Is your mind desperate for a mental break? Does your body whimper at the mere mention of a Moroccan soaking tub? Is it possible you have been driven crazy and don’t even know it? Sometimes solutions are stumbled upon. Or fallen into. Or collapsed upon. Here is my tale. I arrived at the Sanitarium, sliding…
At last! The federal government is getting it that tourism is important to the well being of this nation. And you can get involved and support this act – which is not going to cost tax payers any money. The “Travel Promotion Act,” S. 1023, which is expecting a vote today in the U.S. Senate…
Anyone who has ever flown with Ryanair in Europe is probably well aware of its disingenuous tactics. They make a big hullabaloo about their cheap, £1 fares… then charge exorbitant fees for taxes, luggage (WHO can get by with 15kg or less?!) and checking in. They claim to fly to Barcelona, but in actuality they…
Ireland has long been on my list of places I really want to visit – probably due to my love for Lucky Charms. Now it looks like I might actually have a shot at going while still being able to afford the plane fare home, with Tourism Ireland‘s 2009 Ireland at a Glimpse Pocketbook. This…
INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT A bedroom, decorated in mementos from world travel, in complete disarray. Clothes strewn about everywhere. A seemingly mad woman runs around the room trying on various clothes. She tries on a few dresses, grimaces in disgust, then throws each to the floor in despair. CHRISTINA: New Years Eve 2009 and I…
Croatia is, in a word (or two,) Simply Fantastic! It’s an incredible country worth all the kudos that have been bandied about since travel writers finally got hip to this Eastern European country and declared Croatia as one of the decade’s hottest new travel destinations. I will never forget splendor of Diocletian’s Palace in Split,…
In the center of the quaint town of San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, there is a small church where the locals go to baptize their newborns and confess their sins. The church itself is not that striking, but the most noted element on the facade is a tiled painting, set in the 1730’s, of Pericu…