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How to Follow Our Travels

We’ve had a bunch of new readers lately, so I wanted to let everyone know the options to follow us. One of the easiest way to keep track of us is to subscribe to our newsletter–but we are also on Google+, Twitter, and Facebook. Follow @HeelsFirst Enter your Email: Or …

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Finding Cheap Flights with Flexible Travel Dates

Someone asked me on Twitter how to find cheap travel if you are very flexible about what dates you can take the trip. Here are some resources we posted previously, all related to cheap travel.  Feel free to post your own tips! Finding the Perfect (Cheapest) Time to Take Your Trip …

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Hipster Scarf Saves American Tourist’s Life in Germany

Don’t ask me why I was searching for hipster scarf on Google BUT the famed/scorned accessory that hipsters love saved an American tourist’s life in Germany. From Time (yes TIME reported on this): Alex Vogel, 38, told Tagesspiegel newspaper that he was walking by a Berlin river when he heard a …

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