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Qantas, Emirates tie-up takes off

Qantas, Emirates tie-up takes off

Australia a fave of Travel + Leisure readers

Australia a fave of Travel + Leisure readers

Australia Wins Top Accolades In Travel + Leisure 2012 World’s Best Awards Readers’ Survey (via PR Newswire) NEW YORK, July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Results of the Travel + Leisure 2012 World’s Best Awards readers’ survey were announced today, and once again Australia received several top accolades across the country including notoriety for their No. 1 [...]

Video: Kangaroo Island, Australia

Video: Kangaroo Island, Australia

ADELAIDE, Australia — Prior to my first visit to Kangaroo Island, just off the coast of the Australian state of South Australia, I’d never heard of the place. Ayers Rock, yes. The Outback, sure. Kangaroo Island? Huh? But given its name — and the promise of chance to spot some of those iconic hopping marsupials [...]

RAILWAY & TRAINS

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. [...]