Wohoo! Spring break is here and if you miss that feeling of carefree abandon and going on a road trip…via your airplane...then read on my friends. Frankly, I think many of us in our college years were too busy prepping for finals, looking for summer jobs, or just didn’t have the cash on hand or an airplane to fly to do much with their last spring break. So I am offering you a chance to go back in time and have the spring break you should have had in college–but better, because you’re a little ol
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It seems the final “I do’s” or at least ”I promise to try” have been spoken in the long and somewhat rocky courtship between Continental Airlines and UAL Corp’s United Airlines creating the biggest airline in the world. It will surpass Delta Air Lines in terms of the number of passengers carried.
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It happened quite by accident, and I was hooked. My first trip to Italy — back in the Spring of 2000 — was
organized by some friends who said that we would be renting a villa. I had no idea what to expect. I looked
up the word “villa” and here’s what I found: (a) a large, luxurious house in the country or (b) a house rented
for a vacation. I immediately saw the potential discrepancy between these two definitions, but decided to go,
anyway.
Soon
It may just be the event planner in me, but I L-O-V-E- anything with a cool theme. So it’s not going to come as a surprise to anyone that I want to introduce you to Briar Rose Winery in the Temecula Wine Country. Based on a Snow White theme, this high-end boutique winery not only showcases a Disney’esque ambiance, but it delivers the goods with ultra premium wines. So any of you looking to arrange a day fit for a princess with an emphasis on amazing wine…read on!
Briar Rose is celebrating its thi
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Since the recent news touching on the chaos that the Icelandic Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused for tens of thousands of air travellers, I decided to look at the possibility of travelling overland to West Africa. It may take much longer, however it also could cost about the same as a flight, be much more rewarding, allow you to explore different elements of African culture along the way and be more environmentally friendly when it comes to your carbon footprint. After all, according to a Chinese
Brian and Leslie Mulcahy work very hard for their accolades and consistently outstanding reviews by always being there for their guests.
"It’s not easy,” say the innkeepers of the quintessential New England inn, Rabbit Hill Inn, in the Currier and Ives town of Lower Waterford, Vermont.
But Leslie is reading Groundswell ("winning in a world transformed by social technologies,"), which sounds the clarion call for a social tools-based mind se
From time to time I need some help in keeping up with the twists and turns of travel, so I thought of a few travel "heroes" I'd like to havedrink with and talk travel.
I’d first set a date with Travel Weekly's Editor in-Chief, Arnie Weissmann, a terrific writer whose editorials always leave me wanting more.
TW is the travel industry’s publication of record, and Arnie’s one of travel’s most respected voices. His insights always take me to another level of understanding travel, and he probably has t
Can you imagine the travel industry, limping along in this sclerotic economy, not catering to the needs of an important travel niche market: Single Parents?
This travel cohort feels like second class citizens.
They’re not swingers.
Not looking for wild parties.
They want quality vacations that let them connect with other single
parents, and they want attention paid to them and their kids.
They want the travel industry to know they have needs that are different
from coupl
An interesting façade don't you think? (©MRandin)
M. and I happened upon this shop in the sleepy town of Barolo, exactly the kind that tickles my fancy, but not that of M.’s.
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Medical Tourism: Beaches and Buttocks
People travel for many reason.
They travel to see the ocean, to meet people or to shop…
and now they’re shopping for a new nose or bigger breasts all while seeing the sights.
Medical tourism is the latest trend in the search for the perfect body or a money saving medical procedure like replacing a hip or getting your teeth straight.
Or for costly medical procedures for the uninsured and unde-rinsured
Some studies say the cost of surgery in India, Thailand and Sou
Danielle Nierenberg is blogging everyday from across Africa for the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. She is also writing with her partner Bernard Pollack at her personal blog: BorderJumpers.
