The Vukovar Water Tower in Vukovar, Croatia. It’s a well-known symbol of the city and the country’s suffering during the Croatian War of Independence. It’s preserved in its war-damaged state and is now a memorial surrounded by a park.
Travel Tuesday photo: The Vukovar Water Tower
Categories: Croatia, Europe, Picture of the Week
Tags: Croatia, Europe, Picture of the Week, Travel Tuesday Photo, Vukovar
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Lodging Review: Hyatt House Denver Airport
(credit: hyatt.com)
I stayed at the Hyatt House Denver Airport for one night ahead of a ski trip. It happened to be the weekend the severe snow and ice hit much of the eastern US so there were a lot of canceled flights and the hotel was quite busy.
Arrival
The hotel shuttle leaves the airport every 30 minutes at :15 and :45 after the hour. It departs the hotel at the top and bottom of each hour. It’s not a 24-hour service but I think the first hotel departure is in the 3 AM hour. The instructions I’d received via email say to wait on Island 3 outside door 512 on the baggage claim level but at least for right now there is no door 512 as there’s construction in that area. So just leave via door 510 or 514 and you’ll be fine. These even-numbered doors are on the United side of baggage claim so if you flew in on another airline you’ll likely need to cross to the other side of the building. Continue reading
Categories: Award Travel, Hotel, Hyatt, Hyatt House, Lodging Review
Tags: Award Travel, Colorado, Denver, Denver Airport, Hyatt, Hyatt House, Lodging Review
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Travel Tuesday photo: Steamer Wharf in Queenstown, New Zealand
Steamer Wharf in Queenstown, New Zealand with what I believe is Ben Lomand in the background
Categories: New Zealand, Oceania, Picture of the Week
Tags: New Zealand, Picture of the Week, Queenstown, Steamer Wharf, Travel Tuesday Photo
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Travel Tuesday Photo: Palace of Westminster and Big Ben
The tower containing Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster by night in London.
Categories: England, Europe, Picture of the Week
Tags: Big Ben, England, Great Britain, London, Picture of the Week, Travel Tuesday Photo, United Kingdom, Westminster
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Travel Tuesday Photo: Prairie Dog at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
A prairie dog at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver, Colorado, which is now a wildlife preserve.
Travel Tuesday Photo: A Hungarian Cowboy Rides 10 Horses
A Hungarian cowboy, or csikós, stands on the back of two of the 10 loosely-bound horses in a riding demonstration at Bakod Pustza horse ranch outside of Kalocsa, Hungary.
Categories: Europe, Hungary, Picture of the Week
Tags: Horses, Hungary, Kalocsa, Picture of the Week, Travel Tuesday Photo
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2025: The Year in Travel
This year’s travel was fairly standard though I did have an extra segment on Southwest, an airline I hadn’t flown in years.
January
2025 opened up with my 4th-annual long weekend to Crested Butte to ski with my Denver-based family. I flew United Airlines into Gunnison, Colorado on a Thursday. On the Sunday night I once again stayed at the Quality Inn in Gunnison (which had been re-branded from an Econo Lodge) where I hibernated for one night, trying to fight off what I later learned was the flu, before boarding the plane home on Monday morning. My apologies to the folks on the plane.
Less than a week later it was off to my favorite ski resort, Big Sky, Montana, where I flew United into Bozeman. Still fighting sickness I only got to ski about the last 3 days. That wasn’t all bad as it was extremely cold the first few days we were there. Our ski club stayed slopeside at the Huntley Lodge. I flew United via Denver but got rerouted via Houston on the way home.
My 2025 domestic travel. The line between Memphis and Denver should be 3 colors!
Travel Tuesday photo: Fireworks Over Sydney Opera House
Fireworks over the Sydney Opera House on a random October night in 2015. Happy New Year’s Eve Eve!
I don’t usually post the same subject matter in the same year much less the same month but this seemed like a good photo to round out the year.
Categories: Australia, Oceania, Picture of the Week
Tags: Australia, Fireworks, Picture of the Week, Sydney, Sydney Opera House, Travel Tuesday Photo
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Travel Tuesday photo: Lone Peak at Big Sky Resort
Lone Peak at Big Sky Resort, outside of Bozeman, Montana
Categories: Montana, North America, Picture of the Week, United States
Tags: Big Sky, Lone Peak, Montana, Picture of the Week, Travel Tuesday Photo
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Travel Tuesday photo: Lippizaner Stallion
One of the famed Lippizan stallions coming from the barn in Vienna, Austria
Categories: Austria, Europe, Picture of the Week
Tags: Austria, Lippizan, Picture of the Week, Travel Tuesday Photo, Vienna
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