Cracked Columnists  6 Ways to Travel Abroad Without Looking Like
a Tourist  I have a dark confession to make: Even though I write
a weekly column for an internationally read publication, until
recently, I'd never even owned a passport. "But Gladstone," you
say. "How is that possible when you're such a smooth and
sophisticated man of the world?" I'll admit, it's puzzling, but
the United States is not like Europe. Going to other countries
here requires plane fare, and I didn't grow up with a lot of
cash. By the time I had money, I had small children, and I
wasn't going to have some European vacation dictated by infants.
"First we go to Prague!"  But a few weeks ago, an old friend of
mine got married in Edmonton, Canada, and at the exact same
time, I was invited to appear at the Edmonton Comic &
Entertainment Expo. It was like a perfect storm calling me to a
foreign land. (Shut up! It was a six-hour plane ride and it
required a passport, so it counts!!!) I decided to take off to
this exotic destination, but the