It’s travel award season on the island of Ireland! In recent weeks, the island has been awarded a number of exciting accolades. Both Dublin and Galway have topped the Condé Nast friendliest cities in Europe list, while EPIC The Irish Immigration Museum has been awarded Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction by the World Travel Awards for the second year running.
The Horror Film Franchise started out scary and clever but devolved into cheap thrills trash. John Carpenter dominated horror films for years, yet like most genres it has exploded with sub-genres of films that can still interrupt a good sleep. Holly Dracula, there are too many good ones out there!
You might be an American traveling abroad if... you wear a baseball cap, you wear white socks with sandals, you have perfectly straight white teeth, you inappropriately applaud at a symphony, you say “Bro” or “‘Sup,” you wear Fanny Packs while raveling abroad and more...
The annual display of colorful fall foliage clogs scenic byways this time of year as onlookers travel for “leaf peeping” getaways. As the trees put on a memorable show for us, behind the scenes, it’s due to the slowing of chlorophyll production... It’s easy to assume that things like money and a luxurious lifestyle lead to happiness, but research shows that it’s the more simple experiences — like practicing gratitude or spending time with friends — that promote a sunny outlook.
The Triestini are brave people: they sunbathe from February to the last sunburst in November! And they love to enjoy life, tasting one of the 40 different coffee cups or venturing into the Karst for biking, trekking, climbing or just looking for the popular "osmizas", private houses where you can taste local food and wine (karstic prosciutto, cheese and of course wine).