The Top 10 Amazon Products Consumers CLICK on Most

Christopher S. Penn and his team at Trust Insights used SEO tools and IBM Watson to analyze the top 24,000 Amazon pages to find the 10 products consumers CLICK on most, How To Make the Most of Prime Day for Amazon Affiliate Marketers.

Here they are:

1. Apple’s AirPods with Charging Case

2. Amazon Music Unlimited (regular)

3. From House to Home, Karina’s Journey

4. Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation

5. Bose QuietComfort 35 II Noise Cancelling Headphones

6. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

7. The free Amazon Storytime Alexa skill

8. Acer 24″ HD Gaming Monitor

9. Amazon Elements Baby Wipes for Sensitive Skin

10. Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning

BONUS:

All-new Kindle

Echo Show 5

Disclosure: All links are Amazon Affiliate links.

#PrimeDay2019 #PrimeDay

Downton Abbey: The Exhibition will arrive in Boston on June 15, 2019

Downton Abbey: The Exhibition will arrive in Boston on June 15, 2019 for a strictly limited time.

Tickets
Starting at $35, seniors from 33.

Info
https://www.downtonexhibition.com

#downtonexhibition

Children ages 14 and under visit for free when accompanied by a paying adult.

Hours
10am to 6:00pm (last ticket sold at 4:30 pm)
Some Exceptions Apply.

Location
The Castle at Park Plaza
130 Columbus Ave, Boston
At the intersection of Stuart St, Arlington St, and Columbus Ave

Using CHIP and PIN Credit Cards and ApplePay in Europe

In Europe credit cards use CHIP and PIN. In the US, most credit cards use CHIP only. No PIN. This article can show you which cards support both CHIP and PIN.

Credit Card Insider: Chip-and-PIN Credit Cards in the USA.

Since I have a CHIP only card, when I tried to use it in Amsterdam, I was required to show my license and give a signature. Lame.

When I was in Germany, at the checkout, I said I wanted to pay with a CARD, and then used my iPhone to pay with ApplePay. That worked 95% of the time and made payments seamless. I tied my ApplePay to a credit card without foreign transaction fees.

Note: When the vendor asks if you want to have them convert the transaction from EURO to US DOLLARS, say NO, because their foreign transaction fees will be high, and your credit card without foreign transaction fees will take care of it.

Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 14 and 15 Budapest, Hungary

Final evening view from our stateroom.



Final morning view from our stateroom.

Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 12 and 13 Vienna, Austria

Found the Apple Store. Fast internet!






Mak Vienna was a great modern museum. Fun to visit.


The subway system was very easy to navigate. We paid for a 24-hour ticket which let us get on and off as much as we wanted.

You pay for the ticket, and the first time you use it, you get it validated with a time stamp in a blue box. From then on, it's the honor system to get on and off the trains. You might be randomly checked to see if you have a valid ticket. It's a very nice system.

Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 11 Melk, Austria

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Looking up at a staircase in Melk Abbey. Looks like the Involute of a Circle. #MyVikingStory

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Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 10 Passau, Germany

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Passau, Germany. St. Stephen’s Cathedral. @vikingcruises’ red umbrellas came in handy today. #MyVikingStory

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Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 9 Regensburg, Germany

Shopped in a cute supermarket.



This museum and beer hall was not open yet, but should be when you visit.



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Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 8 Nuremberg, Germany

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The Beautiful Fountain, Nuremberg, Germany. #MyVikingStory

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Roof tiles close up. Nuremberg Castle is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The castle, together with the city walls, is considered to be one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortifications. via Wikipedia. #MyVikingStory

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Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 7 Bamberg, Germany

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Overlooking Bamburg, Germany, on a rainy day, during our walking city tour with the often amusing “Uncle Sam.” #MyVikingStory

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Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 6 Würzburg, Germany

Wine on the bridge.

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Local Silvaner wine, from Alte Mainmühle, you buy it on the bridge, in Würzburg. #MyVikingStory

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Würzburg. After touring the Würzburg Residenz, walked through the town to the bridge, for drinks on the bridge. #MyVikingStory

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Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 5 Miltenberg, Germany

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Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 4 Koblenz, Germany and Marksburg Castle

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Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 3 Cologne, Germany

Sion Brauhaus:


Cologne love lock bridge:


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Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 2 Kinderdijk, The Netherlands

Kinderdijk, The Netherlands

Viking:

This morning we sail to Kinderdijk, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for a tour of this ingenious network of windmills and other flood management devices. Learn why the windmills were built and see how they work, and enter a working windmill for a tour of its mechanisms and living quarters. Return on board for lunch and an enjoyable afternoon of Dutch diversions: sample handcrafted Dutch cheeses and jenever, a distilled juniper liquor, and take in a culturally enriching presentation on the Dutch Golden Age. We cruise through the night.

