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My 2019 travel year: 71 flights, 175 hotel nights, 32 countries, 4 bucket list trips
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My 2019 travel year: 71 flights, 175 hotel nights, 32 countries, 4 bucket list trips

January 3, 2020 Chris W. 0

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]

My 2018 travel year: 89 flights, 174 hotel nights, 34 countries, 5 bucket list trips
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My 2018 travel year: 89 flights, 174 hotel nights, 34 countries, 5 bucket list trips

January 2, 2019 Chris W. 0

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]

My 2017 in 97 flights, 172 hotel nights in 34 countries: I love bleisure travel!
Bleisure Travel

My 2017 in 97 flights, 172 hotel nights in 34 countries: I love bleisure travel!

December 29, 2017 Chris W. 4

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]

My 2016 was a year full of bleisure travel: 82 flights; 174 hotel nights; 21 countries
Bleisure Travel

My 2016 was a year full of bleisure travel: 82 flights; 174 hotel nights; 21 countries

December 29, 2016 Chris W. 7

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]

Chris Travel Blog Travel Plans 2016
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Happy New Year!! and a sneak peak at my 2016 travel plans

January 4, 2016 Chris W. 4

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]

Chris Travel Blog Year 2015
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My 2015: how I combined business & leisure travel and saved thousands of euros

December 25, 2015 Chris W. 3

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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SLOVENIA – A quick 3 day conference visit for business (#TBT)

December 17, 2015 Chris W. 0

#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]

Cambodia - Poverty Garbage Belt
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CAMBODIA – Ultimate luxury and extreme poverty (#TBT)

December 10, 2015 Chris W. 4

#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]

Slovakia - Bratislava
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SLOVAKIA – My business trip changed my leisure view on Slovakia (#TBT)

December 3, 2015 Chris W. 3

#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)

November 26, 2015 Chris W. 0

#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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Lebanon is a small hidden gem in the Middle East and a beautiful destination for a 10-day trip. It’s just a 3-4-hour flight from Europe and thus a perfect destination for the May (or October) school holidays! I visited with my family (kids 13/16 years) [read more]

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