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Greek Eats -- Discovering the Cuisine of the Aegean
Greece is great, the people are great, the antiquities are great, the scenery is great, the ferries are great, the food is great and yes, the shopping is great, says a writer who just spent three weeks there.
Random Lengths News |
Yvonne Mason |
06-22-2005 |
Travel
Tags: Greek, food/travel
Renewal in the Desertnew
Joe Studer, co-owner of the Coyote Moon Health Resort and Spa in Tucson, Ariz., discusses his goals for what may be the first health spa specifically targeting the gay community.
Tucson Weekly |
Jimmy Boegle |
03-10-2005 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Grapes Entice Tourists to Upstate New Yorknew
Wineries are the fastest growing industry in New York State's Finger Lakes region, and winery-related tourism has grown 800 percent in the past 15 years. Second of two parts
City Newspaper |
Rich Gardner |
01-06-2005 |
Travel
Finding Peace in Afghanistan
A trip to a mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif offers a welcome contrast to the chaos of Kabul.
Monday Magazine |
Jared Ferrie |
10-20-2004 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Raving in a Hungarian Turkish Bathhouse
It's part spa, part dance party, and all fun when a rave takes place at an innovative location.
Monday Magazine |
Alison Boston |
10-20-2004 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Eating Beluga in Alaska
In the midst of a human-powered trek (using bicycle, canoe, rowboat and skis) from Vancouver, Canada, to Moscow, Russia, an adventurer discovers new tastes and old cultures.
Monday Magazine |
Tim Harvey |
10-20-2004 |
Travel
Tags: travel
One Man's Journey on Route 66new
Frank Kohlrus and people like him define Mother Road. He keeps a picnic table outside his shop on Old 66 and sells sodas for a quarter, just to encourage visitors to stay and shoot the breeze.
Illinois Times |
Tom Teague |
09-23-2004 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Wal-Mart Encourages Camping in Parking Lotsnew
With its 24/7 operations and expansive parking lots, Wal-Mart apparently realized it could make more friends (and more cents) by letting folks in self-contained campers spend the night (and perhaps spend some money while they're at it) than by chasing them off at the risk of alienating potential customers.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
08-19-2004 |
Travel
Notes from Underground: Touring Western Pennsylvania's Cavesnew
Cave tours often have a goofy sort of charm, a mixture of entertainment and education, with a superlative or two tossed in. Many show caves are family-owned, and each owner puts his own stamp on the attraction.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
08-19-2004 |
Travel
Haudenosaunee Friendship Festival Celebrates Roots of Democracynew
The Aug. 7 festival in central New York State will celebrate the friendship of the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Syracuse New Times |
Walt Shepperd |
08-06-2004 |
Travel
Yea, Though He Walksnew
A Memphis man sets out to cross Death Valley on foot in order to test his latest invention.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
06-15-2004 |
Travel
Actors' Historic Summer House Resembles Stage Set
Ten Chimneys, the summer home of Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, has just been declared a National Historic Landmark.
Trinidad, Colorado, Preserves History of Wild Westnew
First settled in 1842 by Mexican traders, Trinidad lies on the Santa Fe Trail, the historic trade route that connected Missouri to New Mexico.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Wayne Young |
06-07-2004 |
Travel
