Dear Traveler, Travel is our passion! We are a Travel Content provider and this is our newsletter. Read on to discover what is new at our site. Our visitor and page view count is growing every month - last month we had over 345,000 visitors to the site and we reached 1 million page views! We have a solid page rank with Google and our content shows up in many search engines. The weather channel used a few of our photos in a recent … [Read more...]
Prager Port Works, Napa Valley CA – January 2007
Prager Port Works Napa Valley - Prager Port Works is a unique winery in Napa Valley as their specialty is port-style and other late harvest "sweet wines". Warm up this winter with a visit to their winery in Napa Valley, California! If you are looking for exceptional fortified wines, this is the place for you. Wine tasting includes 5 samples of their best ports. Tasting is in an intimate room in which you are surrounded by literally hundreds … [Read more...]
AFS December Christmas Markets Germany
We arrive in Munich and our guide makes it clear this is Bavaria. This trip Bavarians favor autonomy from Germany and even have their own language. I've been here many times but looking through sober eyes now, I find it more vibrant, clean and sophisticated. We spend 2 days with Nancy, an excellent guide who has already emailed me to remain in touch. I have a mini-group of just 26 so this is like a vacation for me. It's a first time abroad … [Read more...]
El Salvador, Part 2: The Thoughts
The end of 1970s was a turbulent period in Salvadorian politics. Various juntas formed and collapsed, tension soon spilled indo an epidemic of underground political violence and murders, until at some point a war against the government was declared by a leftist coalition (FMLN). After a 12-year carnage peace was finally struck in 1992, with the government taking necessary reforms to stay in power, and the FMLN re-organising into a political … [Read more...]
Language Abroad: When Your French is Bad, An English-Speaking Stranger Can Become an Intimate Friend
It was five days into my research trip to Rennes-le-Chateau, a village in the French Pyrenean foothills, and I was lonely. Gathering details for my novel, I had hiked the hilly red dirt of the countryside dotted with helm oaks and dry broom, had walked the narrow roads of the village to the accompaniment of squawking roosters, and had admired the humble stucco houses. I stood in the rooms of the presbytery where my characters -- a priest and his … [Read more...]
Los Angeles, CA – California Missions
California has a total of 21 Missions running from San Diego to Sonoma ranging in date of founding from 1769 until 1823. The intent with each mission location was historically to place each one approximately a days journey between each other. Greater Los Angeles and Orange County have three representatives of these, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Mission San Gabriel Archangel (the closest mission to downtown Los Angeles) and Mission San Fernando … [Read more...]
Los Angeles, CA – Arts District
Vineyards - lots of them, planted to Sauvignon blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon grew on the north east fringes of what is now the Arts District along the edge of the Los Angeles River. The years were the 1830's and the 1840's and the man responsible for these vines was Jean Louis Vignes, a french immigrant who came to California in 1831. By the way, a street near downtown still carries his name. By 1849 his 'little' vineyard called El Aliso was … [Read more...]
Cannon Beach
Oregon's coastline is full of secrets: veiled pleasures and surprises, clandestine, deserted beaches and hidden gems peppering the towns in the form of lodgings or eateries. But perhaps the most stunning secret on all of Oregon's coast lies just outside of the art and culture mecca of Cannon Beach, on the north coast. There's a castle a bit south of town, hidden behind the walls of trees just north of the Arch Cape Tunnel. You can become king … [Read more...]
Piper’s Patisserie, Truckee CA – October 2005
Piper's Patisserie Truckee - This fabulous French/European style eatery is located in the heart of Truckee's historic downtown in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. In the summer Truckee at times as the coldest temperature at night in the nation but during the days the temperatures are typically pleasant. Winter is cold and this is the heart of Sierra Nevada skiing. Piper's is open year round and serves a great variety of foods for both … [Read more...]
Marlborough Wine Region, New Zealand – August 2005
Marlborough Wine Region New Zealand - The world famous Marlborough wine growing region is located on the north part of of New Zealand's South Island. If you are coming from Wellington on the north Island hop on a ferry and drive south east of the town of Picton. By far this area is known for its excellent crisp, clean Sauvignon Blancs and to a lesser extent its Pinot Noirs. This region is home to New Zealand's largest producing wine industry. … [Read more...]
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