You can camp in Smoky Mountain National Park, but if you prefer to be in the middle of everything with close and easy access to all the local attractions in the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge-Seviereville area of Tennessee, you’ll want to choose …
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World’s Best Bar-b-q
Our friends in Bristol, TN, told us it was worth the drive to the out of the way place to eat and they were right! You may wait in line outside this small, fifties-looking, no-frills diner to get this delicious, …
World’s Best Hamburgers
In the little town of Paris, Texas, you will find a new diner worth the drive from anywhere! Pop’s Place is a true 50’s experience with Marilyn Monroe and Elvis smiling at you from all four walls. Owned and operated …
Dine With A Ghost in Central Finland by Bonnie and Bill Neely
O’Karva Rinta Raventola (Restaurant) in Kivijarvi, Finland, looks like an old cement fortress or castle with two WWI canons in front, so it is rather ominous looking. You enter through a strange hallway which is dark and turns, like a …
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Rovaniemi, Finland, the North Pole Home of Santa’s Reindeer
The farther a traveler goes north in Finland the more captivating is the lure of going on to the Artic Circle and Lapland. Driving northeast from the Baltic coast and Kemi, Finland, where we had viewed the crown of the …
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Stay Here When You’re In Budapest
Hotel Taverna is well located for walking or getting public transportation to all the main places tourists wish to see in the “Pest” side of Budapest. The friendly staff speak many languages, and the service is very good. You’ll find …
Travel Adventures Discover Brass Bell Roadhouse in Finland by Bonnie and Bill Neely
At the town of Pyhasalmi, Finland , our travel adventures brought us to a wonderful discovery. The Brass Bell Roadhouse Restaurant on Highway E75. We had a delicious meal of weinerschnitzels and steaks, potatoes and vegetables. Two people ate well …
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“Diamonds In Mud Require Hot Bath by Sarah Hutt”
I find it’s always the case that I never get around to exploring the place where I live until I’m ready to leave it. I had been living in Little Rock, Arkansas for almost nine months and had yet to …
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A TALE OF TWO HOTELS by Ron Kapon
One has over 1,000 rooms; the other a bit over 200. Only a few minutes apart, there is a world of difference between the two; a compliment to both places. I stayed at one and visited the other for lunch. …
From England To Texas Horrors! by Bonnie and Bill Neely
A young native Texas college studend I’ll call Sue was assigned her Freshman year roommate at an East Texas University who was arriving from England. Sue went to the Dallas airport in August to welcome the young British stranger we’ll …
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