As you know, we are going to France in April. We thought it would be strange to go all the way over there, and not go to Paris. So we are thinking about driving from Provence to Paris and spending the week there. Then we could fly from Paris to Frankfurt to hook up with our schedule flight on the 28th.

On expedia.ca, via Air France, the three of us can fly from Paris to Frankfurt for the low, low price of $678 CDN.

Via Air Berlin, we can fly from Paris to Frankfurt for ~$200 CDN.

Via...

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Following Kottke's example, here's my 2005 in cities:

Kona, HI Jacksonville, FL Peoria, IL* Westfield, WI* Sheboygan, WI* Salt Lake City, UT* Dallas, TX* Wichita, KS Edmonton, AB Toronto, ON

One or more nights spent in each place. Those cities marked with an * were visited multiple times on non-consecutive days.

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What a difference a seat makes! I had to go to Montreal this week on short notice this week and had two very different flight experiences. As I didn't know when I was going to return, I booked Latitude fares, which give you maximum flexibility. This created an opportunity to apply my upgrade certificates so that I might fly 1st class.

On the way out, I was on standby for the upgrade and I managed to get the last seat available. Ahhhhh...what a treat. They take your coat, offer you...

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Sorry for the long gap between entries, but life has been busy! For the last 9 days, Christine & I have been in Hawaii for a "Beat The Winter Blues" vacation. "Don't the Dazzles normally go to exotic locations?" I hear you all asking. 'Tis true, 'tis true, we do. This time, however, we decided to go to an easily accessible, safe and friendly location to make our life easier.

We had never been to Hawai'i before, so the first step was to figure out which island to...

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