Visiting Europe is Good For Your Health

Frank II,

Guess I should start planning my next holiday, for my health of course.

Based on my experiences, I tend to agree with this theory. When I travel, I often spend long days touring, and I'm usually worn out at the end of each day. I'm tired when I get home, but also have a sense of elation as I recall the experiences of the trip. This tends to continue for several weeks, especially when I start going through photos.

Actually, Frank, I think you can just submit the entire bill to your insurance provider - right down to the Toblerone bar you might pick up at the airport on the way home.

Overall I'm quite pleased by this new development. And here I thought that our drinking a lot more alcohol, sleeping less, and eating more pastries while on vacation was a bad thing.

:)

I'm pretty sure I can send in the receipt with the Nutella on it in to my health savings account. Why, yes, I'm SURE of it.

Now, if only I didn't come home e-v-e-r-y time with the mother-of-all upper respiratory infections. Kinda puts a damper on planning the trip...If you hear coughing on your west-bound flight, c'est moi. Come introduce yourself.

Frank II, do urban explorers(c) {(c) by Frank II} get to write-off exploring outfits? I picture the pith helmet/khaki suit look...but you may have a completely different image in mind. I'll start looking for your TV show in my cable listings...[OK - I can see I'm just gonna have to dig around for the real (c) copyright symbol. Nah - looks like work ;-)]

Yes, Mary, I can write off my outfits--as long as they are designer label. But not shorts.

Pith Helmet? Khaki outfit? Think more on the lines of L.L. Bean.

Roughing it, to an "Urban Explorer," means a hotel without room service.

LL Bean? Exactement! (do you get labrador puppies with each explorer outfit? They're awfully cute...) As I used to say, my idea of camping is the Holiday Inn. (the last time I went camping a few years ago, a rather large-ish bear had been prancing around our heads just outside of our tent...I've never seen a bear - nor a rattlesnake - at an Embassy Suites. Just sayin'...)

Steve, that's precisely why we spent the big bucks and went with the PPO.

Abolutely- I suffer from migraines almost daily yet on our recent trip to Denmark and France I was headache free. If my insurance complains about the cost of my medication I should offer to let them pay for our next trip.