Mar 13th, 2013 at 11:00AM:
After flying with an infant to over a dozen countries and on nearly 50 flights in her 20 months, I figured I pretty much have baby travel down to a science, as much as you can call it "science" when dealing with a person who is often unpredictable and doesn't respond to reason. While each flight gets more challenging, I'm relishing this travel time before she has opinions on where to go and ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Everything You Need To Know About Flying With An Infant Turning 2
Mar 13th, 2013 at 11:00AM:
After flying with an infant to over a dozen countries and on nearly 50 flights in her 20 months, I figured I pretty much have baby travel down to a science, as much as you can call it "science" when dealing with a person who is often unpredictable and doesn't respond to reason. While each flight gets more challenging, I'm relishing this travel time before she has opinions on where to go and ...Photo of the Day: Fasnacht characters
Mar 8th, 2012 at 6:30PM:
Context accounts for so much. In the right context, even the most outlandish costume looks appropriate, and an everyday outfit can look out of place. Last month, much of the world celebrated Carnival or Mardi Gras, leading up to the Lenten period which marks the 40 days and nights before Easter. In Germany, they celebrate Fasnacht on the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins, with ...Airport Carbon Accreditation program grows in Europe
Feb 4th, 2012 at 9:00AM: Europe's Airport Carbon Accreditation program is now boasting fifty-five major European airports as members and making a significant dent in carbon emissions. The voluntary program has a four-level rating system that assesses and recognizes the efforts of airports to manage and reduce their carbon emissions to achieve carbon neutral operations for all emissions over which the airport has control. ...Five great European thermal baths
May 3rd, 2011 at 3:30PM: Before the spa revolution saw most upscale hotels offering spa services to guests, there was the venerable European spa town tradition, centered on thermal baths built around natural hot springs. The water on offer for bathing at these sites has historically been thought to possess therapeutic qualities. The tradition of taking a "cure" remains an enthusiastic habit across Europe today, in ...Knocked up abroad: second trimester travel
Apr 27th, 2011 at 11:30AM:
Not far along enough for second trimester travel? Read more about pregnancy in a foreign country, Turkish prenatal care, travel in the first trimester,Turkish superstitions, and foreign baby names on Knocked up abroad.
A few years ago, before the word staycation foisted itself into the travel lexicon, babymoons were all the rage. A babymoon typically referred to the last getaway for ...Condor airline to offer service from Frankfurt to Seattle
Feb 23rd, 2011 at 8:00AM: Condor, a German based budget airline, has announced that it will begin offering service between Frankfurt and Seattle starting in June, with twice weekly flights that will give travelers more affordable options for visiting Europe this year. The new service is expected to begin on June 23, with flights taking place on Monday and Thursday of each week, running through October. This new route is in ...Lufthansa contest offers free tickets on the world's largest plane
Feb 16th, 2011 at 3:00PM: Who wants to take a free flight across the Atlantic on a super-jumbo? Lufthansa is offering such an opportunity to travelers to commemorate the launch of their sixth A380. The new jet will begin flying between New York and Frankfurt on February 28, just in time to whisk you away for a much needed European vacation. The contest winners will clamber aboard the world's largest plane, for free, and be ...VIDEO: Inside new German high-speed train
Oct 19th, 2010 at 1:30PM:
In 2013, Europe could become even easier to navigate, with a new high-speed train connecting Germany with other major cities in Western Europe. The new Deutsche Bahn train would travel at 200 miles per hour from London through the Euro Tunnel, arriving in Amsterdam in four hours (currently only reachable with a connection) and Frankfurt in five hours (down from seven hours on DB). Additional ...
The top 50 cities for quality of life
May 29th, 2010 at 1:30PM: If you don't live in Vienna, you might consider moving there.
A new survey lists the top 50 cities for quality of life and Vienna comes out as number one. The survey, conducted by Mercer, a human resources consultancy firm, looked at criteria such as infrastructure, economy, housing, recreation, personal and press freedom, and education. Vienna certainly scores high in all that, plus it has ...Customs arrests man for flying with postage stamps
Apr 14th, 2010 at 10:30AM: Customs officers are generally our friends. They keep people from boarding the plane with stolen antiquities or live reptiles, but occasionally innocent people get caught in their net.
Stamp collector Markand Dave of India seems to be one of those people.
Mr. Dave tried to board a flight from Sardar Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, to Frankfurt, Germany, on his way to attend a stamp ...Get out and go: Events around the world (November 11-15)
Nov 10th, 2009 at 6:00PM: It's time to look at the festivals and events happening around the world, and this week has a particularly international selection of happenings. If you're close and have time, then you have no excuse to get out and go!
Saskatoon - The Saskatoon Fall Fair, an agricultural and livestock show in Saskatchewan, Canada, will begin tomorrow, November 11, and continue until November 14.
Tokyo ...GuideGecko's travel writing contest
Aug 19th, 2009 at 4:00PM: It was just about four months ago that Gadling reported the launch of a great new travel resource and bookstore, GuideGecko.com. Now, GuideGecko, the innovative publishing platform for travel, lifestyle and entertainment guides, has just announced its first travel writing contest in conjunction with the world's largest book fair in Frankfurt, Germany. From now to September 24, authors from all ...Bad luck for drunk Ukrainian official in Frankfurt airport
May 10th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Yuri Lutsenko was trying to get to Seoul, South Korea. Unfortunately, the Ukraine's Interior Minister was a bit too tipsy to fly. Frankfurt police did not allow Lutsenko to board. His son was stopped as well – also "severely drunk," according to a report by Reuters.
When Lutsenko & Son got the news, they were, to say the least, disappointed. They hurled both loud words and cell phones ...Photo of the day (4.28.09)
Apr 28th, 2009 at 8:00PM: Tickets to Germany have been on super sale for the past few weeks, as they normally are this time of the year. The problem is that most budget tickets are into Frankfurt, which hasn't got a ton of exciting tourist attractions. Luckily, a variety of beautiful cities like Cologne are nearby, where the above picture of the Kölner Dom was taken by rafapdalbem1. Neat shot. Got any cool photos ...Competitours gets off the ground!
Mar 16th, 2009 at 10:00AM: As part of our Gadling on the Road series, Kent Wien and his wife Linda are participating as Team Gadling in the first run of Competitours, an Amazing Race like competition taking place in three different countries in Europe. Follow along each day this week as Kent documents their progress. Without much fanfare – well, without any fans and a modicum of fare paid – the 11 teams ...Photo of the day (2.24.09)
Feb 24th, 2009 at 10:00PM:
Most people don't think "art" when they see a train yard, but as dydcheung shows in this picture, the right perspective and frame can really bring out the beauty in an otherwise mundane setting. This photo was taken at the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, one of largest train stations in Germany and reminds me how much I enjoy watching trains and people move, commute and flow through a maze of public ...Europe's worst airports
Jan 21st, 2008 at 9:30AM: Last week, I wrote about the worst airports in the states, at least when it came to delays. It's probably no surprise that not a single US airport made it into the top 10 rankings for best airports in the world, according to the air travel consulting firm Skytrax. But Euro-lovers, don't think your neighborhood, sprawling mess of an airport has escaped my attention (or that of the New York Times.) ...
