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Travel fiction, bulletins, and real-trip notes.en-UShttps://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-bogota/https://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-bogota/Real photographs and field notes behind the fiction, from the Fake Travel News Notebook.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-buenos-aires/https://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-buenos-aires/Real photographs and field notes behind the fiction, from the Fake Travel News Notebook.Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-prague/https://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-prague/Real photographs and field notes behind the fiction, from the Fake Travel News Notebook.Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-keukenhof/https://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-keukenhof/Real photographs and field notes behind the fiction, from the Fake Travel News Notebook.Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-santorini/https://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-santorini/Real photographs and field notes behind the fiction, from the Fake Travel News Notebook.Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-gdansk/https://faketravelnews.com/notebook/the-real-gdansk/Real photographs and field notes behind the fiction, from the Fake Travel News Notebook.Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/cologne-chocolate-museum-krampus-antichrist/https://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/cologne-chocolate-museum-krampus-antichrist/A retired Düsseldorf auditor has a sign, a binder, and grave concerns about a hollow chocolate Krampus. A fictional bulletin from Cologne.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/tulip-conspiracy-keukenhof-gardens/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/tulip-conspiracy-keukenhof-gardens/Cass Mitchell came to Keukenhof for tulip photos. A mysterious blue bloom leads her into a secret society with a plan to make the world go Dutch.Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/lens-wrong-louvre-mona-lisa/https://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/lens-wrong-louvre-mona-lisa/Visitors expecting the Mona Lisa at Louvre-Lens find a festival giant who seems to know their secrets. A fictional bulletin from Lens, France.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/beef-writer-who-couldnt-eat-beef/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/beef-writer-who-couldnt-eat-beef/Twelve thousand dollars. Twelve Buenos Aires steakhouses. One food writer allergic to beef. A handsome accomplice was not in the brief.Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/woman-keeps-coming-back-armenia/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/woman-keeps-coming-back-armenia/She drank from a spring at Geghard in 1974. Fifty years later, she still looks twenty. An Armenian day trip becomes a reckoning with a life that will not end.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/tremendous-prague-trumpette-tours/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/tremendous-prague-trumpette-tours/A Canadian librarian’s involuntary speaking style turns a Prague walking tour into a viral empire. Her manager calls it tremendous. She would like to quit.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/lille-meerkat-quits-sentinel-duty/https://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/lille-meerkat-quits-sentinel-duty/In this fictional Lille zoo bulletin, Gérard the meerkat retires from sentinel duty after three years, 4,000 pigeons, and no hawks.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/bogota-vacation-gone-wrong/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/bogota-vacation-gone-wrong/Sam Stallone came to Bogotá for street art and Botero. His umbrella, a coffee-farm rescue, and some questionable genetics had other plans.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/southern-california-norfolk-pine-chasing-moon/https://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/southern-california-norfolk-pine-chasing-moon/One Norfolk Island pine is gaining on the moon by nearly a foot a year. Its neighbors, a white dog and several anxious palms, have noticed.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/old-quebec-ice-creature-april-request/https://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/old-quebec-ice-creature-april-request/Ti-Glaçon has returned to Old Quebec, complete with his annual petition to outlast the thaw and a refrigeration proposal no committee quite trusts.Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/yosemite-mirror-lake-reflect-lives/https://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/yosemite-mirror-lake-reflect-lives/Mirror Lake's other side is real, rangers insist, but it is not accepting walk-ins or visitors who wave at the purple-jacketed figure.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/connemara-sheep-red-white-blue/https://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/connemara-sheep-red-white-blue/American travelers tried to make an Irish flock patriotic. The flock had been there first, and the farmers would like a word.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/california-breakfast-food-art-prize/https://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/california-breakfast-food-art-prize/A Winnipeg sculptor's resin avocado toast has won California's most confusing food-art prize, despite a rival breakfast browning during judging.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/cerro-negro-yellow-boarder-still-descending/https://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/cerro-negro-yellow-boarder-still-descending/A volcano boarder in a yellow jumpsuit vanished halfway down Cerro Negro. His sled arrived. His dust cloud arrived. He is reportedly still descending.