Travel well,Mr Frommer,you cheapskate. I’m a tight-arsed globetrotter thanks to you
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Travel well,Mr Frommer,you cheapskate. I’m a tight-arsed globetrotter thanks to you

Thrift is not meanness. Take it from the wise man who gave us Europe on $5 a Day:you’ll see the same Eiffel Tower and the same Colosseum if you’re on a budget.

  • byMalcolm Knox

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