The best holiday destinations and travel ideas!
If you’ve just started researching your trip, you might be under the impression that spending 3 days in Rome is futile. Rome is called the “Eternal City” for a reason, after all—and there are a practically infinite number of things to do here. It’s all about how you approach the task of planning a trip to Rome, however. Even if this will be your first time visiting Rome, chances are very low that it will be your last, even…
Categories: Best OfTravelingBody: “Josh Recommends” for the Week of June 8, 2019 By Josh Garrick Step One: The Dance Project presents “Wakanda Forever” June 9 at 3:30 pm & 7 pm Step One: The Dance Project, under the artistic direction of Katrina Webster Baker celebrates its 10th year with the tale of a young girl who dreams she has journeyed to the land of Wakanda. Nia, the young dancer, dreams she is dancing through Africa in the company of a Guardian Elder and…
Categories: Best OfTravelingBody: Early in the trip, I found my heart aching for the lost fishing village in Hong Kong. Although I understand the adage, “things change,” it seemed like a remarkable loss. Small villages and communities are the backbone of any nation, and diversity is strength. Relishing the vibrancy of the industrial section of Mongkok and its main market, I realized that this Hong Kong history also appeared fragile. Many shop owners and vendors were elderly, and seemed to struggle. Most areas of Hong Kong were filled with young people…
Categories: Best OfTravelingBody: “Josh Recommends” for the Week of June 14, 2019 By Josh Garrick … NEW and Continuing Story-Time Sing Along at Breakthrough Theatre in Winter Park June 29 at 10 am The Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park is starting a new monthly event! One Saturday a month, Wade Hair and Company will host a sing-a-long and story-time hour. This event, aimed at children ages 2-10 (but all ages are welcome), will feature sing-a-longs of your kid’s favorite songs and the reading of 2 books. Each month will have a different theme: this month’s…
Filed under: Skiing, North America, United StatesSquaw Valley The period after Thanksgiving isn’t just the start of the holiday shopping season, it’s typically the start of the ski season as well. To that end, AOL Travel has posted these two guides to ski vacations: 16 Easy Ski Vacation Ideas from U.S. Cities 50 Ways to Ski in 50 States Now you’ll be able to cross off Ski in Alabama on your bucket list.Where to Ski In Every …
Filed under: Europe, Austria, NewsJasper180969 via Flickr Last night’s live production of The Sound of Music on NBC got more flak than Maria did for being an unsolvable problem nun. The acting was bad, the costumes St. Pauli-esque and the mountains… gasp! They were fake! No. It’s all wrong. Those fake mountains.The captain is a vampire. And there’s only one Julie Andrews. Two minutes was enough #SoundofMusic – Paola (@Paopalinaa) December 6, 2013 But…
Doing a Vancouver trip has been on my list for many years. So when we were contemplating where to travel to celebrate Chrismakah, heading up to Vancouver, BC, was a possibility that quickly gained steam. Our road trip to BC was pretty uneventful. It was a big surprise that it only took us 3 hours to travel the 200+ miles to the border. Especially since that involved driving through Tacoma (which has major freeway construction going on), Seattle, and Everett. The border wait time wasn’t too bad. Having had so much success, I figured …
Filed under: North America, United States, Hotels and Accommodations Hotel Solamar Top reasons to visit San Diego right now: it’s warm and you’re not former mayor Bob Filner is under house arrest, so there’s less of a chance you’ll get harassed you want to ice skate outside but don’t like the cold Continue reading Because There Aren’t Enough Reasons to Visit San Diego …
Filed under: Food and Drink, North America, United States Chris Leschinsky Vineyards and ziplines have long been used to attract tourist dollars for destinations that, well, could use a little help: Regardless of the area’s suitability for growing grapes, plop down a vineyard or winery and travelers will come for a taste and buy a sympathy bottle (pro tip: go for the ice wine as it’s harder to mess up) Ski resorts looking to attract off-season dollars or stale attractions looking to draw media coverage and visitors hook up a zipline So really, the 1,800-foot …
If you’re considering taking a cruise on one of Holland America’s ships, then you should most definitely consider eating at their Rudi’s Sel de Mer restaurant or experiences. Only a limited number of ships have it as a permanent restaurant (one at present with another opening later this year). On the other ships, it is offered one night during …
I have long wondered what a cruise would be like. It seems awfully popular, but it also seems really against the way we like to travel. Recently, I was turning 50 years old. I wanted to do something special and different to celebrate “the big 5-0.” As I’m still not interested in taking long flights or having a long travel day involving airports—and train travel in the US just doesn’t compare to what we’ve experienced elsewhere—I decided to do an Alaska cruise for my birthday. After doing lots of research …
