As London gears up to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, extensive work and building development is going on in certain parts of the city. By 2012, these select sites will be playing a crucial role in the games and will become the venues where sports people, Olympic spectators and tourists will be flocking.
If you’re planning a packed itinerary in Europe, one of the best ways to maximize your time and save money is by taking an overnight train. Why waste six or more daylight hours traveling between cities when you can pass the time blissfully asleep? Most overnight trains cost about the same as a night in […]
Located in central Turkey, Cappadocia is wholly unique to the country. The landscape is marked by rock formations created over thousands of years of wind and water erosion to the once lava covered plains. The most notable shapes are of the fairy chimneys, mushroom capped conical peaks, that dot the environment.
For the first part of this article, see Truffle Hunting in Italy, Part I The olive trees puff gently with wind from the nearby Adriatic Sea as we continue truffle hunting. Giuseppe points to a place where he saw a falcon the last time he was here. It quickly becomes apparent that Giuseppe’s dog, Rot, […]
sleepless apart Hawaii is the 50th and last state admitted into the union.[1] But when it comes to beauty, Hawaii ranks far from last. Mark Twain once called it “the most beautiful anchored in any ocean”.[2] Known as the “Aloha State”,[3] Hawaii is comprised of eight major islands. Only seven of the total islands are […]
Boat Vire is the largest urban center in the southern Calvados of French Normandy, a region largely gorged in hedgerows and pastures and towered by the 1,200 feet Mont Pinçon. Vire sits on a spur of rock overlooking the river that gave the town its name. Close by, the river carves a deep ravine called […]
Paris is known for its many wonderful restaurants; after all the French are the connoisseurs of the good life. It has been said “you can’t get a bad meal in Paris”. Well, we have had several bad meals (especially in some of the tourist trap restaurants of the Latin Quarter). We would like to amend […]
Ensenada is located at an approximate distance of 109 kilometers in the southern region of the US/Mexican boundary at Tijuana, is immediately far-off enough as of the boundary to suggest an additional genuine Mexican experience with compared to the other eight “boundary towns” which I have actually visited. Tourists who arrive at this juncture simply […]
Caribbean Carnival Washington DC 2007 Grenada is known as the “Spice Island” because it has more spices per square mile than any other country in the world. Whether it’s nutmeg, ginger, cocoa, cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, tonka beans, or mace, Grenada has it. In fact, it has one-third of the world’s supply of nutmeg![1] Astonishing considering […]
