… and Bangkok, travel portals said. The surge in interest for unusual destinations led travel operator Cox & Kings to launch new itineraries such as 'Castles of Croatia', 'Marvels of Kyiv', which is all about experiencing Ukraine, and 'Baltic Capitals'—a seven-night holiday covering Poland, Latvia, […]
Category: Mediterranean
Consul General of Greece Delivers Winners’ Olive Wreaths to Boston Athletic Association for …
Mr. Efthymiou conveyed to Commissioner Evans an invitation from SEGAS, the Hellenic Athletics Federation, to travel to Greece as its special guest and run in the Athens Classic Marathon race in November 2018. The Boston Marathon began in 1897 following the great interest in Ancient […]
British journalist confesses his love for Greece
Despite the fact that 64-year-old travel author, photographer, lecturer, interpreter and translator Paul Hellander was born and raised in the United Kingdom, growing up nextdoor to members of legendary band The Beatles in Liverpool, and chose to migrate to Australia in his adulthood, to date, […]
Two Marist students set to travel after awarded Fulbright Fellowships
Gardner, who is a member of the Marist College Band, Kappa Delta Pi (the education honor society), Sigma Delta Pi (the Spanish honor society) and the College's Emerging Leaders Program, will travel to Spain this fall to begin her teaching assistantship. She spent the fall […]
Amazon’s fart app is the best reason to buy an Echo Button
As of this writing, there’s a single, solitary review for Button Tooter. It’s three stars and three sentences, and it’s a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. “They clearly ran out of ideas!” the reviewer writes. “It’s kind of fun! How about a game where you can […]
The best Mediterranean islands to hole up on in April
Travel, as you appreciate, is all about timing. July and August … Completing the top 12: Ibiza, much less popular than its larger siblings, and the Greek islands of Kefallonia and Naxos. Among the most desirable dozen, Greece, Italy and Spain are each represented by […]
Growing number of Syrian refugees in Germany making ‘reverse escape’ to Turkey: report
"The fact that refugees are using the same route to go to Turkey which they originally used to get to Germany is a paradox,” Dominik Bartsch, the German ambassador to the UN Refugee Commission, told Panorama. Refugees with a German residence permit can legally travel […]
Chice Hotels secures alliance with Spanish chain
Choice Hotels is reinforcing a focus on international growth through a strategic alliance with Spanish chain Sercotel Hotels. This will enable the US-based franchise group to expand into Spain and other countries as well as creating opportunities for additional hotels across Europe and Latin America. […]
Instagram pic of the week: Athens, Greece
It is Italy's capital and largest city, and is also one of the world's oldest cities. Regarded as the cradle of civilization, Athens has some of the most renowned architectural structures in the world such as this, the Parthenon, a former temple which was built […]
La Ronge Youth Travel Club returns from European tour
The group, which consisted of 19 students and six adults, left La Ronge March 31 and began the European tour in Milan, Italy. Haugen said the first day was spent there before they visited villages along the coastline and continued into the French Riviera where […]