Category: Travel

John Wayne Airport Offers Nonstop Flights to Honolulu 

Sunnier skies are ahead for passengers at John Wayne Airport, where travelers can now catch nonstop flights to Hawaii. United Airlines began on May 6 offering daily, nonstop flights between the Santa Ana airport and Honolulu. Flights will be operated with a Boeing 737-700 aircraft. “This is the first new route we’ve launched from Orange County…


Britain to Reopen Foreign Holidays to Just a Handful of Countries

LONDON—Britain will allow international travel to resume from May 17 after months of banning most trips abroad, but nearly all major destinations were left off its list of countries open for quarantine-free holidays. Just 12 countries and territories made the so-called “green list.” They include Portugal, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, and the tiny Faroe Islands….


History Abounds in Richmond, Virginia

The first time I set foot in Richmond, Virginia, I was an aspiring writer working on a (terrible) novel about a family torn apart by differing loyalties during the Civil War. Newly married, living in Charlottesville, Virginia, I was fascinated by the amount of resources the state of Virginia provided about the war, its background,…


Take the Winding Highway to Hana

Just as the queasiness in my stomach from the continuous onslaught of curves and cutbacks along the narrow uphill road began to subside, we rounded yet another 180-degree bend. The first waterfall with whipped-cream waters dripping down deep-creviced cleavages appeared by the roadside, its beauty washing away all my remaining reservations. It was the first…


Hungarian Wine Is Above the Radar Once More

Hungarian wines could have been a household word today, but two world wars and 40 years under communist rule forced a major pause on this once-formidable wine-producing country. “Wines from Hungary were considered the best in the world!” a wine store owner excitedly replied when I inquired whether he carried any. He didn’t that day…


Biden Bans Most Travel to US From India Over COVID-19 Starting Tuesday

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on Friday imposed new travel restrictions on India in light of the COVID-19 epidemic, barring most non-U.S. citizens from entering the United States. The new restrictions, which take effect on Tuesday, May 4 at 12:01 am ET, are on the advice of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and…


More Than a Game: Seeing the World Through Sport

They moved in unison. Thousands of hands clapping, precise and crisp, augmented by the bang of drums and cadence of hollow Kung-fu bats. Arm motions well-timed, everyone together. Huge flags in the super-fan section, waved in a carefully prescribed motion, each flutter seeming to flap at the same moment. And the chants? Everybody knew them,…


Aussie PM Shuts Travel Loophole From India

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has shuttered a travel loophole that allowed travellers to sidestep a flight ban from India by transiting through the Middle-East. The announcement comes amid a massive surge in  CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases in India, which has so far claimed more than 200,000 lives. In response, the Australian government paused…


All the Ways to Enjoy Florida, in or on the Water

If any state can claim to have just as much water to enjoy as land, it’s Florida. Visiting the state without enjoying its waters—from rivers to springs to swamps to the sparkling Atlantic Ocean—would be missing the point entirely. Here, we take a look into a few of the main ways to enjoy Florida by…


The Charm of Historic Inns

The best getaways provide not just new experiences but also the comforts of home. Nothing provides quite the same richness of experience bed-and-breakfasts—they’re usually family-owned, always managed with care, and often have some historical significance. B&Bs were the way to “live like a local” long before the dawn of Airbnb, and their intrinsically intimate atmosphere…