in 1982, the Tijuana Cultural Center portrays the culture of Mex...

How to Travel Well With Your One and Only

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Whether you've been coupled for decades or you're still in the heady rushes of newly found and committed love, traveling with your partner can be a joy unlike any other. From the present tense romance of experiencing exotic lands, foods, and cultures together to the memories you'll share and reminisce fondly over in the future, couple travel can be a truly exquisite way to bond even more . Of course, traveling with your partner can also be an insufferable hell on earth that, in its most extreme forms, can sow the seeds of breaking up entirely. If you're happily coupled and looking to take a trip or two with your beloved, congratulations! Just be sure to mind these tips, so you can do it well. Take Care of Your Physical Needs Even the best-planned travel itinerary can go off the rails, and it's during those times of unexpected delay, discomfort, and true debacle that nerves can fray and tempers erupt — especially if you haven't tended properly to your body's ...