#TBT https://www.christravelblog.com/destinations/personal-stories-chris/ Combined leisure & business travel; the efficient way! Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:24:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.christravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-favico-ctb-32x32.jpg #TBT https://www.christravelblog.com/destinations/personal-stories-chris/ 32 32 My 2019 travel year: 71 flights, 175 hotel nights, 32 countries, 4 bucket list trips https://www.christravelblog.com/my-2019-travel-year-71-flights-175-hotel-nights-32-countries-4-bucket-list-trips/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 17:53:50 +0000 https://www.christravelblog.com/?p=29950 It’s that time of the year to look back and make a summary of all the places I visited but first I would like to thank you for following CTB Global and wish you a happy 2020! That you may travel a lot, stay healthy [read more]

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]]> My 2018 travel year: 89 flights, 174 hotel nights, 34 countries, 5 bucket list trips https://www.christravelblog.com/my-2018-travel-year-89-flights-174-hotel-nights-34-countries-5-bucket-list-trips/ Wed, 02 Jan 2019 05:47:25 +0000 https://www.christravelblog.com/?p=27968 It’s that time of the year to look back and make a summary of all the places I visited but first I would like to thank you for following CTB Global and wish you a happy 2019! That you may travel a lot, stay healthy [read more]

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]]> My 2017 in 97 flights, 172 hotel nights in 34 countries: I love bleisure travel! https://www.christravelblog.com/my-2017-in-97-flights-172-hotel-nights-in-34-countries-i-love-bleisure-travel/ Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:15:49 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=24854 It’s that time of the year to look back and make a summary of all the places I visited but first I would like to thank you for following CTB Global and wish you a happy 2018! That you may travel a lot, stay healthy [read more]

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]]> BUDGET TIP – Visit the Pyramids in Cairo & fly for 350 euro business class from Egypt to Bangkok https://www.christravelblog.com/budget-tip-visit-the-pyramids-in-cairo-fly-for-350-euro-business-class-from-egypt-to-bangkok/ Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:34:55 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=23466 Isn’t that awesome a business class ticket to the far east (Bangkok and others) from Europe for just 350 euro all including? Yes, you do have to fly to Cairo first and that can be done for around 150 euro from Europe. Combine these with [read more]

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]]> My 2016 was a year full of bleisure travel: 82 flights; 174 hotel nights; 21 countries https://www.christravelblog.com/my-2016-was-a-year-full-of-bleisure-travel-82-flights-174-hotel-nights-21-countries/ Thu, 29 Dec 2016 09:43:09 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=20737 It’s the end of 2016 and time for an overview of my travels in the past year! How was your 2016? Let me know in the comments! Mine was full of records except I didn’t make it to visit 5 new countries: only 3! It [read more]

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]]> Happy New Year!! and a sneak peak at my 2016 travel plans https://www.christravelblog.com/happy-new-year-and-a-sneak-peak-at-my-2016-travel-plans/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 04:17:06 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=16269 First of all I would like to thank all readers, followers, friends and colleagues for the continuous support of this travel inspiring website! Keep sharing my stories amongst your friends to keep the site advertisement free! Let’s keep traveling in 2016! I wish you a [read more]

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]]> My 2015: how I combined business & leisure travel and saved thousands of euros https://www.christravelblog.com/my-2015-how-i-combined-business-leisure-travel-and-saved-thousands-of-euros/ Fri, 25 Dec 2015 08:41:01 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=16073 It’s the end of 2015 and I cannot escape by writing a summary of my travels this past year. I show you how to combine business with leisure travel and save thousands of euros! It will (partly) work for leisure travel alone too! Please note [read more]

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]]> MONACO – A mini state in Europe, expensive or not? (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/monaco-a-mini-state-in-europe-expensive-or-not-tbt/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:45:07 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=15816 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 52 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Monaco, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Monaco is one of the mini states in Europe. Located at the Mediterranean Sea and for the rest surrounded [read more]

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]]> SLOVENIA – A quick 3 day conference visit for business (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/country-title-tbt-3/ Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:10:57 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=15818 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 51 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Slovenia, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. I must go back to Slovenia soon! Slovenia is one of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015 [read more]

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]]> CAMBODIA – Ultimate luxury and extreme poverty (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/cambodia-ultimate-luxury-and-extreme-poverty-tbt/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:21:31 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=15814 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 50 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Cambodia, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Cambodia is a beautiful country in South East Asia. I have visited it once for 9 days in and [read more]

