However, owners of travel agencies engaged in hunting tourism in Africa say that Croatians travelling to such destinations usually opt for traditional safaris, mostly in Namibia and not in South Africa. Hunting expeditions to lion farms are rarely organized. Such trips have recently come under […]
Category: Mediterranean
25 of the best beaches in southern Europe
A place of large family lunches, gnarled old men and brightly coloured fishing boats, it's the kind of village you see in travel brochures, but rarely in real life. And when it's not too busy, this 80-metre-long pebbly beach is one of the best of […]
Winter Storm Riley Brings Massive Flooding to New England—Again
Since early Friday morning, calls have been crackling across the Duxbury Fire Department dispatch center in a barrage of static. “Tree down on a house on Mayflower Street.” “Wires down on at Keene Street and Congress.” The seaside Massachusetts town is now firmly in the […]
David Mason’s Voices, Places: Essays makes travel writing sing
Mason is equally benign about Greece, but in the Hellenic writing department he defers to his hero Patrick Leigh Fermor, who held court in his villa in southern Greece well into his 90s, receiving admirers with the bemused tolerance of a wizened emperor. Fermor seems […]
GfK / German tourism: Strong double-digit growth in arrivals to Greece this year
German tourist arrivals are heading for a new record in Greece during 2018, according to a GfK survey data conducted on behalf of the German Travel Association DRV. Following the impressive 30% rise in German arrivals last year, the estimate by GfK's analysts is that […]
Watch NOAA’s New GOES-S Weather Satellite Launch Live
2017 was a grievously good year for cataclysms. Infernos engulfed not just California, which suffered its most destructive wildfire season on record, but the greater American West. A hyperactive hurricane season delivered the Gulf Coast its costliest thrashing in history. And those hurricanes also triggered […]
French Travel Destinations: Top of the World, Nord-Pas de Calais
Standing on the cliff top at Cap Gris-Nez with my back to France, I can clearly see the white cliffs of Dover sparkling in the late summer sunshine. The undulating coastline of home is just 32km away over the English Channel, though this narrow stretch […]
NOAA’s New GOES-S Satellite Is a Game Changer for Severe Weather Forecasts
2017 was a grievously good year for cataclysms. Infernos engulfed not just California, which suffered its most destructive wildfire season on record, but the greater American West. A hyperactive hurricane season delivered the Gulf Coast its costliest thrashing in history. And those hurricanes also triggered […]
Greece is most popular destination for Germans
Summer bookings to Greece by German holidaymakers were 40 percent higher than a year ago by the end of January, helping the country overtake the Balearic islands as Germans' most popular holiday destination, Doerte Nordbeck, head of Travel & Logistics Germany at German market researcher … […]
saloop: Word of the day for February 28, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
saloop , n : (dated) An aromatic drink originally prepared from salep and later from sassafras bark with other ingredients such as milk and sugar added, which was once popular in London, England. The berry saltbush or red berry saltbush (Chenopodium hastatum, syns. Einadia hastata […]