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The G.I. Generation and the “Triumph of the Squares” The G.I. Generation (born 1901-24)—also dubbed the “Greatest Generation” by Tom Brokaw—today comprises some four million Americans mostly in their 90s. They can be roughly defined as Americans who were born … Continue reading →

The “Lost Generation” was the generation that came of age during World War I. The term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway, who used it as one of two contrasting epigraphs for his novel, The Sun Also Rises. In that volume … Continue reading →

ARE YOU BORN to be BETTER OFF THAN YOUR PARENTS? Which of today’s generations is the worst off economically? Look around and you’ll find countless arguments for each one. Boomers, we hear, will never retire. Xers are underwater on their … Continue reading →

Tunisia – January 9-24 2016 Tunis & Mediterranean Coast West & South East Coast & Kairouan Why Go? It’s but a slim wedge of North Africa, but Tunisia has more than enough history, cultural diversity and extremes of landscape: a … Continue reading →

Life stresses are inevitable. Money, relationships, family, work, cancelled flights, theft, finding places to stay are all part of a traveller’s life. Your girlfriend/boyfriend may break up with you over your travels, especially if they are a non-traveller. It can … Continue reading →

HISTORY Despite a couple of millennia of foreign occupation, it is a unique culture with a resilient national identity. Phoenicians and Romans. The Phoenicians set their sights on Tunisia around 800 BC, and their capital Carthage – today a suburb … Continue reading →

Relationships and Traveling as a Couple It is possible to meet a similar-minded spirit as you travel, but the nature of movement often means that intense relationships don’t last. Occasionally they do, but it takes a lot more effort when … Continue reading →

Excerpted from LegalNomads.com. Jodi Ettenberg is from Montreal, a travel blogger and long-term traveller. She is a great writer and expresses things much better then me. I have edited the following piece quite a bit, but the ideas and wording … Continue reading →

Interaction On The Road I can see someone being a little tentative to leave any Western country: a shooting here, a bombing there, protests once a week, civil wars, terrorism, religious extremism. That is to say, the only “normal” people … Continue reading →

WHY I QUIT MY JOB TO TRAVEL AROUND the WORLD I set the goal of traveling the world long before I decided to quit work and travel. I picked the nice even number of 100 months (yes 8+ years) before … Continue reading →