This past weekend I had the honor of being one of the select few media invitees to TAP Air Portugal’s presentation of its first Airbus A330neo – and not only its first, but the first of any airline. In just 18 years since its founding, the European aerospace consortium based in Toulouse, France…

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Happy World Chocolate Day! Fewer foodstuffs in the world today seem to have more fans than xocolātl, the cacao-based infusion the Spanish conquistadors found quaffed by the elites…

            Daniel Schwen

Allow me to mark the USA's Independence Day to note that when it comes to Revolutionary War tourism, many people automatically think of Boston and Philadelphia. But back before, during, and after…

            Eder Omar Campos González, 





Today is World Turtle Day again, and for me that brings to mind how, in a world chock full of…

            Robert Cicchetti

Since the 1980s, Costa Rica has of course…

            David Paul Appell

When I travel, when at all possible I like to try unusual foods -…

            xdrew

Originating as a Slavic settlement in the Dark Ages, for more than three centuries, the town, the small city…

            Northern Ireland Tourism

On St. Patrick's Day, many of our…

             David Paul Appell

China’s largest city is unquestionably an amazing, fun, and fascinating place to visit – a mix of ancient and cutting-edge culture/architecture, along with fabulous dining, shopping, and…

            Naeblys

The USA’s second largest…

                 all photos | David Paul Appell

When even wine connoisseurs think of Latin America and the fruit of the…

               Tomas Luka

The magnificent Czech capital…

            ricochet64

Throughout the year, the calendars of wine lovers are filled with all manner of momentous dates, of harvests, vintage releases, festivals, and more. And since the 1980s, few…

     all photos: David Paul Appell

When my husband was just a little fella, he was also a little nerd (an adorable little nerd, it goes without saying!) who was always dragging his folks to the Miami Science Museum in Miami’s Coconut Grove district. And as adults, since moving down here 15 years…

There are excellent reasons northern California‘s “City by the Bay” is one of America’s most storied cities (if far from its most typical). Born as a colonial Spanish mission and fort on the tip of a peninsula, San Francisco was…

The many immigrants who’ve made the City of Light home over the years (many from onetime French colonies and current departments) have left an exotic mark tasty enough to justify a visit by itself — especially if you’re curious about unusual cuisines that may be hard or even impossible to find even in, say, New York, London, or Los Angeles. And oftentimes they’re some of the less pricey — even least pricey — sit-down restaurant…

             Joney

The word “park” for many many conjure up civilized, groomed lawns, flowerbeds, and patches of dappled woods. But…

                      Jekurantodistaja

Ach, du liebe! It’s that sudsy time of year again, as Germany’s…