Recent content by Orchidflower

A friend of mine told me he put his money in 2 cd's ($200K each = $400) and his house value is $307K, so looks like at least one person spent close to 30%+ of his total funds for his residence. Wonder how many people do that? Personally, I spent 10% of my total for this house. I probably will...

I had 3 days to buy, W2R, when I came to Phoenix and never had even been here before. My girlfriend talked me into this 55+ community thing which would be wonderful for someone else...but it just ain't me at all or, at least, this particular community isn't....but the house itself is great. At...

When you retired--if you moved to a new home--how did you figure out how much to spend on the new house you purchased? I recently was doing some research that suggested 30% of monies a retiree had was the rule of thumb (for retirees) to put down for their home. I have no clue as to how they...

Going in August. I thought the weather was best then.

Well, I just booked the trip to Krakow then taking overnight train to Prague and return via Vienna (British Airways wanted my 60K miles plus another $845 to leave from Prague...uh, I figured they must have been kidding?). Been to Vienna before but might just go from Prague to Salzburg and just...

After many hours burning the computer out looking at where to go and how and when (etc.) finally got 2 free trips out of American: Krakow/Vienna (and Prague by train) and Buenos Aires. Just did some reading about Prague and Krakow (Vienna will be no problem), but few (very few) people speak...

How wonderful for this great guy to do...thanks for posting.

Looking at November I found a flight to Buenos Aires with a choice of about 3 days I would go from Phoenix to DFW and spend the night there then leave the next day at 7:30 pm. Too bad I don't know anyone in Dallas anymore....sigh. Also, lots of flights where you land in Dallas at 4:40 pm say...

Looks like American isn't going down, so I would like to use some frequent flyer miles; but seems like you end up spending 60-70K miles for every trip. Has anyone here been able to book an international trip using frequent flyer miles at the coach level using the minimum miles? I have tried...

Speaking of bars on the windows and doors, has anyone mentioned every single house/apartment has that in Bangkok, Thailand?

This November when I was in Thailand/Cambodia I met a Ph.D. from Serbia, so I also wrote him. His suggestion was to hit Prague, Budapest and Croatia. I really am interested in seeing Krakow, Poland, also, and a day trip from there to Auschwitz (even knowing I will leave there uber-depressed...

Frankly, I thought 2-1/2 days in Siem Reap to see Ankor Wat was more than adquate. Other than the temple, what else is there? Not very picturesque and not much happening in Cambodia...Thailand, yes, but IMHO not much in Cambodia. I think the last time I looked a few weeks ago the cheapest...

Just got back from Thailand and Cambodia (loved it!), and now wanting to plan a 3 weeks (hope that's enough) tour of some of the European countries more east like: Hungary; Croatia; Poland; Czech Republic; Romania; Slovakia; Bulgaria; Slovenia; Ukraine; etc. etc. etc. I think it might be...

Flew into Siem Reap, but one of the guys in the tour was asked by Customs for Cambodia if he had a "TIP" for him...wow..really crooked there I guess.

Lots of "loved" it's, so guess I'm going...thanks!;D