Frequent flyer fodder

Life has been hectic with going from working no job in the summer (when I decided to start this blog to give me a sense of purpose) to working two jobs and 60 hour+ weeks.

That's not to say I have beat the all-things-travel bug and although my writing has unfortunately taken the backseat, my reading has not. Here's a few of the best travel articles I've read recently:

The single-day business trip (Globe and Mail)
As a twenty-something with little responsibilties at home and a naive sense of what flying 3 days a week really means, I often dream of a job that would require me to travel at least some of the time. I am at a point where the question "would you travel for your job?" would be met with a definitive "yes." "Please." Some of the glamour, I will admit, is taken out from this article's look at same-day flights and hotel cuts.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/the-single-day-business-trip/article1350027/

Destination: Berlin, GERMANY (Toronto Star)
Propeller Island City Lodge seems like the the end product of Tim Burton meets whacked hotelier over several bottles of wine. The rooms are creepy yet creative and makes the hotel a destination in and of itself.

http://www.thestar.com/travel/europe/article/713745--bedroom-bizarro

Destination: Thunder Bay, ONTARIO (re:porter)
My new favourite in-flight read, the re:porter, had some great travel stories that explored a few of its destination cities - an increasing roster despite a general shrinkage of the travel industry. The whole thing is worth perusing, and I was especially drawn to the article on Thunder Bay. I stayed at the same quaint B&B as the writer and missed him by a couple days...I've been waiting for this article to come out since June and its unique take on T-Bay's Finnish culture did not disappoint (p. 27)

http://www.flyporter.com/common/docs/reporter_07.pdf