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Here is your odd and useless fact for the week: there are more telephones in New York City than there are in all of Spain. That is pretty impressive considering Spain has a population of 40 million and New York City’s population is 8.2 million. I respect a country where every person is not connected to three cell phones and a Blackberry.

This isn’t to say that Spain is not modern. It is a very modern place and there are parts of Barcelona and Madrid that might even remind you of New York City. But even in the hustle and bustle there is something different, something more relaxed. The pace of life in Spain is slower. People are more likely to connect over coffee and wine than to connect over the phone from home. For a traveler, this can be an interesting thing to observe and a welcomed change from our super connected lives.

Flights to Spain are still surprisingly reasonable even with the busy summer travel season approaching. Travelocity is a good place to start if you are looking for a deal for this spring or summer. Go ahead and leave your cell phone behind when you go. If you really need to talk to someone you’ll find a way.

Save in Spain and Beyond: Round-Trip Flights From $559+

Aruba. Go ahead and say it out loud. Aruba. It just rolls off the tongue. No wonder the Beach Boys sang about it.

An island nation with a motto of “One Happy Island”, Aruba is a place that will leave you feeling like one happy traveler. The 32-km long island in the Lesser Antilles has a dry climate and is nearly always warm and sunny. The temperature is almost a constant 82 degrees. Does it get any more perfect than that?

Aruba is largely flat and is known to most of the free world for its wide, white sandy beaches. With a Caribbean feel, a Dutch influence and visitors from all over the world, Aruban culture is truly unique, as is the local language, Papiamento. The food is wonderful, the people warm and friendly, and I have I mentioned the perfect weather and splendid beaches yet?

Aruba is not the cheapest place to visit but the folks at US Airways are helping to change that a bit. They are offering some super deals on round-trip flights to Aruba that should leave you with enough change to afford a hotel room in paradise.

Aruba. That does have a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

The Internet has truly revolutionized the way that we travel. It is almost impossible to imagine that there once was a time when you had to work through a travel agent to arrange airplane tickets. The Internet has made us all travel agents. The latest deals are never more than a few clicks away and with powerful search engines you can find the best rates on flights in a matter of seconds.

Sometimes this power can be a little overwhelming. There are so many sites offering so many deals that it is hard to keep track of them all. What’s more, if you live in Chicago it is unlikely that you care much about deals on flights from Washington, DC. You only care about the prices of flights into and out of your home airport.

One very handy way to work around this is to use the power of the Internet to your advantage. You can narrow the scope of your searches by letting BootsnAll do the searching for you. For example, if you are look for cheap flights to Dallas, you can just go to one handy dandy page that brings together all of the various deals from across the Web. How cool is that?

Check out all of the Cheap Flights pages today and save yourself a lot of time as you embrace the role of Internet travel agent.

For those who are lucky enough to stay married for 75 years and still have their wits about them, there is a great reward. The traditional gift for a 75th wedding anniversary is a diamond. The modern gift is gold. Either way I think that if you are able to love someone for that long you deserve more than just precious jewels. You deserve a medal of honor and a statue in Washington, DC.

As part of their celebration of being in business for 75 years, Alaska Airlines will not be handing out diamonds or gold along with your bag of peanuts. Instead, they are offering up some seriously discounted flights. What better way to celebrate than to fly from Orange County to Oakland for $35? Show them your love by going from Boise to Portland for $45. Let them know that you care by flying from Walla Walla to Seattle for $65.

With prices that cheap I am not sure they will be able to stay in business for another year, let alone long enough to celebrate their 80th anniversary. You are supposed to receive pearls if you make it that long. I suggest you receive sainthood instead.

You can feel the history when you are in Naples, Italy. The city was founded in the 6th Centure BC by the Greeks and was given the name Neapolis. The name is slightly different today but the city remains true to its roots. Agriculture and its port activities still drive Naples engines, although with modernity there has also come a move towards more white collar and service sector jobs.

In 1995, the historic center of Naples was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. I don’t know one person who has traveled to Naples and not checked it out. You really must too. It is charming. Naples also has a rich cultural history with historic churches on nearly every corner, some quality museums that are often overlooked by tourists, and an underground city – “Napoli Sotteranea” – that holds many fascinating catacombs and tunnels for you to explore.

Flying directly to Naples from the United States is not usually as cheap a flying to Rome, but Air France has some spring deals that are more than worth checking out.

Southern Italy often has a reputation for crime, poverty and unpleasantness and that might be well earned to some degree, but that doesn’t mean that Naples isn’t a fascinating city worthy of being included on your Italian itinerary.

I am a tad biased because I live in the region but for my money (which currently includes three pennies and a Canadian quarter in my pockets) the most awesome, fabulous, amazing, cool, splendid, terrific and all around wonderful part of the United States is the Pacific Northwest.

In these parts we have ourselves some lovely scenery. There are trees that are big and green all year round. There are rugged coastlines where only those insulated by whale blubber would dare swim. There are mountains that are really volcanoes and that reach way up into the sky with a permanent layer of dandruffy snow on top of their heads. There are cities like Seattle and Portland that redefine the meaning of cool. And there is the Pacific Northwest way of life, a relaxed way of living that isn’t for everyone but certainly is pleasant for those passing through on a visit.

In short, you would be a foolish, foolish person not to want to hop on a plane right now and to visit the Pacific Northwest. You can do that for mere dollars with Southwest Airlines deals on flights between Portland, Seattle and Spokane to destinations throughout the country.

If you do plan of stopping by just let me know in advance so I can hit the ATM. Three pennies and a Canadian quarter doesn’t go very far in these parts.

It was just last week when I learned that the word about Croatia being an excellent travel destination has officially gotten out. My mother, who is a wonderful person but a less than intrepid traveler, told me that she was thinking about taking a trip that would include a visit to Dubrovnik, the wonderful historic Croatian town on the Adriatic coast. Her proclamation makes it official. Croatia is no longer a scary place recovering from a war. It is a mainstream tourist destination.

I first went to Dubrovnik a couple of months after the war in the Balkans had ended. It was still an uncertain time and there was still visible damage in the city. Even with that being the case you could get a sense that the place would recover and that it would recover quickly. The same can be said of the rest of Croatia’s coast. It is far too beautiful for people not to be drawn to it.

Flying to Dubrovnik from the United States can be a costly affair, but British Airways is making it a bit more reasonable. They have flights from Atlanta to the Croatian city that are a little above $700 round-trip. That should make travelers like my mother happy and it should make you happy to. Dubrovnik is worth a trip, but you probably have already heard that from someone else.