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]]> SLOVAKIA – My business trip changed my leisure view on Slovakia (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/slovakia-my-business-trip-changed-my-leisure-view-on-slovakia-tbt/ Thu, 03 Dec 2015 22:18:02 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=15635 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 49 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Slovakia, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Slovakia is one of those European countries that was not really high on my list to visit. Maybe the [read more]

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]]> SWITZERLAND – Two stressful moments that got me some grey hairs (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/switzerland-two-stressful-moments-that-got-me-some-grey-hairs-tbt/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 17:48:49 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=15630 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 48 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Switzerland, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Almost two decades ago I went on my first trip to Switzerland and France with my girlfriend at that [read more]

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]]> FRANCE – A country I visited many times with family and friends (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/france-a-country-i-visited-many-times-with-family-and-friends-tbt/ Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:24:10 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=15227 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 47 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visits to France, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. France is probably the number one destination in the Netherlands for travelling. My first visit to France was when [read more]

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]]> BELGIUM – All about highways and Belgium beer (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/belgium-all-about-highways-and-belgium-beer-tbt/ Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:43:05 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=15187 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 46 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Belgium, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. We from the Netherlands always make a lot of jokes about the people from Belgium. They are actually very [read more]

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]]> GREECE – All about setting fire, debts, porn and candy girls (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/greece-all-about-setting-fire-debts-porn-and-candy-girls-tbt/ Thu, 05 Nov 2015 19:20:18 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=15041 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 45 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Greece, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Greece, the land with many islands, a rich history, great food and huge debts. I have only seen Athens [read more]

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]]> ITALY – A trip to Verona with a troubled son & dolphins that are fishes (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/italy-a-trip-to-verona-with-a-troubled-son-dolphins-that-are-fishes-tbt/ Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:05:26 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=15035 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 44 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Italy, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. I have been only once to Italy prior to 2015; I should be ashamed a bit I guess. There [read more]

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]]> BULGARIA – Fun, scary and lots of quality time with my daughter (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/bulgaria-fun-scary-and-lots-of-quality-time-with-my-daughter-tbt/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:19:26 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=14820 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 43 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Bulgaria, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. I visited Bulgaria once with my daughter for a long weekend. She was 8 years old. The quality time [read more]

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]]> HONG KONG – Nature in Hong Kong and a delicious snake soup (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/hong-kong-nature-in-hong-kong-and-a-delicious-snake-soup-tbt/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:11:13 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=14813 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 42 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Hong Kong, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Hong Kong surprised me first of all because it has so much more to offer besides skyscrapers. Even [read more]

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]]> NORWAY – It IS expensive there, trust me! (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/norway-it-is-expensive-there-trust-me-tbt/ Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:33:57 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=14591 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 41 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Norway, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. I have spent only four days in Norway and all of them in the capital Oslo. What I remember [read more]

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]]> JORDAN – A country that amazed me in every aspect (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/jordan-a-country-that-amazed-me-in-every-aspect-tbt/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 23:16:14 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=14305 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 40 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Jordan, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Jordan was the last new country prior to 2015. I visited it during the Christmas holidays of 2014 and [read more]

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]]> MALAYSIA – Doors do not always go open for money! (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/malaysia-doors-do-not-always-go-open-for-money-tbt/ Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:00:17 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=14172 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 39 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Malaysia, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Back in 2013 I was in Singapore for business and decided to go to Johor Bahru just across the [read more]

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]]> Travel Tag Top 5 – The best accommodations I have visited https://www.christravelblog.com/travel-tag-top-5-the-best-accommodations-i-have-visited/ Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:48:44 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=14057 This Travel Tag Top 5 is about the best accommodations one has visited. The Travel Tag Top 5 has been around for some time now and was started by Daphne from Food and Flip Flops (website in Dutch). I got nominated by Jenny from Jenny’s [read more]

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]]> BRUNEI – My first visit to a dry country; no alcohol, did I survive? (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/brunei-my-first-visit-to-a-dry-country-no-alcohol-did-i-survive-tbt/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:20:26 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=14052 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 38 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Brunei, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Brunei is probably not high on your bucket list to visit but it’s worth it! Do not expect any [read more]

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]]> POLAND – An embarrassing story I remember from Warsaw (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/poland-an-embarrassing-story-i-remember-from-warsaw-tbt/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:46:24 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=13820 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 37 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Poland, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. My embarrassing story has to do with the liquid you see in the following photo on the right. Business [read more]

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]]> CZECH REPUBLIC – My first visit to Prague over 18 years ago, and now again (#TBT) https://www.christravelblog.com/czech-my-first-visit-to-prague-over-18-years-ago-and-now-again-tbt/ Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:18:23 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=13622 #TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 36 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Czech, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. It has been over 18 years ago when I first visited Prague, Czech, during a high school trip. I [read more]

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