Many emotions are embedded in the idea of ‘travel’. Some of these emotions are pure joy - discovering a new culture, making new friends in a far-flung country. Sometimes the emotions are raw, painful, sobering - touring post-Katrina New Orleans, visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC.
While few people chose to travel in pursuit of [...]
Saxony is the place to visit if you want to see some of the most beautiful castles in Germany.
With plenty of fairytale-like castles, Renaissance and Baroque palaces, fascinating monasteries, impressive fortresses and lovely gardens, Saxony is a great travel destination for either a romantic weekend break or a cultural holiday in the very heart of [...]
The green shot glass on the left was mine
I’ve left Brussels and have made the short trip to Amsterdam. I enjoyed my time in Brussels but in the end I was left with the question “what is really there?”. Brussels is the capital of the European Union and of NATO, as well as being the [...]
After arriving in Belgium, I immediately started to feel ill. At about 8pm last night my whole body started to ache and i felt very tired. Since then I have been sleeping for close to 16 hours. When I went to sleep I had chills and by the middle of the night I was sweating. [...]
When you travel to Venice, it’s easy to tramp around the narrow streets of the historic centre, getting lost at every turn and not caring because everything you see is beautiful, magical and wonderfully old. And at the end of the day, if your feet are aching and your eyes are popping out with an [...]
I’ve left France and arrived in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Despite its size, Luxembourg isn’t even close to the smallest country I’ve visited on my trip. The Vatican, Monaco, San Marnio, Nauru, Macau, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, American Samoa, Tonga, Guam, CNMI, Micronesia, Bahrian, Singapore, Kiribati, and Hong Kong are all smaller. In fact, [...]
Yes, Portland, the Rose City, is about as good a gay travel destination as they come. Yes, it’s compact, green, eco-friendly and full of great neighborhood restaurants and bars and yes, there’s no sales tax – on anything! And you can walk into just about any deli and get yourself a bottle of Hot Lips [...]
More Charges for Comfy Coach Across the Pacific: Trans-Pacific premium-class traffic is plummeting, falling even faster than trans-Atlantic travel up front.
According to IATA, the airline trade group, premium-class travel fell by almost 30 percent in March compared to March, 2008. Qantas, the Australian carrier, has been among the hardest hit.
Besides the 30 percent traffic decline, Qantas [...]
When my wife Jenny was nine, her family of seven took a road trip in a ’71 Pontiac station wagon to Mount Rushmore National Park. For a few years now she has been dreaming of taking a similar family vacation with our son, Zeke, who is eleven. While out West, we want to go hiking [...]
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Parades, cookouts, fireworks — however you like to [...]
