I got my bags back on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo. Amateur Traveler episode 293.

Today the Amateur Traveler travels to a place that many people would sooner avoid

as we go to Northern Iraq. Welcome to the

I got the city one more cafe.

I know that I should be heading home

but maybe not, maybe not to the day.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.

Before we get into this week's interview I do have three news stories for you.

One is if you're planning on seeing the Statue of Liberty you might want to do so before this fall

because it will close for a one-year revamp. And two is that might give people from Europe

one less reason to travel the United States but people from the United States, but people from the United States may have one less reason to travel to Europe.

According to Salon magazine, the actions of the EU may trigger a global trade war because they plan to charge all airlines flying into the EU

for carbon emissions.

And that's bad news for anyone who wants to fly into Amsterdam to take advantage of a new

program that they have there. they're now going to be allowing

prostitution at the airport.

And I don't know what else to say, there's a punchline that practically writes itself.

For links to all three of those stories, check out the show notes at amateur traveler.com.

I'm very pleased to welcome to the show Anal Pollat, who is a travel blogger under the name Fox Nomad, who is a travel blogger under name Fox Nomad who is on a goal right now and has been for two

years to travel to every country in the world and we brought him on the show to talk about a particularly unusual travel destination.

I'm a welcome to the show.

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