(Eating your way through Europe ) I love food !!! How often do you hear that phrase. When travelers talk about their trip to Europe, one of the things that people remark on is the food !!!! The Food !!! Europe is so diverse when it comes to different tastes and traditional dishes in each country. There is a thriving “food tour” business, offering “secret” local restaurants and tastes in many different cities. Check out some of the options: Italy: [...]
St .Patrick’s day is known all over the world and celebrated on March 17th in observance of the death of St. Patrick who brought Christianity to Ireland and died in the Fifth Century. What began as a religious feast day in the 17th century has evolved into a variety of festivals across the globe celebrating Irish culture with parades, special foods, music, dancing, and a whole lot of green. Traditionally in Ireland, we would go to Catholic Mass in the [...]
Tourism Ireland – what’s new?? As we all know, March is Ireland’s famous month – St.Patricks Day is celebrated on March 17th. Everybody loves to celebrate and we’re all a little bit Irish for the day. In honor of “our” month, Tourism Ireland visits the US in March each year to promote tourism, bringing some of the top Irish accommodations, attractions, and tour suppliers over to present their latest and greatest. Ireland enjoyed a record year in 2016 and now [...]
8 Ways Travel Agents add value to your vacation (Courtesy Travel Market Report) There’s no do-over for a vacation gone wrong Every moment of the time you take off from work, whether traveling alone or with family and friends, is priceless. And yet travel always involves a certain element of risk, depending as it does on Mother Nature and complicated machines to work together to get us where we want to go. It’s a scenario that calls for an expert. Here [...]
Do you know what Dark Tourism is ?? Dark tourism (also referred to as black tourism or grief tourism) has been defined as tourism involving travel to places historically associated with death and tragedy. ... The main attraction to dark locations is their historical value rather than their associations with death and suffering. Dark Tourism is a becoming increasingly popular as a niche in the travel industry. There are many sites in Ireland, both North and South. Here are a few of the more famous: REBUBLIC OF [...]
What’s hot for 2017. Don’t you find that when the weather is cold and dreary outside, we think about warmer climates and other destinations? Vacation is on our minds to keep us going through the cold snap. So what’s HOT for 2017? Conde Nest just released their top picks for 2017: Canada, The American Midwest, Cuba, (really popular) Bermuda, New Zealand, Tokyo-Kanazawa-Kyoto, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Buenos Aires Argentina, Chilean Patagonia, Uruguay. Some European destinations on the list include: Athens Greece, Scotland, [...]
Floating down the Danube, not a care in the World…….. I just returned from the most AHMAZING !!! River Cruise on the Danube River with AMA Waterways. I had heard great reviews but until I actually got to experience it for myself, had no idea just how wonderful a river cruise could be. We spent a few days in Prague at the beginning of the trip and this city is beautiful – we stayed at the Art Deco Imperial [...]
