September 18th, 2008 by A World Vacationer
From our Win a Trip Contest
A travel story by - Mary Ann S.
Although I’d been to the UK many times, it was like seeing it for the first time when I took my 9-year-old grandson on his initial visit. We were based in Oxford for a special Harry Potter program but had plenty of time for side trips.
For two weeks it was punting on the Isis, riding a steam train, banqueting in a college dining hall, and roaming the countryside. In London, he was thrilled with the top of a double-decker bus and cruising down the Thames to the Tower. There he loved the cannons, the Royal Jewels, and the ravens, but refused to have his picture taken with the Beefeaters. That was too tourist-like.
September 15th, 2008 by A World Vacationer
From our Win a Trip Contest
A travel story by - Kristy M.
It was Winter break of my first year in college. As my friends all went home to their families, Heather & I had a better idea for vacation. We were off on a plane to Germany to visit Heather’s sister, Dana, who was studying in Germany for the academic year and had a surprise waiting for us on the other side of the world.
February 18th, 2008 by LK - NWA WorldVacations
It was suppose to be the Taj Mahal.
I mean, if there is a full moon three days after your 50th birthday and the government of India now allows tourists to visit the Taj Mahal when there is full moon (they didn’t before), doesn’t it make total sense to spend the biggest and best birthday of your life there? Well, I thought it did. But, unfortunately, my husband didn’t. He was already going to be out of the office for one week in January for work so taking another two weeks off to go to India just didn’t make sense. And so, instead, we chose to go to Paris to celebrate my 50th — it’s where we spent our honeymoon, my favorite restaurant in the whole wide world is there, and if it was cold, we could hang in the Louvre, the Musee d’Orsay, or maybe Willie’s Wine Bar.
February 4th, 2008 by Eleise, Itinerant World Traveler
While in England I had the pleasure of being treated to a leisurely, decadent, three-and-a-half-hour lunch in the charming village of Bray, at The Fat Duck — one of three 3-Michelin-star restaurants to be found in England. (The other two are The Waterside Inn and Gordon Ramsay’s eponymous venture.)
My senses are still awhirl. Founder Heston Blumenthal employs psychologists to contribute to his brilliant menus, which are experimental and tasty above all. Since the menu was largely in French, I will do my best to describe the following culinary adventure in English terms.
