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At Biopark, children and adults learn about excrement’s important role in the cycle of life, agriculture and more.
The Inn on the left and Danube, right, meet at this peninsula in historic Passau, Germany. Note the greener color of Inn’s water compared to
Early white asparagus and other vegetables, and some really, really tempting locally-made sausages
Ruling both church and land, these powerful rulers protected themselves with Veste Oberhaus and Veste Unterhaus where the Ilz River meets the Danube.
We’ve all heard the stories about Ryanair’s fees, attitudes, threats to charge for the lav, etc., and it left us a little concerned while planning our first Ryanair flight from Rome to Nürnberg—despite all the reassurances we’ve heard from GarryRF. So, I’m pleased to say, more than fine. I paid in advance for a 15kg checked bag; when I realized on the way from the U.S. that our suitcase was a bit over that, I was able to contact them online and easily change it to 20kg for 4€. I was also…
I’ve often used booking.com for accommodations as I travel, and for more reasons than that TravelGumbo benefits when travelers make reservations using the link on our pages—but I have another reason now. When we arrived in Palermo, Sicily a couple of weeks ago, our airport bus+taxi combo made us a bit later than we had told the hosts of our B&B. So, while we were in the taxi, we got a phone call from a booking.com rep, who told us that the host had called, concerned that we might be…
Weeks away from financial collapse, Alitalia has a new lifeline plan: Fly full service internationally and as a tight-fisted budget domestic carrier.
After a visit to William Morris’s Kelmscott Manor, PortMoresby crosses the River Thames to visit Buscot Park, with a stunning room dedicated to a Pre-Raphaelite painter and, unexpectedly, warriors in the garden.
After several stays in the area, PHeymont tracks down the backstory of this unusual building in Paris.
At Biopark, children and adults learn about excrement’s important role in the cycle of life, agriculture and more.
The Inn on the left and Danube, right, meet at this peninsula in historic Passau, Germany. Note the greener color
Early white asparagus and other vegetables, and some really, really tempting locally-made sausages
Ruling both church and land, these powerful rulers protected themselves with Veste Oberhaus and Veste Unterhaus where the Ilz River
We’ve all heard the stories about Ryanair’s fees, attitudes, threats to charge for the lav, etc., and it left us a little concerned while planning our first Ryanair flight from Rome to Nürnberg—despite all the reassurances we’ve heard from GarryRF. So, I’m pleased to say, more than fine. I paid in advance for a 15kg checked bag; when I realized on the way from the U.S. that our suitcase was a bit over that, I was able to contact them online and easily change it to 20kg for 4€. I was also…
I’ve often used booking.com for accommodations as I travel, and for more reasons than that TravelGumbo benefits when travelers make reservations using the link on our pages—but I have another reason now. When we arrived in Palermo, Sicily a couple of weeks ago, our airport bus+taxi combo made us a bit later than we had told the hosts of our B&B. So, while we were in the taxi, we got a phone call from a booking.com rep, who told us that the host had called, concerned that we might be…
Weeks away from financial collapse, Alitalia has a new lifeline plan: Fly full service internationally and as a tight-fisted budget domestic carrier.
After a visit to William Morris’s Kelmscott Manor, PortMoresby crosses the River Thames to visit Buscot Park, with a stunning room dedicated to a Pre-Raphaelite painter and, unexpectedly, warriors in the garden.
After several stays in the area, PHeymont tracks down the backstory of this unusual building in Paris.