Canada Will Have the World’s Longest Trail Network in 2017. The Great Trail, also referred to as the Trans Canada Trail, is a 14,864-mile network of paths set to be completely connected by 2017, to coincide with the country’s 150th birthday.
Before you agree to an all-inclusive deal that covers meal plans, you should do some research about dining options in area adjacent to the hotel or resort. In a place like Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, there are scores of good restaurants in a relatively small geographic area. You might miss out on some excellent dining opportunities by signing up for meal plans that send you to the same place every day.
People from all around the world flock to celebrate Halloween at Vlad “The Impaler” Tepes’s purported home at Bran Castle in Transylvania, Romania. There are a number of guides and inclusive travel packages in Romania that offer tours and parties at Count Dracula’s castle for Halloween.
Hallowe’en By Robert Burns, 1759 – 1796 Upon that night, when fairies light On Cassilis Downans dance, Or owre the lays, in splendid blaze, On sprightly coursers prance; Or for Colean the route is ta’en, Beneath the moon’s pale beams; There, up the cove, to stray and rove, Among the rocks and streams To sport that night. Among the bonny …
What’s the most magically memorable train trip you’ve ever taken? Mine was a few years ago when I rode the Bernina Express in sunny, snow laden Switzerland on the Bernina line section that runs from St. Moritz to the charming Italian town of Tirano. Although the entire journey is a train lover’s nirvana, I thought the most mesmerizing section was …
I imagined that a story about my trip to Ibiza would be about the constant party of hedonistic abandon the island’s reputation led me to expect. Instead, while that scenario may still play out occasionally in Ibiza, mostly I saw couples in their late twenties, early thirties – often with children – and some older couples and singles of both …
National Football League (NFL) players have been protesting the Trump administration’s seemingly racist stand by silently kneeling during the singing of the National Anthem. The Liberals cry Freedom of Speech and say their right to express themselves applies to any occasion but President Trump says sports venues is not a place for politics and they should respect the flag by …
The elections held last week in various states resulted in most races being won by Democrat-aligned candidates. That was no coincidence. Many of the television political pundits (but not likely Fox) chalked it up to a response/reaction to Donald Trump as president. Nowhere did I once hear about the actions (and inactions) of the Republicans in both houses of Congress …
I have been cleaning house since I was very young. My mother was a good housekeeper and I guess it’s true that, “Apples don’t fall very far from the tree”. When I was first married, I actually thought that the cleaning I did was for my husband’s benefit. It wasn’t until he went on a business trip years later that …
When discussing the drink labeled Screwdriver I was informed there's also one called Pile Driver -- prune juice and vodka. WHO COMES UP WITH THESE NAMES?