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Stuart Gustafson — Author, Speaker, Traveler

Tag: International Travel

Cruising is like Getting an MBA

December 3, 2021 by Stuart

Your first question, and I’m assuming you’ll have more than one, is “How did he come up with ridiculous comparison?” It’s a valid question, and it’s an easy answer. As most people realize, getting an undergraduate degree in a specific field means you are concentrating your courses in that one area. For me, it was…

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Water—Source of Life

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by Stuart

Water is known to be the elixir of life for humans, four-legged animals and flying ones, plants, every form of life as we know it on Earth. Most of us take it for granted that water will be there when we want it; we can turn the faucet handle and water flows. That might be…

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Why I Like to “Travel Light”

August 27, 2019November 12, 2020 by Stuart

You have probably read in other online posts or newsletters some of the benefits of traveling “light.” My wife and I had an experience yesterday that reinforced that concept—a very pleasurable experience. Some “travel light” proponents use fear of losing your luggage as a key motivating factor. With my 1.5 Million PAID flight miles on…

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My First Viking Cruise

June 6, 2019 by Stuart

To be a little more specific, it was my first Viking Ocean cruise. We were on a Viking River cruise in April out of Bordeaux, France, that was thoroughly delightful. This ocean cruise was on the Viking Sea, and I was one of the guest speakers on their iconic Viking Homelands cruise from Bergen, Norway,…

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A Month in France!

April 2, 2019 by Stuart

Parlez-vous bien Français? Unfortunately, I do NOT speak French very well. I had the best of intentions to really work on it during the Winter when outside activities are very limited here in Idaho (unless you are snow skiing, which my body gave up on many years ago). That hasn’t stopped me before to go…

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