The princely state of Rajasthan has mostly been known for its splendid forts and the royal atmosphere which exudes from them. Being largely covered by desert, the limitations of access to water have resulted in the use of milk as a core ingredient more than anything else. The main diet, like most of Hindu origin, remains vegetable oriented with lentils and legumes forming a base and a lavish sprinkling of spices added for flavor. The seven top must-try Rajasthani dishes handpicked…
Categories: Best OfStoriesImage: Early summer: it’s often a season of weddings, graduations, changes, endings, new beginnings. The shifting world situations which were at the beginnings of this series of articles continue to evolve and present their own challenges, too. With those things in mind, here are five pieces of music to spark and accompany reflection, contemplation, celebration, and hope. Sarah-Jane Summers is a fiddle player, composer, and educator who grew up in the Highlands of Scotland. She lives now in Norway, and she’s long been fascinated by the connections between …
Hong Kong is a fascinating city, one that you’ll likely want to revisit again and again, but what do you do and where do you go once you’ve already been back a second or third time and have covered most of the top attractions? One way to explore Hong Kong…
Categories: Best OfTravelingImage: Like many international travelers, I have landed in Frankfurt on my way to another destination and then departed a short time later. Until recently, I never considered exploring the city or any nearby destinations. After seeing history come alive in Frankfurt, we drove into the countryside to Rüdesheim am Rhein in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley. In 2002, this region was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Boosenburg…
Categories: Best OfTop 10Body: Year round, people to take time off work and take a holiday to rejuvenate themselves–and some may need guidance on how to make their travels more enjoyable. As a travel blogger, you need to write captivating content that will give your readers inspiration of what to do during the holidays when they travel. Here are a few travel ideas that will benefit you as a blogger and, most…
Categories: Best OfTravelingBody: “Josh Recommends” in a JULY 4 Week-end Special Edition By Josh Garrick Red, Hot & Boom at Cranes Roost Park July 3 beginning at 4 pm FREE and open to the public, the City of Altamonte Springs’ “Red Hot & Boom” is back with a bang! Known for fantastic musical performances, friendly crowds and spectacular fireworks, JULY 3rd is sure to rock your world at Crane’s…
Filed under: Internet Tools, News Alamy Photo-sharing app Instagram and Facebook, a website your parents visit, released lists of their users most checked-in locations for 2013 earlier this week. Congratulations to Disneyland for being the top U.S. spot for Facebook check-ins and the third most photographed location on Instagram. And props to all of Canada: its most checked-in location was a hockey …
Filed under: North America, United States Getty Two weeks ago, the Transportation Security Administration announced that it would began allowing travelers to apply for its PreCheck program, “an expedited screening process” through airport security. Curiously though, the only airport in the country where travelers could complete the program’s required background interview was Indianapolis International Airport. That changed today when TSA opened three enrollment centers in the Washington, DC area. Interestingly, none of them are …
Filed under: Europe, North America, France, United Kingdom, United States Alamy The litany of year-end travel-related lists continues. Today, it’s TripAdvisor, which unveiled its most reviewed cities. Leading the way: London, Rome and Paris, according to the Telegraph. The top U.S city was New York, which ranked fourth overall — a stunning blow for American exceptionalism.Continue reading London, Rome, Paris Top TripAdvisor’s Most
Filed under: North America, United States Alamy Las Vegas, Nashville and Orlando were the top three searched for cities on MapQuest in 2013. The results are a compilation of destinations searched for on both MapQuest’s website and its recently updated-and critically acclaimed-iPhone and Android apps. [Full disclosure: AOL owns both MapQuest and Gadling.] Texas was the only state with two cities in MapQuest’s top 10 list: Houston was eighth and Dallas was …
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Sitting almost smack dab in the middle of Myanmar, Mandalay is the second largest city in the country and arguably the friendliest. Less then an hour after arriving, we set off on foot to find something to eat. It took just a few minutes a local was waving us over to join him and his friends for food and drinks. A perfect start to our two weeks in Myanmar. …
Something I avoided for far too long was purchasing any clothing marketed for “travel.” I found it quite silly that a shirt or pair of pants could benefit my comfort while traveling and laughed when I looked at the prices of most of them at the local outdoors store. With every trip I started to realize how uncomfortable I was though…
