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Nearly Constant Connectivity Almost Here, Right Now

Nearly Constant Connectivity Almost Here, Right Now rayand/Flickr Being connected when traveling is getting easier all the time. As new technology rolls out, travelers worldwide find connecting to Wi-Fi hot spots easier than ever. Pricing is becoming more reasonable too, enabling more to enjoy constant connectivity wherever ...

Say Goodbye To Olive Oil Bottles In European Restaurants

Say Goodbye To Olive Oil Bottles In European Restaurants Wikimedia Commons It's an old tradition here in Europe: sit down for a meal and at the center of the table is a little bottle of olive oil for using on your bread and other food. In the finer restaurants you'll often get a dipping bowl too. Now the Guardian reports that ...

Iconic London Skate Park May Be Turned Into Chain Of Shops

A famous skate park on the South Bank of London may be turned into yet another stretch of retail sameness. Underneath the Southbank Centre, which is home to several performing arts centers, is a covered area that looks like a cross between a cellar and an overly ...

Big Ship Cruises Not For You? New Cruise Line Has You In Mind

Big Ship Cruises Not For You? New Cruise Line Has You In Mind Viking Oceans Cruise travelers who are turned off by the big ship ocean cruising experience or just want to try something different, increasingly turn to a river cruise. On tiny ships, they ply the waters of European rivers, sailing directly to iconic destinations. Viking ...

Intoxicating Bend, Oregon

Intoxicating Bend, Oregon Who wants to move to Bend, Oregon, with me? Oh, I know what you're thinking. I already have a perfectly good place to live. Why would I need to move to a small city in Central Oregon? If you're asking yourself this question, you've probably never been to Bend, because it's ...

Eurovision 2013: All Of Europe Under One Roof

Eurovision 2013: All Of Europe Under One Roof Alex Robertson Textor Launched in 1956, Eurovision is a Europe-wide music competition held every May under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Participating countries select their representative songs over the course of the preceding winter and spring. ...

The Late Night, Free Cultural Event Extravaganza: European Night Of Museums 2013

The Late Night, Free Cultural Event Extravaganza: European Night Of Museums 2013 Nuit des Musées, Facebook Budget traveling night owl alert: if you're in Europe right now you don't want to miss out on the ninth annual European Night of Museums this Saturday, May 18. The idea is simple: open up museums way past their general closing hours, cut ...

Currency Exchange: What You Use Matters

Currency Exchange: What You Use Matters craigfinlay/Flickr To International travelers, the name Travelex should sound familiar. They are the largest airport currency exchange operator in the world. But a recent currency exchange study comparing the cost of using Travelex, some of the largest U.S. banks and credit ...

Archaeologists Digging At Lincoln Castle Uncover Early Christian Community

Archaeologists Digging At Lincoln Castle Uncover Early Christian Community Lincolnshire County Council Archaeologists excavating at Lincoln Castle have discovered the remains of an early Christian community, according to a Lincolnshire County Council press release. The team, which was digging inside the castle to clear the way for an elevator ...

A Creative Way To Market In-Room Porn: No Malware! No Spyware! No Viruses!

A Creative Way To Market In-Room Porn: No Malware! No Spyware! No Viruses! The pretty young woman in a miniskirt on my TV screen had an interesting sales pitch that caught my attention. "Access your in-room adult movie selections," she purred. "Where there's no spyware, no malware and no viruses!" Here, on my television screen at an inn in ...

Swedes Don't Like Aggressive Beer

Swedes Don't Like Aggressive Beer Iron Maiden Beer The first piece of news is that if you're an Iron Maiden fan, there's now a beer for you. The second piece of news is that if you're going to Sweden you won't be able to drink it. Trooper, the new beer for hardcore Iron Maiden fans, is now available in ...

Forbidden America: Cold War-Era Map Shows No-Go Zones For Soviet Tourists

Forbidden America: Cold War-Era Map Shows No-Go Zones For Soviet Tourists Image courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center If you think security is tight now, imagine what it was like for Soviet tourists who came to the United States during the Cold War. Although a select few private Soviet citizens were granted permission to visit the Land of the ...

Feminists Protest Barbie 'Dreamhouse' In Berlin

Feminists Protest Barbie 'Dreamhouse' In Berlin Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images Barbie's Eurotrip hit a roadblock at its first stop in Germany, where an activist group caused quite a production at the opening of a touring Barbie "Dreamhouse." CNN is reporting a group of left-wing feminists, Femen, protested the opening ...

Video Of The Day: A Spanish Roadtrip

"A Spanish Roadtrip" from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo. Want to get a taste of Spanish food, hear Flamenco music and see beautiful footage of the Spanish city and countryside? Then take a few minutes to watch this beautiful video from The Perennial Plate. Cut together with ...

In Fine Style: The Art Of Tudor And Stuart Fashion Opens At The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

In Fine Style: The Art Of Tudor And Stuart Fashion Opens At The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace, London, is putting on a fashion show, although the fashions are more than 400 years out of date. "In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion" examines the luxurious clothing and jewelry worn by British monarchs and ...

48 Hours In Lisbon: In Search Of Coffee, Tiles And Sun

48 Hours In Lisbon: In Search Of Coffee, Tiles And Sun All truth be told, Lisbon was never a city I had given any thought to. In fact, I couldn't even come up with anything linked to it. Give me a list of other European cities and there was at least one or two things that came to mind. Stockholm: Old Town and the ...

Airlines Use Loopholes To Avoid Paying For Damaged Bags

Airlines Use Loopholes To Avoid Paying For Damaged Bags If an airline damages a piece of your luggage, surely they will pay to repair or replace it, right? Don't be so sure. I've been very lucky over the years in checking bags but my luck ran out on a flight to Chicago from San Francisco over the weekend, when I found out that ...

Otranto Cathedral: Where You Can See The Remains Of Catholicism's Newest Saints

Otranto Cathedral: Where You Can See The Remains Of Catholicism's Newest Saints Pope Francis has beatified a long list of religious figures in the first creation of saints of his papacy, the Guardian reports. Included in this list are the 813 Martyrs of Otranto. These were victims of a massacre in the southern Italian town in 1480 when Ottoman ...

Darwin Awards Contenders Foiled By Observant Cafe Customer

Darwin Awards Contenders Foiled By Observant Cafe Customer Four men who could have become strong candidates for this year's Darwin Awards have been saved by a Good Samaritan who was enjoying some coffee nearby. The BBC reports that a customer at a cafe in Oxwich Bay, Wales, spotted four men in a dinghy clutching onto a buoy and ...

And The Best Restaurant City In The World Is ...

And The Best Restaurant City In The World Is ... If you're an avid restaurant observer, a voracious diner, a food aficionado, someone whose travel itinerary is determined by what food is being served out of street carts or what ingredient may be in season in a certain part of the planet, then read on. I recently ...

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