Monthly Archives: March 2012

Food – it is and always will be our most basic of preoccupations – our social lives are organized around it, business deals made over it, from idle chit chat to serious conversation – our discussions made over food have shaped the modern world as we know it; we as human beings LOVE food. It pervades into every aspect [...]

Tour traveling has gotten a bad rep by many people, which I think is very unfair. Of course there are some really bad tours out there that are either total rip-offs or don’t give you an authentic experience, but that doesn’t mean they’re all the same. There are some tours that really go out of [...]

Guest Post By Jeremy Head. As a child I spent many happy family holidays in France – living close to the south coast of the UK as we did, it was really easy to stick us kids in the car and catch a ferry from Dover to Calais, arriving on foreign soil ready to explore within a [...]

Europe has some amazing natural assets, which explains why in many places one of the most popular things to do is to explore the local nature. In my opinion, the most beautiful walks are those surrounded by water, such as lakes, waterfalls, rivers and gorges. Here are five amazing gorges in Europe that are well [...]

The more adventurous things I try, the more I want to experience - when you travel you get to experience some amazing adventures, some simply seem to happen to you when you head out on the streets, while others are more planned adventures like sky diving, going on a Kilimanjaro trek or  2 week surf trip [...]

Things to do in Geneva, Switzerland - Geneva is without a doubt one of Europe’s finest cities – it’s incredibly picturesque and it’s one of the most important in terms of its place in the world. Unfortunately Geneva is also one of Europe’s priciest cities – which can often put people off from scheduling a short [...]

Not so long ago, if you’d mentioned the words ‘eco-tourism’, most people wouldn’t have known what you were talking about. Now however, eco-tourism is the latest buzz word, with more and more travellers choosing to go green. With the multitude of luscious locations in Brazil, it’s hardly surprising that eco-tourists are heading there in droves. [...]

Over the centuries, the aurora borealis (or, northern lights) have been interpreted as everything from the ghosts of virgins to walrus spirits to the dancing spirits of the dead. The scientific explanation for the northern lights is somewhat less romantic: the stunning, multi-colored lights are electrically charged particles that have been blown from the sun and [...]