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Head to Heidelberg for V-Day

PRESS RELEASE FROM VICTORIA LARSON COMMUNICATIONS Heidelberg Celebrates 400 Years of Romance for Valentine’s Day Celebrations will be sweet in Heidelberg this year! Woo with a kiss, a sleigh ride, a spa and a ring! Celebrations for St. Valentine’s Day in Heidelberg and nearby towns in SouthWest Germany are romantic, and February 14 will kick [...]

January 25, 2013No CommentRead More

Slideshow: Berlin winter weekend

BERLIN — Hopped aboard an Air Berlin nonstop flight to its hub namesake city for an early winter foray in Germany’s political and cultural — and Europe’s party — capital. Whether it’s trawling holiday markets or world-class museums, crawling through nightclubs, cafes and pubs, or a little bit of all the above, a winter stay [...]

December 19, 2012No CommentRead More

Germany relaunches heritage website

PRESS RELEASE FROM GERMAN NATIONAL TOURIST OFFICE: Destination Germany Relaunches German-American Heritage Website Germany Celebrates Over 400 Years of U.S. Heritage! New York, November 20, 2012 – The German National Tourist Office (GNTO) celebrates over 400 years of German American heritage with the re-launch of its heritage website. “This is an extremely important initiative for [...]

November 23, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 5

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Today was all about topknots, tattoos and sooty terns. I’d woke this morning thinking I’d be heading out by bike for an a.m. circumambulation of ancient sites from my digs here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike Rapu. But rainy skies deterred me from those plans and I opted instead to join [...]

November 20, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 4

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Took things down a notch today, my fourth here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike Rapu on the beautiful south coast of Easter Island. Following a light, leisurely breakfast of fresh fruits and cottage cheese, whole wheat toast and an egg-white omelet, connected with my Rapa Nui-born and -bred guide for the [...]

November 15, 2012Comments OffRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 3

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Sun was shining as I woke on third day here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike Rapu on Easter Island. But, I soon learned, there was a surprise in store for us mainland interlopers on Rapa Nui today: We were to be treated to a partial solar eclipse at 5:45 in the [...]

November 14, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 2

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Rainy day on Rapa Nui. Woke at 8 a.m., momentarily disoriented. Where was I? Hmm. Oh yeah, Easter Island. Easter Island?! Sleepy astonishment quickly gave way to excitement as I rubbed the sand out of my eyes. First exploration of my second day with the team here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike [...]

November 13, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 1

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Greetings from Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua, Easter Island, etc. (take your pick of names and idioms). treKKen’s finally arrived on this mysterious and minute (64-square-mile) volcanic triangle rising from the middle of the Pacific…a dream that’s been a long time in coming finally fulfilled. Flew in from New York, via Lima, Peru, [...]

November 11, 2012No CommentRead More

Gemutlichkeit: Days 9, 10

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]

November 9, 2012No CommentRead More

Gemutlichkeit: Day 8

November 6, 2012No CommentRead More

New Louvre to open in France

PARIS–Much attention has been paid to the planned–but long-delayed–opening of a Middle Eastern branch of the Louvre in Abu Dhabi (now not expected to open until 2014 or after) but the world’s most famous museum is set to open a less-heralded, but no less spectacular, outpost a bit closer to home with the Dec. 4 [...]

November 3, 2012No CommentRead More