A romantic past- An exciting present- A golden future. I remember last summer having dinner with the new Cyprus Trade Commissioner Aristos Constantine and telling him most people had no idea where Cyprus was located. Yes, it is situated in …
Category: Europe
Winding Through The Baltic Sea by Nell Raun-Linde
Head for the Baltic Sea to follow the paths of wild Vikings, Russian conquerors and enterprising German merchants. A cruise is especially suited to the Baltic Sea, a 1,000-mile-long sea, as narrow as 50 miles between Helsinki and Tallinn. This …
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Swabian State’s Beautiful Places
Banked by Swabian state forests with beautiful hiking trails and picnic areas is the picturesque city of Karlsrue in Southern Germany. A visitor will find that a good starting place would be to go for an excellent lunch or dinner …
Dining In The Dark by Debra Amundson
Blindekuh,( translates to Blind Cow in English) an unusual restaurant in Zurich Switzerland, is the first of a new and extremely successful dining trend. The restaurant and bar are staffed almost entirely by blind wait staff and all but one …
It’s All Good Under The Tuscan Sun
Sunday in Tuscany …Time Here: 4:30 p.m. Time Elsewhere: Nowhere else exists. There’s just this place, this sunlight, this peace, this moment in time . . . In Cortona, Italy. I’m writing this on a stone terrace with wrought iron …
Hills of Gold in France by Debra Amundson
It is not just food and wine the French are famous for; they are a notorious walking country. Franceonfoot.com offers the key to unraveling the puzzle of thousands of miles of foot trails that criss-cross France. The site can direct …
Promise in Prague by Kim Bluth
Normally I don’t get anxious when traveling. I do loads of research on my chosen destination, from finding hotels to preparing itineraries, so that by the time of the trip my anxiety is dispelled, and I can look forward to …
Crossing the Atlantic by Ivo Paulik
The Islands of the Caribbean are usually only a place that one can dream about, or perhaps make plans to go to sometime far in the future. Or by chance, you can get there almost by mistake, when, for example, …
Capadoccia, Land of Magic by Behcet Kaya
Turkey is unendingly, unmitigatedly surprising; each area having a look of its own distinction. At the beginning of the four hour bus ride from Ankara to the area known as Capadoccia, one hardly sees a steep hill, but rather miles …
Windjammer Barefoot Cruise to the ABC Islands by Ron Kapon
For 30 years I had dreamed about sailing on a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise. An offer of a very heavily discounted rate combined with a free Continental Airlines certificate was all I needed to sign on the dotted line for a …
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