Tagged With "mandatory siesta"

These cats know how to take a siesta. Their names are WInkin, Blinkin, and Nod.

  There are four big street markets in Palermo, one in each of the 4 historic quarters of the city.  We had chance to visit two of them during our visit and the Mercato di Ballaro was the one we liked most.   While I'd read about the...

Just so you know it's not all going to the dogs, one day after we reported on a Spanish  town that has granted full rights to its "non-human residents," comes news that a town in Italy has restricted the right to...

The town of Ador, in Spain's Valencia region, worries about the future...and the present...of the traditional siesta, and has become the first town in Spain to write the right to sleep into law. Everyone in town is expected to be asleep, or at least...

One of Alaska's unique problems: a 450-pound seal taking a runway siesta.

For those who can't sleep without stimulation (how ironic!) a new website offers to bore you to drowsiness.

DrFumblefinger shares a lunch-time visit to a grand old cafe in Barcelona.

Spanish officials are taking steps to end the long mid-day siesta and possibly to shift Spain's time zone as well.

TSA can force people through the body scanners if deemed necessary.

Spain may be ready to undo the Franco-era decision to share a time zone with Germany rather than England...and it may bring even more change with it.

Markets are popular destinations for travelers, and we've frequently featured them on the pages of this website.  Today I'd like to share with you the Mercado de San Telmo, a large and historic market in Buenos Aires.    

By now, you should have had plenty of time to go through the application process and get your visa to visit Saudi Arabia. You are now ready to see the sites.