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Liechten-stymied
By Dave Fox Reutte, Austria Liechtenstein has now taken its place on the sad, sad list of countries I have seen without actually crossing the border –- along with Albania and Kiribati. In 1993, I took...
View ArticleA Bird’s Eye View of Rome
By Dave Fox Rome, Italy I was in a taxi in Rome a couple of weeks ago at 4 a.m., on my way to the airport to start my second tour in Stockholm. As my driver sped through the streets, I looked out the...
View ArticleMore Things I Do When I’m Jetlagged
By Dave Fox Stockholm, Sweden After two and a half weeks home in Seattle — just enough time to get readjusted to American time — I have now bounced back to Stockholm, where I begin guiding my third...
View ArticleThere’s Something Soggy in Denmark
By Dave Fox Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen is experiencing torrential rains and flooded streets today. Before our walking tour of the city, I passed out snorkles. Tomorrow, the rain is expected to...
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Clean Humor
By Dave Fox Oslo, Norway I bought a smoothie yesterday at Deli de Luca, a Norwegian convenience store chain that puts 7-Eleven to shame. (7-Eleven invaded Norway around 15 years ago, and is now as...
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Masculinity Saved!
The following is a free excerpt from Dave Fox’s award-winning book of travel humor essays, Getting Lost: Mishaps of an Accidental Nomad. Order the Book Lewisham, England: 1976 Noddy and Big Ears never...
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Tackling Lucy
The following is a free excerpt from Dave Fox’s award-winning book of travel humor essays, Getting Lost: Mishaps of an Accidental Nomad. This chapter appears in the book’s first edition, but was cut...
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How Can You Have Any Pudding if You Don’t Eat Your Meat?
The following is a free excerpt from Dave Fox’s award-winning book of travel humor essays, Getting Lost: Mishaps of an Accidental Nomad. Order the Book Lewisham, England: 1976 …School dinner and home...
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The Joy of Chaos: What I’ve Been Up to Lately
By Dave Fox Seattle [Wondering why I haven't been blogging lately? Here's a hastily-written, poorly-edited, long-winded synopsis of my last seven weeks....] People sometimes wonder about me. They...
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Nifty New Travel & Humor E-Books for Amazon Kindle!
If you’ve read the Amazon Kindle edition or the second paperback edition (the one with the cow on the cover) of the bestselling travel humor book, “Getting Lost: Mishaps of an Accidental Nomad” by...
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Don’t Pee in the Bidet
And Other Lessons Learned in France By Debbie Simorte Cahuzac-sur-Vère, France I married a Frenchman, and when our daughter was five weeks old he took us to meet the family. If you are planning a trip...
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Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park: A Celebration of Humanity
By Dave Fox Oslo, Norway Mention sculpture parks and I don’t often get excited, but Vigeland’s Park in Oslo is my favorite park, hands down, anywhere in the world. A short tram ride uphill from the...
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Oslo’s Seafaring Legacy
By Dave Fox Oslo, Norway “You can see right away that Norway has a strong bond to the sea,” says Olaf Drivenes, an Oslo-area boat captain. “It lies in the genes of Norwegians.” Rugged islands on your...
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Tiramisu and Campari
By Dave Fox Siena, Italy Photo: Edsel Little / flickr In my latest blog post for SilverKris and Singapore Airlines, I recount an experience I had in 1996 as a rookie tour guide in Italy. On a blustery...
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Is the View from the Train Better in First Class?
(And Other “Very Interesting” Questions) By Dave Fox [I've been hard at work lately on my new book about Saigon, Vietnam, and mired in the production of a new video series of writing courses. This has...
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Dave’s European Travel Schedule
By Dave Fox Singapore Globejotting is going mobile again this summer! Kattina and I are jetting over to my old stomping grounds in northern Europe. We begin with a visit to her family in the Cologne /...
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Infiltrating the Beautiful People
Infiltrating the Beautiful People By Dave Fox Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France [This story first appeared on my original humor website, davethefox.com, on August 7, 2002. It is one of 12 stories included in...
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