Editor’s Note: Competitours is not your typical vacation; it’s a team-travel contest that takes place in Europe and anyone can sign up to take part in the fun. It’s Friday, it must be Germany. We came back to Munich for a couple days-worth of challenges in this large, cosmopolitan city. We definitely saw quite a…
We checked out of the hotel in the morning and left our baggage at the train station. We were headed to the countryside, where we planned to tour the Schellenburg Ice Cave. Together with Lanthy and Rad (As Seen on TV), we hopped on Bus #25, which dropped us at the cable car that would…
One of the advantages of rushing through our challenges in Salzburg is that we had a lot more free time to do other things. The first priority was to eat.The hotel clerk recommended the oldest restaurant in Europe called Stiftskeller St. Peter. Even though I was hoping for a quick, hearty meal so I could…
Spontaneity is our middle name. That was the theme today. We changed our plan at a moment’s notice. Originally we planned to do challenges at the Nymphenburg Castle (where the German Hugh Hefner once lived) and a bike tour of the city. By morning, everything had changed totally. We opted to join the group heading…
From Geneva, we flew to Munich, Germany,but surprise! We were handed train tickets to Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Mozart the famous composer. Sheila and I plotted our strategy on the train, coming up with new lyrics for the tune “16 going on 17” from the “Sound of Music” for one of the day’s challenges….
The cure for jet lag is to have too much to do and not enough time in which to do it. That sums up our first day in Europe, which we spent in Switzerland. In the span of 12 hours after arriving in Geneva, we were faux waterskiing, kicked off a train, invited to a…
With only a couple days before the Competitours travel competition, my Canadian teammate and I met for a planning session in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Sunday. Up until that day, we spoke briefly on the phone and then communicated via e-mail before finally meeting face to face (see the video of the exact moment, here). It’s…
After much anticipation, Competitours participants have received a clue revealing the first destination in Europe, delivered in the form of an airline record locater code. I keyed in the numbers on the airline website and . . . voilá! We’re off to the land of ticking watches and fat bank accounts. Sure, I’ve been there…
I am leaving for Europe on Tuesday and I have NO idea where I’m going yet, but I know it will be one of those incredible trips of a lifetime. I will be racing across several secret destinations in Europe with Competitours, an Amazing Race-style trip in which two-person teams compete for a grand prize…
The house where Superman was “born” is located in east Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood at 10622 Kimberly Ave (near the intersection of East 105th and St. Clair). It was in this house 75 years ago that Jerry Siegel and his friend Joe Shuster brought their superhero to life. The nonprofit Siegel and Shuster Society spend $70,000…