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/budapest-blue-hatted-mannequin-full-moon/https://faketravelnews.com/bulletins/budapest-blue-hatted-mannequin-full-moon/A blue-hatted mannequin at a Budapest felt-goods stall is said to spend every full moon taking the arcade air, borrowing scarves, and avoiding questions.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/molise-road-trip-staying-in-shape-with-no-gym/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/molise-road-trip-staying-in-shape-with-no-gym/In Italy’s least-visited region, one man discovers every ancient ruin, wine bottle, and hill town can double as a gym.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/julian-a-real-fairy-tale-town-in-southern-california/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/julian-a-real-fairy-tale-town-in-southern-california/A pie stop in Julian becomes an investigation into enchanted apples, suspicious wolves, and a town that may take fairy tales literally.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/uruguay-a-bus-ticket-and-the-last-time-i-was-a-free-man/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/uruguay-a-bus-ticket-and-the-last-time-i-was-a-free-man/Four days with his fiancé’s family in Montevideo send one terrified groom toward Colonia, a ferry ticket, and a very late realization.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/buenos-aires-museum-sends-tourist-to-parallel-dimension/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/buenos-aires-museum-sends-tourist-to-parallel-dimension/One touch of a modified piano at Buenos Aires’ oddest museum sends a tourist somewhere the authorities insist does not exist.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/gdansk-i-came-to-disappear-but-the-italians-objected/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/gdansk-i-came-to-disappear-but-the-italians-objected/A laid-off American comes to disappear in Gdańsk. An Italian volleyball team, Polish sushi, and one impossible table have other plans.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/annecy-france-a-killer-should-retire-somewhere-beautiful/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/annecy-france-a-killer-should-retire-somewhere-beautiful/A killer arrives in Annecy for one final job. Then the lake, the canals, and a better life make retirement look surprisingly appealing.Sun, 17 May 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/barcelona-i-came-for-gaudi-and-stayed-to-kill-aliens/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/barcelona-i-came-for-gaudi-and-stayed-to-kill-aliens/A solo traveler follows her late mother’s guidebook through Sagrada Família and Park Güell as alien ships turn Barcelona into an unlikely resistance headquarters.Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/castelmezzano-tic-tac-toe-in-italys-hidden-cliffside-gem/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/castelmezzano-tic-tac-toe-in-italys-hidden-cliffside-gem/In Castelmezzano, Italy, a tic-tac-toe obsessive turns Basilicata’s cliffside villages, mountain trails, and zip line into one giant game board.Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/london-pub-honors-lennon-and-churchill/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/london-pub-honors-lennon-and-churchill/A London pub honoring Lennon and Churchill serves peace, wartime bravado, improbable cocktails, and a very confused kind of British hospitality.Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/santa-barbara-our-last-weekend-on-earth/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/santa-barbara-our-last-weekend-on-earth/Before an eight-year space voyage, four friends spend one final Santa Barbara weekend with wine country views, Solvang detours, and stargazing.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/montefusco-the-italian-town-that-isnt-really-there-or-is-it/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/montefusco-the-italian-town-that-isnt-really-there-or-is-it/Montefusco, Italy, may be an Irpinia hill town, a quantum detour, or a place that only appears when the road gets interesting.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/volcano-bridge-tours-in-leon-nicaragua/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/volcano-bridge-tours-in-leon-nicaragua/A León, Nicaragua volcano tour opens a geothermal shortcut to Iceland, Santorini, and Vesuvius, all before sunset.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/digital-detox-disaster-my-phone-free-spain-trip/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/digital-detox-disaster-my-phone-free-spain-trip/A phone-free trip through Rioja and San Sebastián goes off the rails when one missing camera roll makes a traveler look guilty.Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/baku-azerbaijan-how-i-reignited-my-career-in-the-land-of-fire/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/baku-azerbaijan-how-i-reignited-my-career-in-the-land-of-fire/A washed-up comedian finds a second act in Baku, Azerbaijan, among mud volcanoes, Yanar Dag flames, and the Flame Towers.Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/moldova-travel-blog-my-last-country-before-the-world-ended/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/moldova-travel-blog-my-last-country-before-the-world-ended/In Chișinău, Moldova, an apocalyptic travel assignment leads from Stefan cel Mare Boulevard to Cricova wine cellars and an overdue reality check.Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/horse-sense-and-food-fraud-an-equestrian-investigation-in-italy/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/horse-sense-and-food-fraud-an-equestrian-investigation-in-italy/A food blogger and his detective horse chase an Italian food-fraud scheme through Campania, where every clue comes with a side of pasta.Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/armenia-travel-plumber-saves-museum-and-marriage-in-yerevan/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/armenia-travel-plumber-saves-museum-and-marriage-in-yerevan/A retired plumber saves manuscripts at Yerevan’s Matenadaran Museum, then applies the same emergency logic to a very leaky engagement.Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/georgia-after-the-coma-how-i-ended-up-speaking-georgian-in-tbilisi/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/georgia-after-the-coma-how-i-ended-up-speaking-georgian-in-tbilisi/After waking from a coma speaking only Georgian, a traveler heads to Tbilisi to rebuild a life in a language she barely remembers.Sun, 12 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/rome-how-to-see-italy-without-crowds-a-neurodivergent-travelers-guide/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/rome-how-to-see-italy-without-crowds-a-neurodivergent-travelers-guide/A low-sensory Rome guide follows cat sanctuary ruins, quiet streets, and special interests instead of the usual tourist stampede.Sat, 04 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/morocco-hip-hop-scene-how-mo-rocco-went-from-nobody-to-fez-festival-star/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/morocco-hip-hop-scene-how-mo-rocco-went-from-nobody-to-fez-festival-star/A Newark shelf-stocker becomes a Fez Festival hip-hop sensation in this Morocco travel satire about music, ego, and a very loud comeback.Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/slovenia-travel-guide-24-hours-adriatic-coast-spy-adventure/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/slovenia-travel-guide-24-hours-adriatic-coast-spy-adventure/A mistaken poisoning sends an MI6 operative racing along Slovenia’s Adriatic Coast through Piran, Izola, and one absurdly scenic crisis.Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/czech-republic-travel-blog-olomouc-medieval-plague-adventure/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/czech-republic-travel-blog-olomouc-medieval-plague-adventure/A lightning strike at Olomouc’s Holy Trinity Column drops one traveler into a 17th-century plague outbreak, with no return ticket.Sun, 31 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/windmills-under-attack-a-gothic-bloggers-vision-saves-the-netherlands/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/windmills-under-attack-a-gothic-bloggers-vision-saves-the-netherlands/A gothic blogger races to save Haarlem’s De Adriaan windmill from a surreal solar-flare apocalypse in the Netherlands.Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/street-art-and-the-multiverse-uncovering-saxon-across-europe/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/street-art-and-the-multiverse-uncovering-saxon-across-europe/An investigative reporter follows Saxon’s street art across Europe and finds evidence that the elusive artist may travel between worlds.Sun, 27 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/orvieto-travel-fail-how-i-faked-being-a-cathedral-tour-guide/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/orvieto-travel-fail-how-i-faked-being-a-cathedral-tour-guide/A fake guide at Orvieto Cathedral invents medieval Wi-Fi, irritates an art-history professor, and learns that confidence is not expertise.Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/tirana-2053-a-dystopian-travel-guide-to-post-apocalyptic-albania/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/tirana-2053-a-dystopian-travel-guide-to-post-apocalyptic-albania/In post-collapse Tirana, gladiator women, radioactive tourism, and time-travel warnings turn Albania into a very bad place to lose a map.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/bigfoot-in-greece-navy-seals-wild-encounter-on-a-personal-mission-to-thessaloniki/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/bigfoot-in-greece-navy-seals-wild-encounter-on-a-personal-mission-to-thessaloniki/A sponsored photo shoot in Thessaloniki becomes a moonlit Bigfoot chase through Greek landmarks, military tactics, and terrible instincts.Sun, 08 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/wine-contest-winner-how-i-won-free-wine-for-life-at-a-california-art-museum/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/wine-contest-winner-how-i-won-free-wine-for-life-at-a-california-art-museum/At a California art museum, a wine-obsessed traveler enters a contest, wins the grand prize, and discovers that free wine has consequences.Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/mm-bistro-in-minneapolis-a-sugar-lovers-dream-at-mike-and-marys-candy-restaurant/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/mm-bistro-in-minneapolis-a-sugar-lovers-dream-at-mike-and-marys-candy-restaurant/A Minneapolis restaurant turns M&M’s into dinner, dessert, and a suspiciously persuasive argument for candy as a food group.Sun, 25 May 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/wine-legends-in-italy-discover-santagata-de-goti-and-the-tale-of-the-due-amanti/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/wine-legends-in-italy-discover-santagata-de-goti-and-the-tale-of-the-due-amanti/In Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy, a wine legend, a romantic curse, and a visiting blogger make Campania’s vineyards dangerously memorable.Sat, 17 May 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/santorini-solo-travel-surviving-greeces-romantic-island/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/santorini-solo-travel-surviving-greeces-romantic-island/A newly divorced traveler faces Santorini’s sunsets, couples, and relentless romance with only a suitcase and diminishing patience.Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://faketravelnews.com/stories/norway-travel-when-vigeland-park-statues-come-back-to-life-in-oslo/https://faketravelnews.com/stories/norway-travel-when-vigeland-park-statues-come-back-to-life-in-oslo/In Oslo’s Vigeland Park, an American blogger discovers that 212 statues are not statues at all, and Norway has some explaining to do.Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT