While most visitors tend to get to Europe in the high season of summer, spring is actually the best time of the year to explore the Old Continent, for many reasons: comfortable weather, great rates and fewer crowds. What more could you ask for? Here’s a short preview of my personal favourite spring destinations. London:…
A Christmas present that no traveler had asked for this year was delivered by the Transportation Security Administration just hours after a Nigerian nut-job named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to ignite a device and blow up a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day. The T.S.A. is now making it mandatory that…
This week’s “Guest Nomad” is Heather D’Amico. Heather recently graduated from Otterbein College last June majoring in public relations and minoring in journalism and speech communication. Heather plans to move to New York City from Ohio in January to further her public relations career. She is a Twitter addict, loves all music, writes for various blogs and news…
Well yesterday’s article was pretty revealing. I mean we had some very sinful travel experts get a lot off their chest. In fact it got so bad that I needed to close down the confession booth for 24-hours. But I am back with even MORE travel confessions. I will try to keep it a little…
Today is “09-09-09″, and while that may be catchy enough, it has also been dubbed “Beatles Day.” The reason behind the nickname is because the Fab Four’s entire music catalog is being re-released starting today in proper CD digital format. So that means you can get a hold of all the legendary British band’s popular…
Well when you gotta go…you gotta go. So the next time you are traveling in a city like Amsterdam, Belfast, and London, be careful when walking down certain streets at night. That seemingly innocent looking manhole cover might start to slowly rise up from the ground to reveal…a bathroom?! One of the most ingenious ideas…
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#1: Prague, Czech Republic – Old Town Square (26% of the vote) Lonely Planet review of Old Town Square One of Europe’s biggest and most beautiful urban spaces, the Old Town Square has been Prague’s principal public square since the 10th century, and was its main marketplace until the beginning of the 20th century. Despite…