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Future of Green Foodie Travel? Farmer’s Market Wine
August 23, 2010 | Food Lovers, Travel News | Read More
For all you vino-sippers and farmer’s market junkies, you can now get the best of both worlds: a new law in Massachusetts states that local wineries will be allowed to sell their products at farmer’s markets. Local farmers will be able to apply for temporary liquor licenses to both sell wine...
Pull Over! 10 American Roadside Attractions Worth Stopping For
August 21, 2010 | Featured | Read More
Although nothing encapsulates summer adventure quite like the excitement of the open road, we have to admit being stuck in a car for hours on end can get a bit monotonous. Scenery is pretty and all, but we think the best parts of a road trip are the roadside attractions, offering unexpected, quirky detours...
Travel Like a Local: Find the Places You’ve Never Heard Of
August 20, 2010 | Around the World, Travel Tips | Read More
It’s that time again when we challenge our worldwide network of Local Experts to give us their most specific, über-relevant on-the-ground travel advice. It’s the Local Expert Challenge!
This week, we challenged our experts to betray their local loyalties and spill the beans on some of their...
Kiwi Jetskiing 32,000 Kilometers From London To Auckland
August 20, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
In the Strange But True section of the NZ Herald is a report about 51-year old Jeremy Burfoot, a Kiwi who is jetskiing 32,000 kilometers from London to Auckland. It’s not the first time he’s done something “crazy.” Back in 2005 he circumnavigated the island of New Zealand, becoming...
Friday Siteseeing: Airport WiFi, Vintage Luggage Tags, All-You-Can-Fly
August 20, 2010 | Around the Web | Read More
We’re getting to the end of August, one of those months that slips by, not unlike your college years and a child-like sense of wonder. Sigh.
Here’s what’s happening around the web:
Jaunted has an up-to-the-minute map of WiFi in Airports around the world. So. Stupidly. Helpful. [Jaunted,...
New Airport Amenities to Make Flying More Enjoyable
August 20, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
There’s no getting around the fact that traveling has become a very big hassle. Long lines, intense security searches, random fees, and excessive amounts of time spent waiting and waiting… and waiting don’t make for an enjoyable start or end to a vacation. But a few airports are now...
The Queen Elizabeth Eyes ‘Most Famous Ship In The World’ Title
August 19, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
Bigger is better, right? Cunard Cruise Lines will soon launch its latest cruise ship, the gigantic Queen Elizabeth. According to the Daily Mail, the ship soon will set sail from its dock in the Gulf of Trieste in Italy and make its way home to Southampton in the United Kingdom.
The ship is the third...
“Artificial” Icewine Causes Relations to Chill Between Grape Growers
August 19, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
The world of wine is seemingly governed by the pretense of history and the taste buds of the judging elite– but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It guides growers on agricultural practices and almost guarantees the production of quality wine. Icewine, the premium dessert wine of the wine-drinking...
Female Gondolier Breaks Into 900 Year Old Men’s Club
August 18, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
I never thought of it during my trip to Venice a few years ago, but now that it’s mentioned, yeah. I don’t remember seeing any female gondoliers there. And that’s because there weren’t any. Until now.
Giorgia Boscolo — a mother of two — has earned the right to officially...
After Years of Waiting, Rasteau Wines Ready to Enjoy Elite Status
August 18, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
The commune of Rasteau in France’s southern Rhône region has been producing quality Côtes-du-Rhône wines for years, but never enjoyed elite status– until now. For winemakers, the recent promotion of Rasteau to AOC (an abbreviation Appellation d’origine contrôlée, which is an elite...
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