Sweet wine, traditional wine, the best contribution wine magazine, some wine promoter and even wine software, where else would you imagine you can find the whole thing about wine, none other than in Wine Country Tour, California. This Northern California region is considered as world-renowned wine-growing region in the United States. The Golden State has been producing wine nearly more than 200 years, since the days of the early Spanish missionaries. From Mendocino to Santa…

The Portuguese band the Corvos will perform in several locations covered by Portugal Dream Coast. Dark nights wrapped in mysticism and the band gracing the stage during the year 2011 under the influence of U2.

Next show : 

• Grândola, 11 February, Cine Granadeirao Auditório Municipal
• Sesimbra, 12 February, Cine Teatro João Mota

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by Beverly Burmeier

For many tourists, the city of Cuzco is little more than a stopping point on their way to Machu Picchu. Yes, they look at the churches, plaza, and cobbled lanes, but they wouldn’t really be visiting Cuzco (spelled Cusco in Peru itself) were it not the gateway to the most famous of Inca archaeological sites in…

The City Hall of Setúbal organizes a painting competition on twenty statues of dolphins in three different positions of the flagship movement of these animals: leaving, flying and entering into the water.

The statues, with a length of 2.5 meters and a proportional wide-ranging will be manufactured by City Hall which individual or grupal competitors will have to paint.…

The Annapurna Circuit is approximately 200 km trek in Nepal around the Annapurna mountain range in the Himalayas. However this route has become much shorter than the previous days due to road accessibility recently. The entire trek begins an altitude of 1100 meter and reaches an altitude of 5416 meter in the “Thorung La” Pass by touching the edge of the fabled Tibetan plateau. The magnificent mountain scenery, colorful traditional culture, people’s life style and awesome…

Up and until last March I thought I had seen unusual and intriguing sights but I must admit this experience did surprise me. We organized a travel agents' famil to the Mekong Delta of Vietnam /Cambodia. After having spent the first two nights at the start of our journey in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) in utter luxury, we boarded a fairly large ship (fit to cruise only on a river) . Once on the ship, the crew escorted us to our individual cabins. The crew consists of wonderful local…

With the aim of bringing an entertaining as well as educative experience to the discovery of the origins of mankind, a brand new centre of Prehistory has been inaugarated at Les Eyzies in the Dordogne.

The Vezere Valley in the Dordogne has been inhabited by man for as long as 400,000 years, it was here in 1868 that…

Chinese New Year began on 3 February 2011 and marked the start of the current Year of the Rabbit and people form all over the world will be celebrating with the Chinese this week. The bustling atmosphere and finger-licking-good food on offer make Chinatowns worth a visit at any time of year, but we’ve made up a list with the 5 cities around the world that host the craziest parties, the most colorful parades and the best firework shows New Year’s Eve!…

Darned if I was going to be dragged down into senior citizenship without a fight by letting my grandchildren call me “grandma”. The very word conjures up images of little old ladies hunched over knitting needles, warmed by fuzzy cardigans and sporting chunky black lace up shoes – not an option for a boomer ex-soccer mom who grew up with bell bottoms and the Beatles. So after the birth of my first grandchild, I borrowed an idea from a hip friend who successfully avoided the same dilemma by…

Out with the old and in with my new routine.  Each week I have kindly let myself checkout those odd places that strike my curiosity.  I have the author of The Artist Way (Julia Cameron) to thank for these new found discovery walks.  What a great concept?  Lots of hidden gems right in my own backyard.  My recent find is a trendy little cafe, pardon me coffee house right around the corner from my home and B&B called…

When we were in Thailand a couple of years ago, we did the Chiang Mai trek thing that one is supposed to do. I appreciate it can be fantastic - part of ours was. But part was just strange. Here's my daughter's blog about that trek…

What is your Favorite Tasmanian Attraction?

Freycinet National Park, Cradle Mountain, Port Arthur, Bay of Fires, Stanley, Cataract Gorge

Today, the seventh day of the revolt against President Mubarak and for democracy in Egypt, 2 million people are said protesting in Cairo. Some have estimated 8 million nationwide; that’s 10% of the population and that, technically speaking, is a…