Travel News:

• NatGeo has a fun article with Vintage U.S. Park Posters.
• USA Todays shares the 10 Best Bucket-List U.S. History Sites
• FrequentFlier.com writes how Airlines Squeeze Flyers, Roll In the Dough 
• Johnny Jet shared an interesting and scary CNN story on Twitter this past Friday- Passenger Captures dramatic video of SWAT team storming Toronto plane.
• From Gothamist- A Queens man falsely accused his ex-wife of terrorism and she was stopped & questioned once her Qatar Airways flight landed.

• Travel + Leisure has a slideshow with the Best views in America.
• One more from T+L- A tasty slideshow with the Best tacos in America.
• Skift reports that Ryanair continues its reinvention with a smartphone app that works.
• Another from Skift: Flight detours around Ukraine will result in higher airfares.
• Yahoo News says that McDonald’s across Russia might get closed down due to worsening ties between Moscow and Washington. Last year we stopped by the First McDonald’s in Russia and it was packed.
• Lonely Planet tells us about Ten of the best food and drink secrets in Europe.
• BBC Travel has a slideshow with 10 North American gardens worth traveling for.

Some recent posts from Michael W Travels

• Germany Wins The World Title For… Nudity
• Man lands plane on highway twice in 8 days
• Thrills everyone should try once
• The most visited cities in the world
• Unofficial comfort foods of every state
• See what the TSA found now!
• Free parking + free mile from Chase?
• United sent me a targeted offer to Earn double premier qualifying miles
• My Starwood Biz Amex Retention Offer
• World’s coolest tram rides

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