The Columnist Manifesto

It's my new mantra for travel-related frustrations. Such as:

Incomprehensible airline regulations

Train conductor screaming at me because the train is four hours late and he is “tired of taking shit from people.”

Camera is "on the fritz"

Vendors who skillfully rip you off

Department store cashier treats you like an industrial spy

Helmut, the authoritarian flight attendant

Security guard stops you from taking pictures

Unanticipated public transportation strike

Getting stared at

Sketchy internet access

Fussy "tour fuhrers"

People who spray chloroform into your train compartment and then rob you when you're unconscious

European low-cost-flight airports





WWJBD -- What would Jason Bourne do?



Yep, you guessed it -- TRAVEL BLOGGING!!!