Included shore excursion:
KINDERDIJK WINDMILLS
DURATION: 2 HOURS

THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF WINDMILLS IN THE NETHERLANDS
See the picturesque Dutch countryside and the original technological marvels of historic Kinderdijk, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will walk with your guide into the serene polder lands of South Holland. As you cross the dike to the windmills, you will notice that they in fact are at a lower elevation than your ship, as much of this part of The Netherlands is below sea level. Built in the mid-18th century, these 19 windmills, the largest concentration in The Netherlands, stand like sentinels on a hushed landscape. You will learn why they were built and see firsthand how they work, even stepping into a working windmill to observe its mechanics and living quarters. Families who live in these mills are required to keep them in working order. This excursion provides a revealing look at these marvelous buildings that helped shape the legendary Dutch landscape.

As we sailed into Kinderdijk, we caught a glimpse of our first windmill from our stateroom. Exciting.





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Viking Grand European Tour River Cruise - DAY 1 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Amsterdam, The Netherlands



Viking:

Arrive in Amsterdam, then transfer to your ship.* After boarding, the afternoon is yours to relax or explore the city on your own. If your arrival schedule permits, you may wish to visit the Rijksmuseum, or the Van Gogh Museum next door.

* Ground transfers are included with Viking Air purchase.

Getting There
Although transfers are included, we missed the transfer agent. Possibly it was because we did not check our bags, although we did go to baggage claim. We then went to the meeting area at the front of the airport where other tour companies were, but no Viking representatives were there.

We ended up taking the train ourselves, from the airport to Central Station via train. Direct. It cost 11 Euros.

First, I tried to use the automated ticket machine, but it gave me an error. That's because I was trying to use a credit card from the US that does not support CHIP and PIN. It was a CHIP, but no PIN code that can be used on automated machines in Europe.

So I had to go to the ticket counter.

Me: Do you accept Apple Pay?

Her: You want to pay with Apples?

Me: Yes!

Her: We only accept European money here, we do not accept Apples!

I paid with a 20 Euro and we go our tickets, headed to the track, and shortly boarded our train to a non-stop trip to Central Station.

Our ship, Tir, was close by.

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Sunny in Amsterdam. Herengracht Centrum.

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Best Beer Bar in Amsterdam
Proeflokaal Arendsnest
Herengracht 90 (3,456.28 mi)
Amsterdam, Netherlands 1015 BS









#Amsterdam

Subscribing to a Podcast in the Stitcher Web App

My friend Andrea Syrtash has a new podcast, Pregnantish, and asked me to subscribe. One of the subscription options is Stitcher.

I've never subscribed to a show on Stitcher, so I had to figure it out. Rather than download the app, I decided to subscribe using the Stitcher Web App.

Here's how.

Click the "+" button on Stitcher.

EXTENDED EXPLANATION

1. Go to the show page for Pregnantish on Stitcher.

2. If you don't have a stitcher account, CLICK SIGN UP, otherwise CLICK SIGN IN and go to STEP 4.



3. Choose how to SIGN UP. I chose Facebook. CLICK SIGN IN WITH FACEBOOK.




4. Choose OPEN IN WEB APP.



5. CLICK the "+" button to SUBSCRIBE.



6. CHOOSE THE PLAYLIST, and CLICK SAVE.



That's it. You've subscriber to a podcast with the Stitcher Web App.

Game Of Thrones Xfinity Watchathon Watch Party at Hammond Castle

Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester was the PERFECT venue for this Game Of Thrones Xfinity Watchathon Watch Party. We'd never been there. This was the most amazing Comcast Xfinity event we have ever been to. The catering was first class. There could have been over 100 candles in the great room where we had dinner and watched the premier episode.

I’m reverse-cord-cutting, saving $20.94/month

I’m reverse-cord-cutting, saving $20.94/month.

XFINITY with NETFLIX included.



I just signed up for a new Xfinity plan where Netflix is included.

No more monthly payments to NETFLIX for their Standard plan with HD quality, saving $12.99/month.

REMOVE Cable card

Just removed the monthly fee of $7.95 for my Xfinity cable card that was supporting my Tivo.

I've switched over to Xfinity X1 as my DVR.

Goodbye TiVo. It was nice.

You don't need a cable card to watch your recorded programs.



One thing that kept me from getting rid of TiVo was the accumulation of unwatched shows I have on there. Good shows.

So after watching our last, TiVi recorded, must see episode of that lawyer show Carol likes, and confirming that a good amount of the other shows are available ON DEMAND at Xfinity, I canceled the cable card.

I removed the cable card to drop it off at an Xfinity store. The TiVo then said, "Hey. You removed my cable card! How are you going to watch TV?"

The TiVo then asked me how I wanted to proceed, so I selected to get my program information from the INTERNET, and my TV SOURCE would be from an OVER THE AIR ANTENNA.

The TiVo then scanned for available stations, and downloaded program information for those that it found.

NOTE: I don't have an antenna, and I'm not going to get one.

After TiVo did all this, I clicked over to my recorded programs and they were still there, and I have access to them.

So the answer to the question is: YOU DON'T NEED A CABLE CARD TO WATCH YOUR RECORDED PROGRAMS.