In Malawi, we visited the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre, a project supported by companies like the Body Shop, providing sanctuary space for rescued, confiscated, orphaned and injured wild animals of Malawi. While touring their facility we met Kambuk (which means “leopard” in Chichewa), who was so
You can tell when spring has finally sprung when you take a look at the new growth on the freshly prunedvines in the countryside around Montefalco.
New growth - Sagrantino vines
The green is all around you, in the new cereals growing in the fields, the new growth on the trees – that lovely unmistakeable springgreen!
Spring from the terrace
By this time of year the wine makers have pruned their vines carefully to allow maximum exposure for their chosen selection ofgrapes. With the Montefalco Rosso an
And Shuck 'em and Eat 'em: Our recipe for PEI Mussels
When the plane banks over the Northumberland Strait, the first view of Prince Edward Island (PEI) is of red clay cliffs, gently sloping to the sea, and patchworks of color.
In the spring and summer it’s as green as Ireland, and as golden as Vermont on a crisp autumn day.
In another month, it’ll be a perfect time to visit Canada’s smallest province.
Charlottetown, the capital, is as laid back as it gets, w
I’ve been blogging about Dubai for over a month now and today will be my last post on the city.
As we went around, I tried to remember how things were so that I could describe the changes to M.
In 20 years time, it may be harder to see the evolution. So M. decided to preserve a few shots of Dubai in 2010 to make the comparison easier!
Dubai's 'Clock Tower roundabout', one of the oldest landmarks in the city. (©MRandin)
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In the town of Barolo in the Piedmont region of Italy (©MRandin)
In his novel Shantaram, Gregory David Roberts wrote that “The Indians are the Italians of Asia”.
At first I thought that Roberts’ words were a liberal stretch of the imagination. But after various visits to Italy, I’ve come to realise that the two countries have more in common than just the enigmatic Mrs Sonia Gandhi.
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Forty-eight engaging commentaries by "a modern day Mark Twain," sociologist, photographer, and prize-winning travel journalist, Peter Rose. Included are accounts of excursions on land and sea and portraits of places and people from Cape Cod to Cape Horn. There are captivating photos, stories about playing gumshoe in Honolulu, tour guide in Amsterdam and taxonomist in China, descriptions of windjamming in Maine and on the Mediterranean, trekking in Tuscany, exploring Tierra del Fuego aboard the M
Judging by the new round of airline fees, probably not much!
Southwest Airlines opted not to charge for carry-ons (other airlines opted out too), but then announced it was doubling the fees it charges unaccompanied kids to fly.
There has always been a fee for “UM’s aka/Unaccompanied Minors, as they’re called in the biz, but Southwest’s jump from $25.00 to $50.00 each way says a lot about the “fee-madness" that has infected airlines everywhere,
I posted this at The Travel Doc. I took this photo a few years ago in Bruge, Belgium. This was before digital cameras and I took this the first week of a 5 week trip. I had to wait 2 months to see it. The photo is 3'x4' and hangs framed on my wall. Should my home catch on fire, it would be one of the first things I would grab. Great memories (:
I live in the heart of the Chianti Classico Region of Tuscany, in Italy. I dedicate my time to running a farming estate producing Chianti Classico wine, Extravirgin Olive Oil, and raising the rare Cinta Senese pigs. We are among those that helped save this race from extinction. Today we are the largest breeder in the Siena area and we produce and age the traditional Tuscan products: prosciutto, salami, finocchiona - all certified by the Protected Denomination of Origin, Suino Cinto Toscano DOP.
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday were spent pushing deeper into Southern California's Mojave National Preserve. "Even though temperatures have started to climb, wildflowers continue to bloom. We found them at Amboy Crater, Kelso Dunes, the Lava Flows on Kelbacker Road, the Old Dad Mountains and Soda Lake", said Kevin Wong, owner of Mojave Desert Excursions. Mojave Desert Excursions offers small, personalized guided photographic opportunity tours of the Joshua Tree National Park, the Mojave National P
