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Head to Heidelberg for V-Day

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

Norway makes the world scream

Norway makes the world scream

PRESS RELEASE FROM VISITNORWAY: Norway makes the world scream Visitnorway is making the longest scream in the world to celebrate the anniversary of the famous Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, who painted the world renowned scream painting. Today marks the opening of the official Munch Year in Norway, 150 years after the birth of the painter. [...]

January 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Vienna up thanks to Klimt

Vienna up thanks to Klimt

Klimt ‘Kiss’ celebrations help Vienna to record tourism year (via AFP) Special events marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of painter Gustav Klimt helped Vienna enjoy a record year for tourism in 2012, with overnight stays rising 7.5 percent, the Austrian capital’s tourism board said on Monday. “I would like to give Gustav Klimt [...]

January 21, 2013No CommentRead More

Sample trip: Philly’s “Silver Linings”

Sample trip: Philly’s “Silver Linings”

PRESS RELEASE FROM GPTMC: ENJOY YOUR OWN SILVER LINING IN PHILADELPHIA Itinerary Inspired By Bradley Cooper’s Oscar-Nominated Film Silver Linings Playbook LOCATION: Center City, Philadelphia; South Philadelphia; and the suburbs TRANSPORTATION: By foot in Center City; by taxi, Septa or car for locations beyond TIME: An overnight SUMMARY: Featured on visitphilly.com/itineraries, this jaunt takes visitors [...]

January 21, 2013No CommentRead More

Slideshow: Berlin winter weekend

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

Grenada ‘golden’ in 2012-13

Grenada ‘golden’ in 2012-13

PRESS RELEASE FROM GRENADA BOARD OF TOURISM: GRENADA GETS MULTIPLE ‘GOLDS’ IN 2012 **Listing Among “Best of the World to Visit in 2013” Tops Banner Year** St. George’s, Grenada – December 11, 2012 – Grenada is truly experiencing a banner year for marketplace recognition, adding top awards for its tourism product to Kirani James’ Olympic [...]

December 19, 2012No CommentRead More

Slideshow: A Kenyan safari

Slideshow: A Kenyan safari

NAIROBI–Check out these images from my first-ever Kenyan safari with Nairobi-based Gamewatchers Safaris/Porini Camps earlier this year. Thanks to commercial director Mohanjeet Brar, spent four days (three nights) at three of the firm’s high-end camps: Porini Rhino Camp, Porini Mara Camp and Porini Lion Camp. Guides and other staff at all three were excellent, whether [...]

November 27, 2012No CommentRead More

Germany relaunches heritage website

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

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

Explora debuts new Chile photo tours

Explora debuts new Chile photo tours

PRESS RELEASE FROM EXPLORA: explora Launches New Photographic Expeditions in Atacama and Patagonia   Enhance your talent for outdoor photography and appreciation of the beauty of the great outdoors with new guided adventures sponsored by Nikon Inc. Santiago, Chile (Nov. 15, 2012) – The mountainous majesty of Patagonia and eerie expanses of the world’s driest desert [...]

November 15, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 4

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

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Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 2

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. [...]

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