Creative new use for border crossing posts at German/Austrian border.
In the late 1980s, an American spending a summer traveling across Europe with a Eurailpass would see his or her passport stamped possibly dozens of times. With a few exceptions, every time a border ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Creative new use for border crossing posts at German/Austrian border.
In the late 1980s, an American spending a summer traveling across Europe with a Eurailpass would see his or her passport stamped possibly dozens of times. With a few exceptions, every time a border ...Iceland Air introduces new crew uniforms - in the weirdest airline video ever
Watch this video, and prepare to enter the Twilight Zone of weird airline video clips. According to our source, the video was created by employees of Iceland Air for the 2010 crew ball, as a way to show the lineup of 2011 uniforms.
I'll admit that my Icelandic isn't ...
Black Tomato launches Epic Tomato, an ambitious new adventure offshoot
For years Black Tomato has delighted old travel hands with its inventive, bespoke itineraries to various corners of the globe. The company is especially good at showcasing beautiful destinations not yet well-known to most travelers beyond the surrounding region. Among ...Valentine's Day tribute: Sex museums around the world
Ah, Valentine's Day. It's a loaded holiday, one with high expectations. This year, though, I got into the spirit of things: I decided to rustle up a list of the world's great sex museums. Even if you can't pay a visit, their websites are informative and loaded with photos ...Video of the day: Reykjavik, Iceland
So there's this guy I met while living in New York, Dave Pinke. He's one of those really cool guys with a really cool taste in music and things that look good. He even has a really cool taste in where to go when he travels. When Dave started compiling video footage from his ...
Ten great bands that I only discovered by traveling
To travel is to trade.
From the 15th century Portuguese explorers to the overconfident 18-year old who crosses the ocean with a loaded iPod, travelers are always in the business of exchanging things: ideas, food, fashion, genes and diseases. Music is right up there, and ...
Icelandair launches service from Washington's Dulles Airport
D.C. has been hot, hot, hot, recently - or should we say ice cold? Beginning on May 17, 2011, Icelandair will launch their eighth North American gateway with seasonal service from Washington Dulles International Airport. From May through mid-September, the airline will offer ...Top 10 blueberry destinations
It's blueberry season again and if you haven't already indulged at home, there's still time to stain your hands and face out on the road. The high bush blueberry plant is native to North America but you'd be surprised by just how many varieties are out there and all the ...Germans give Iceland a reason to brag, Italians not so much
The past few years haven't been all that kind to Iceland. After practicing a uniquely aggressive form of finance – maybe it should have been called "Viking derivatives" – the country felt massively the effects of the global financial crisis, screwing things up ...Top ten art museums you haven't been to
If you wanna see inside someone's brain, stick 'em in an art museum and then leave them there for an hour. Some will feign interest for at least 10 minutes and then start looking for the bathroom. Others will politely wander or become transfixed by a certain wall and never ...Top five weekend travel media stories
Among the travel stories in this weekend's newspaper travel sections, the following articles were especially inspirational.
1. Peter Frick-Wright writes a lip-smacking ode to the Cowboy Dinner Tree steakhouse in Silver Lake, Oregon in Portland's Oregonian.
2. In an ...Here comes the ash again!
Airports in parts of Northern Ireland have shut down due to the latest ash cloud from Iceland's infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano. The main airport affected is Belfast, which will remain closed until at least 1pm local time. Ronaldsway airport on the Isle of Man is also ...The perfect souvenir for volcano stranded passengers - a jar of ash
Some people get their friends an "I'm with stupid" t-shirt, others may bring back a horrible sombrero - but if you've been impacted by the European aviation disruption caused by the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano, how about five and a half ounces of pure Icelandic ...Vulcanologists worry about second Icelandic volcano
Move over Eyjafjallajökull, there's a bigger volcano in Iceland.
While the unpronounceable volcano's reputation has been made as a holiday wrecker, another volcano named Katla may cause even more trouble. Vulcanologists warn that this bigger volcano near ...Eyjafjallajokull fallout: What did Iceland's volcano's explosion cost travelers?
Beginning April 14, Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted, melting glaciers and spewing a huge ash cloud, which disrupted air travel throughout the EU and impacted business as far away as Kenya. As a result, air travelers were stranded for days, many in airports ...Was there a silver lining to that volcanic ash cloud?
Well, no. Millions of people-- and not just air travelers-- were affected by that giant cloud of volcanic ash that cancelled flights into and out of Europe last week, including flower salesmen in Kenya, potential organ transplant recipients in Germany, and injured U.S. ...Galley Gossip: Will the volcanic eruption trigger a baby boom?
During 9/11 I was stuck in Zurich, Switzerland for over a week. Sure there are much worse places to be, but I spent ninety percent of that time sitting around the airport waiting to get back to the United States. Every single day I checked out the hotel, dragged my bags a ...European flights grounded due to Icelandic volcano
The massive eruption of a volcano in Iceland may be turning into a local tourist attraction, but it's seriously hurting the travel industry. Ash from the volcano is heading for the skies over the UK and Scandinavia and has caused most flights in the UK to be grounded.
The ...Trade Mocked
You were a cheerleader, you dated a cheerleader, or you hated the cheerleaders. As I recall, that's how high school worked.
Thanks to travel PR, that same primeval paradigm lives on long after graduation. That miniskirts-shouting-slogans thing still works, whether you're ...Tourists flock to erupting Iceland volcano
A recent volcanic eruption in Iceland has proven a much-needed shot in the arm for country's tourist industry. The Fimmvorduhals Volcano in Southern Iceland began pouring molten lava late last month, Iceland's first volcanic eruption since 2004. Although the initial eruption ...
