Europe
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (8 days ago)
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 ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (8 days ago)
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 ...
by Anna Brones (RSS feed) (9 days ago)
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 ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (9 days ago)
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 ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (9 days ago)
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 ...
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (9 days ago)
"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 ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (10 days ago)
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Gallery at Buckingham Palace, London, is putting on a fashion show, although the fashions are more than 400 years out of date.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 ...
by Anna Brones (RSS feed) (11 days ago)
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 ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (11 days ago)
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 ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (12 days ago)
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 ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (12 days ago)
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 ...
by David Farley (RSS feed) (12 days ago)
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 ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
A magnificent art gallery constructed by Frederick the Great of Prussia in Potsdam is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year, Art Daily reports.
The gallery at Sanssouci Park, part of Frederick the Great's palace complex, was home to his vast collection of ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
At the Roman necropolis in Carmona, Spain, visitors are led to the popular "Elephant's Tomb," a large underground chamber that gets its name from a crude sculpture of an elephant found there.
Now archaeologists are saying it may not be a tomb at all, but rather a temple ...
by Jonathan Kramer (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
In northern Italy, the Alps meet Lake Como at the comune of Bellagio to form some of the most beautiful vistas in Europe. Not only has the region provided inspiration for the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas, but it is unequivocally gorgeous. Instagram user Jason Rodman ...
by Megan Fernandez (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
An American man found guilty of working as an airline pilot without proper credentials is on the lam after he failed to appear at his sentencing hearing in England last week, the BBC is reporting.
Michael Fay flew for Libya's Afriqiyah Airways on false credentials, ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
Volcanic ash is something commercial airliners want nothing to do with. When Alaska's Cleveland volcano erupted not long ago, shooting low levels of ash into the atmosphere, many airlines were concerned. Another blast could send ash higher, directly into their flight path ...
by Anna Brones (RSS feed) (15 days ago)
Known as the Venice of the North, Stockholm is a city defined by water; it's in the soul of the city's inhabitants. Cold and icy in the winter and ready for sailing and bathing in the summer, water is as much a symbol of Stockholm as Old Town and the Royal Palace. This ...
by Pam Mandel (RSS feed) (15 days ago)
The meadows are green, the tulips are in full flower and it's a lovely time of year to explore central Europe. While I've got the shutter for the Gadling Travel Instagram feed, you'll see pictures of the Rhine, probably more than a few cows, several plates of pastries ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (15 days ago)
Today is Independence Day in Romania, a country most known for the Transylvania region and its implied ties to the legend of Dracula. It's often overlooked in a traveler's typical European Grand Tour, even among eastern European countries. If you have the time to explore, ...
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