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VIDEO: Turkish Tannenbaum
"On Tane Baum in Istanbul" from Manzara Istanbul on Vimeo.
Want to feel some holiday warm and fuzzies? Take a few minutes to enjoy this Turkish video from Manzara Istanbul, a vacation apartment rental agency in Turkey's most popular city. The agency is run by a ...
Discovery Adventures Announces New Tours For 2013
The calendar may still say 2012, and I know we all have a busy holiday season to navigate yet, but it is never too early to start planning our trips for the new year ahead. To help us out with that process, Discovery Adventures has announced a host of new tours and ...World Subway Maps Drawn To Scale
Think New York has the most extensive subway system in the world? You may be right, but it's a toss-up with London and Berlin. It's easy to judge if you take all the metro systems and draw them to the same scale, as artist and urban planner Neil Freeman did in a series of ...Cruise Line Can't Build New Ships Fast Enough
Norwegian Cruise Line announced this week a plan to build one, maybe two more new ships, their biggest yet, on the heels of their two Project Breakaway ships that are still under construction. Citing the buzz among cruise travelers and travel professionals in ...Photo Of The Day: Summer Afternoon
As the leaves turn to orange, then red, then brown, before disappearing entirely, memories of lazy summer days tend to slip further and further away. Today's Photo of the Day, taken by Flickr user Trish Hartmann in Plön, Germany, captures the essence of late summer ...Naughty Women, Leafy Men And Shameful Anti-Semitism: Church Art The Church Would Rather Forget
Historic European churches and cathedrals are high on many travelers' to-see lists. People admire the soaring vaulted ceilings and richly colored stained glass windows. Look closer, though, and you'll see things you weren't expecting.
Like this lovely lady at the ...Fake Pilot Arrested After Flying Across Europe
Police in Italy have arrested a man for impersonating a pilot and fooling the crew and ground staff into letting him into the cockpit of a European flight, the BBC reports.
A man managed to pose as a pilot using a uniform and fake ID and fly in the cockpit of an Air ...What You Need To Know About Oktoberfest 2012
I love Oktoberfest season. Just as the summer heat disappears, men in lederhosen with feathered hats take to the streets, and I can sample all the Oktoberfest beers that arrive in my favorite beer stores. (This year my favorite is the Otter Creek Oktoberfest, which is brewed ...A Conversation With Rick Steves
Rick Steves doesn't want you to go to Orlando. For more than thirty years, Steves has been trying to sell Americans on leaving the country in his work as a tour guide, author and host of the PBS Series "Rick Steves' Europe." These days, Steves thinks that it's more important ...Video Of The Day: Pong Traffic Light
What do you do when you're waiting to cross the street? Do you people watch, run through your mental to-do list, or count cars? If you're in Germany, you might get to play a little Pong while you wait for the little green man to flash. A recent video on YouTube uploaded by ...
A Tour Through The World's Longest Bar In Düsseldorf, Germany
Taking advantage of a long layover in Düsseldorf, Germany last month, we took a team into the city to check out the reported longest bar in the world.
Bad news? It's not an actual bar but actually a series of bars linking across several miles of real estate in ...
Songs That Fit The Moment: When Music And Travel Meld
Has science or popular culture coined a term for the phenomenon of the random playing of a song that perfectly describes a travel situation or mood? Probably. But whatever it is or isn't called, this scenario is something that, once in a great while, happens to all of us ...World's Longest Bus Seats More Than 200 Passengers
Dresden, Germany, is getting ready to roll out the world's longest bus, the 98-foot AutoTram Extra Grand. Dresden news outlet the Local is reporting that the supersized bus, which can carry up to 256 passengers, just went for a test drive.
Even more surprising, the ...GQ Names 'Most Underrated Cities' In Europe
Have you ever touched down on your hard earned vacation only to find you've landed in a tourist trap? GQ decided to help ensure none of their readers stands in a long line again. As part of their August issue, the magazine has put together a list of cities where ...Survey Reveals World's Best Food Destinations
Does food play a role in where you decide to take your vacation? For those interested in taking a delicious trip, Hotels.com surveyed 27,000 international travelers to find out what they believed the best destinations for cuisine were.
According to news.com.au, 32% of ...8 Websites Offering Unique Local Tours Around The World
While it can be worthwhile booking a tour through a big-name company when traveling, it can get boring seeing a new city in the same old fashion. To do something off beat and interesting, these companies are offering unique tours and activities created and led by locals.
...Photo Of The Day: Squirrel Graffiti
Squirrel graffiti lightens up this bit of industrial gray. (Who is this little maroon buddy? Is he a well-known cartoon figure or the work of a single artist? Anyone know?) Flickr user Taylor McConnell caught this bug-eyed squirrel doing his thing last week in ...Earliest Map Naming America Discovered
A copy of the earliest map that names America has been discovered.
The map was created by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller in 1507 based on explorers' accounts. Only four copies are known to exist, but a fifth has just been discovered inside a 19th century ...5 Hotels With Unique Sleep Programs
Any traveler will tell you that a good hotel bed is a key component of traveling. Hotels have recently gotten wise, hawking their beds, pillows and sheets on their websites as well as via new programs designed to help you sleep better – anything to save us from ...Turn Travel Sounds Into Jewelry: Sound Wave Necklaces
Rusty Blazenhoff recently wrote about sound wave necklaces on Laughing Squid. Created by Berlin-based designer David Bizer, these necklaces are custom made and based off of the sizes of sound waves in a recording. Bizer offers these necklaces in acrylic, wood and silver ...
