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November 30, 2016
5 Beautiful Places to Travel in December
Looking for the best travel destination to explore this holiday season? Keep on reading and we’ll recommend five of the best places that you should be checking out. For sure, you will have a memorable vacation!
This is highly recommended if you want something unique. Finland is one of the best places to experience a winter wonderland, which will surely make the holiday season more fun. Among others, one of the places that should not be misse...
November 28, 2016
My Real-Life Shire Adventure
Are you a Lord of the Rings fanatic that dreams of seeing the well-known Middle Earth?Well, you most certainly are not alone and I’m here to tell you that it is just as magical in real-life as it is in the movies!Okay, well maybe not really quite as magical due to all the digital editing, but it still is a place that without a doubt will take your breath away.
I have experienced the quiet comfort of The Shire and enjoyed a brew in the The Green Dra...
Interesting Things to See on a Road Trip
As an amateur photographer, I always have my camera on me. I never know when I'll see something that strikes my fancy, or where I'll be when such fancy is struck. Sometimes you see things worth capturing in the least likely place…such as from your passenger seat in a car during a fourteen hour 'no stops unless the car is out of gas' road trip…which means taking a picture while in motion. Some things are just too good to pass up, even at seventy mile...
Teaching Literary Travel to Kids
We all love literary travel (of course. As evidenced by us being regular readers and avid consumers of literature of all types. But I digress). It’s an interesting way to learn about the world, much different than what you’ll get from guidebooks. Think of the Irish literary revival (with Yeats, Synge, Heaney, Friel, and more), that has inspired millions to travel to Ireland in search of literature and location. Or Tolkien fans, traveling to England...
Advantages of Touring Europe by Car
European travel is glorious in any form. The food, sights, arts, culture, languages, vistas, and new friends just make it such an enjoyable experience.
Why Travel Europe by Car?Traveling by car, however, has its own advantages to rail or air travel. Let's look at some of the advantages of touring Europe by car (click here for our recommendations)
You can travel any time, anywhere. You are on your own schedule, and can make unexpecte...
Renting a Car in Italy: Easy, Cheap & Fun!
The best way to see Italy - and Europe, for that matter - is with your own set of wheels. I was once told by our friend Vicenzo in his deepest Italian accent speaking perfectly broken English, "Italians like the curve on their roads and their women," and from the voluptuous Sophia Loren to the hair pin turns of the Alpe di Siusi in the Dolomites, there has never been a more true statement.
Renting a car in Italy (click for rates and availability)is...
Discovering Amish Fry Pies
Blanketed with big-bushy trees that flame red and orange in the fall, then soak up the snowflakes in the winter, and burst with green the rest of the year, Holmes County, Ohio is a world apart.
And along the road, it’s not uncommon to see Amish buggies with horses plodding along the gently, curving roads.
As newcomers to Ohio, one of the first places we traveled to was Amish country.
Ohio’s Holmes County has one of the largest populations of Amish in...
November 27, 2016
Florida Culture for the Week of November 27, 2016 By Josh Garrick
Florida Culture for the Week of November 27, 2016 By Josh Garrick
TODAY -- Nov 27 at 3 pm – 44th Annual FREE Performance of the ‘Messiah’
The non-profit Messiah Choral Society is now in its 44th season of giving a FREE performance of Handel’s ‘The Messiah’ at the Bob Carr Theater as a gift to the greater Orlando community. Considered the most magnificent masterwork of all time, the Messiah features the “Hallelujah Chorus” and a host of other gloriou...
November 25, 2016
Wanted: Amazon Orchid Bee Wranglers!
What do you do with a bug net, a vial of wintergreen essential oil, cotton swabs, and push pins, when you are in the middle of the Amazon rainforest? If you are an orchid bee wrangler, you design an experiment to investigate orchid bees, of course!
Orchid bees are amazing, brilliantly colored little bees that buzz through rainforest clearings, light gaps, and canopies. Male orchid bees are particularly fascinating because you can lure them into your...
The Benefits of Tarantulas on the Ceiling and Frogs in the Shower
Let’s be honest…looking for tarantulas on the ceiling before sitting down to dinner is not considered normal. Nor is checking for frogs in the shower before you shampoo. But as many of our Amazon travelers will attest, there is an undeniable sense of pride and accomplishment when you can actually say you’ve done this! There are definite benefits to traveling to places in the world that take you to the edge of your comfort zone.
It is on this un-com...
