Amsterdam planning 750th Birthday
Amsterdam will be 750 years old next year, and it’s planning a big party that will last from this October through next October 2025. For
Amsterdam will be 750 years old next year, and it’s planning a big party that will last from this October through next October 2025. For
After years of regulating them, and banning new ones from being added in recent years, Barcelona now plans to end all short-term apartment rentals for
Senior Sailor Says… Skagway, Alaska, was the jumping-off point for the men and women seeking fame and fortune as they headed into the wilderness to
Artificial Intelligence is popping up everywhere these days and sadly, one of the places is in travel, where it is being used both against travelers
Faced with the growing numbers of Americans looking for passports and anxious to avoid the months-long delays of recent years, the U.S. State Department is
The Tour de France, arguably the world’s most famous bicycle race, is getting a few changes this year and next, including an Olympics-related detour. The
European Sleeper, one of the companies operating overnight sleeper trains across Europe is planning a new route from Brussels to Innsbruck, Austria and on to
A chilling report by Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology predicts that large areas of Venice, including St Mark’s Square could be permanently underwater
Boom Supersonic, the company that’s working on what it hopes will be the supersonic airliner of the fairly near future, has finished construction on the
For years, travel talk has been full of advice on the best day of the week to book flights, but a recent survey of travel
Disney’s parks may be, as they advertise, the “happiest place on earth,” but they’re also among the most expensive, and a new report from Lending
‘Shore Power’ has gone live at the world’s busiest cruise port, PortMiami, with Carnival’s Conquest the first ship to plug in at the first U.S.
Take a trip with George G down memory lane… but be prepared to show your papers at the pre-Schengen borders!
These days, Geddington is a small village of stone-built houses, many with thatched roofs in a quiet corner of Northamptonshire, big enough to have two
Barcelona will soon have a new art museum, housed in an ornate former movie theater and stocked with art from the collection of Baroness Thyssen,
Olavinlinna, the Finnish island fortress that is now a culture venue and museum, will be 550 years old next year, and Finland is planning a
Now there’s yet another way to spend your money at the airport while traveling—a chance to have your luggage sanitized by a “state-of-the-art luggage sanitization
Senior Sailor Says… The ocean and mountains, a breathtaking canvas of black, white, and gray, reminded us of Alaska’s raw beauty. The rainy weather, a
The Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi Province, China has 252 caves, 51,000 Buddha statues, millions of visitors, status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site—and digital timers
American Cruise Lines, which operates river and coastal cruises in North America is expanding in three directions at once, adding seven new-build ships in two
DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe