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

in my passport photo. Amateur Traveler episode 409. Today the Amateur Traveler episode 409. Today the amateur traveler talks about beaches and

Mardi Gras and the Azalea Trail as we go to Mobile, Alabama. I'm going to be able to sit in one more cafe.

I know that I should be heading home, but maybe not, maybe not today. Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.

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

The first one may not be much of a surprise.

This has been a cold winter in some places and it has definitely affected hotel booking rates.

Canada in particular has seen their booking rates cut in half.

I guess some of you would rather go someplace warm like Alabama.

In the second news story coming out of England a mourner got so drunk at a friend's

funeral he woke up a hundred miles away in Amsterdam and had no idea who he got there.

He woke up because the stewardess announced they were landing in Amsterdam and he didn't

ever remember getting on a plane.

He said, I took a picture at the airport, I think I was still a little drunk and I was pleased to be there, but then I realized I had

no money, nowhere to go, no luggage, no underwear, not even toothpaste.

I'd also left my glasses at home, so I was struggling to see.

His mother did not send him money to get back. She said he had made is at

home home at home,

at home and he could lie in it.

For links to both those stories, check out the shownotes

at amateur traveler.com.

Again, this episode is sponsored by the amateurer. If you're looking for a good travel

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