by Stephanus Surjaputra on December 28, 2011
The most expensive New Year’s Eve dinners in Las Vegas If you’re going to Las Vegas for New Year’s Eve and want to throw your money away, spend it at one of these venues. Strip restaurants are rolling out the red carpet to accommodate [foodies] with holiday buffets and prix fixe meals. Here’s a look [...]
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by Charlie Leocha on May 28, 2011
This weekend we take a look at a reformed bullring in Barcelona. Holland cracks down on tourists in coffee houses smoking dope. And, TSA will be challenged in Utah following their showdown with Texas.
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by Charlie Leocha on August 27, 2010
Discover a wonderful group of Irish ladies who will make you laugh about airline fees, no matter how much you hate them. Or visit Madrid with one of the Inspiration videos created by American Airlines. Then take a close look at native woodcarving in New Zealand.
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by Charlie Leocha on June 19, 2010
Spain has long been known for its architectural exuberance. Buildings in Madrid and Barcelona have long stood at the forefront of modern architecture. These days, the hotel business in Spain is a new point of competition for architects with some of the most daring retro and leading edge buildings being built as upscale hotels.
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by Anita Dunham-Potter on April 9, 2010
Erin and Sean Spital last saw their luggage after checking in at New York’s JFK airport, shortly before they boarded their flight to Barcelona on Iberia Airlines. The couple waited until the last bags made their rounds on the luggage carousel, their bags never arrived. Left with only the clothes on their backs, and with their 7-day Norwegian Cruise Line cruise about to depart, the Spitals did the only thing they could do: They filed a claim with Iberia and went out to buy new clothes.
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by Anita Dunham-Potter on February 19, 2010
Minnesota residents Kristen and Joe Wegleitner just wanted to start their October honeymoon off in grand style with a romantic 7-day Mediterranean voyage on Celebrity Cruises. Unfortunately things began to unravel when bad weather and a hodgepodge of missed airline flight connections forced the newlyweds to scuttle their cruise plans. Thankfully the couple had the foresight to purchase travel insurance and thought the claims process with Travel Guard would be hassle free. Or so the Wegleitners thought.
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by Teresa Parker on December 24, 2009
Some of you (especially readers around age two) may have felt drawn to the little guy peeking out from behind the pile of mantecados I wrote about last week. He’s my favorite caganer, a traditional rendition of the Catalan shitting man. He takes his place in all Catalan nativity scenes (even the ones in churches) to remind you of your humanity. Here’s what it’s all about: no matter what kind of miracles may be going on around you, the arrival of kings and gods and so on, there you are, you and the call of nature, somewhere behind the manger.
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by Charlie Leocha on December 19, 2009
This selection of photos of some of the top subway systems in the world was first published by Designboom.com. London’s underground became the first subway system in the world when it began operation in 1863. Since then, underground subways have been built in almost every major city of the world. from New York and Paris [...]
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by Charlie Leocha on August 24, 2009
Barcelona’s airport opened its new Terminal T1 earlier this summer. The city is fighting to be recognized regularly as having one of Europe’s top 10 airports. The building itself is certainly ranks in the top 10s or architecture in Europe.
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by Teresa Parker on August 3, 2009
If you think the harried shop shopkeepers of Barcelona are ignoring you just because you’re a tourist, you would be wrong (oh, alright, you might be wrong). Maybe it’s just that you don’t know the seemingly disorganized, fabulously efficient, time-honored rules for waiting your turn in Spain.
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