May Day, May 1, Mother's Day, the 2nd Sunday in May, and Memorial Day, the last Monday in May are the obvious "M" days for May celebrations. Then there's Cinco de Mayo on May 5, a holiday I missed out on this year. I'll buy a Dos Equis anyway. That's not the only celebration ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Next year's planning for May: Think ahead
May Day, May 1, Mother's Day, the 2nd Sunday in May, and Memorial Day, the last Monday in May are the obvious "M" days for May celebrations. Then there's Cinco de Mayo on May 5, a holiday I missed out on this year. I'll buy a Dos Equis anyway. That's not the only celebration ...Take a romantic vacation--alone
If you don't have a person to cuddle up to for Valentine's Day--that sweet, special someone to whisper endearments in your ear--the type of person you wrote about in your middle school diary who you envisioned going with to a romantic destination once you grew old enough--to ...Gadling Take FIVE: Week of Dec. 16-Dec. 26
Minutes after I wrote last week's Gadling Take FIVE, giving a plug to Gadling's newest blogger, Tom Johansmeyer, Kraig joined our mix of people who are wild about travel. Kraig Becker has been getting his feet wet this past week and is now not the newest blogger on the ...
Fancy breakfast with the giraffes?
When I was 6 years old, I was taken to Longleat National Park in the UK, where our car got attacked by monkeys, chased by lions, and gazed at by giraffes. I recall desperately wanting to pat and feed the giraffes; those tall, magnificent, doe-eyed, beautiful monsters. I also ...Santa's journey in real time
Since 1955 NORAD, the U.S.-Canadian organization responsible for aerospace and maritime defense of the U.S. and Canada, has been tracking Santa's journey from his home on the North Pole around the world. It's no joke. You can actually follow Santa and his nine reindeer in ...Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden
This charming video showcases the New York Botanical Garden's Holiday Train Show currently on view through January 11 in The Bronx section of New York City. Last week, I had the wonderful experience of visiting Paul Busse, the creator of the display, at his workshop in ...
Through the Gadling Lens: capturing your visit home for the holidays
Well, it's the countdown to the holidays, folks -- and whether or not this is your favourite time of the year, or you don't celebrate any year-end holiday at all, chances are you're about to get a few days off. Chances are also pretty good that you're going to be traveling ...Light the Menorah
I came across this wonderful video while looking for videos on menorah light up festivities. The blend of the music, the clever lyrics, and the images of Christmas and Hanukkah that interplay as backdrop to the young men who perform gave me a feel good feeling. I'm not ...
Pink Floyd Cruise - Great Gig in the Sea
This is an opportunity you don't see every day. On May 1st to May 4th, 2009, you can take a Pink Floyd themed cruise in the Bahamas. The cruise will include special guests, private parties, entertainment by Think Floyd USA – The American Pink Floyd Show, and "numerous ...The best cocktails in the world
According to Genevieve Swart of The Sydney Morning Herald, the term sundowner, meaning sunset cocktail, originated in Africa, where they have some of the most beautiful sunsets in the world. Swart has taken special pains (and pleasures) in finding the most beautiful places ...Send Christmas to a Friend
This year, a number of my friends are spending the holiday season in remote locations. Some are off helping orphans, others are in Rwanda and Russia working with women's charities, and some enlisted friends are overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, plenty of college kids ...Christmas festival in Sweden offers a special holiday treat
Yesterday, my daughter and I were treated to a trip to Jul på Fredriksdal, the Christmas festival at Fredriksdal Open-air Museum in Helsingborg, Sweden. Friends we are staying with in Denmark found out that this festival only happens one weekend each year. This ...
Zero Star Hotel opens in Switzerland fallout shelter
Oh, Switzerland. In a subterranean fallout shelter in Sevelen, Switzerland, the Null Stern Hotel, biliing itself as "The World's First Zero Star Hotel" is preparing to open its crappy, crappy doors. "Null stern" actually means "zero star," which is a little relieving. ...Group vacations - French villas are hot!
Want to make all your friends swoon? Rent out a villa in the south of France for an affordable, peaceful vacation. Want to make all your friends love you? Take them along! French villas have become one of the top destinations in the great tradition of group vacations. I love ...New York City package deal from Carlton Hotel
Want to have a classy winter rendezvous in New York City? Between December 21st, 2008, and March 15th, 2009, The Carlton on Madison Avenue has a droolworthy "Winter in the City" package deal. "The Carlton on Madison Avenue has a cozy 'Winter in the City' package, which ...Fourth of July fireworks: Find out which states bans them, which allow them
What's the Fourth of July without fireworks, right? Just in time for your Independence Day celebrations, here's a simple Web site that lists which states have legalized consumer fireworks, and which states still currently ban them. A good portion of the U.S. actually allows ...Civil War bus tour in Washington, D.C.
Jeffrey recently wrote a post about the Gettysburg electric map that depicts this battle in different colored electric lights. The map may become no more, but here is a new opportunity to learn about the Civil War. In Washington, D.C., starting Memorial Day weekend, the bus ...Earth Day Kite Flying: 10 suggestions
Every year when the temperature warms and the wind picks up, we buy a cheap kite to fly for a day or two before we get too busy to head to an open field. As an Earth Day Celebration, what could be more environmentally friendly than kite flying? Except, of course, for the gas ...A Passover Seder in Taiwan (and other places)
One of the more interesting aspects of living in another country, I think, is going to a cultural event that is not part of ones own culture or the culture of the host country. In each place I've lived, there have been people from other countries who are also transplants who ...Noflights.com: Travel without flying
I enjoy finding websites that represent businesses trying to make-money and help the world at the same time. My latest find is UK based Noflights.com, which as the name suggests, is about traveling without taking a flight. The company has put together an expansive bundle of ...
