Category: Travel

Travel for Two: 5 Inns That Will Complement Your Pacific Coast Meandering

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service Of all the wonderfully scenic drives across America, and there are plenty, perhaps no other is as romantic and wild as the Pacific Coast Highway that parallels, and sometimes hugs up close, California’s spectacularly dramatic coastline. Stretching from Seattle to San Diego, the whole of the PCH…


1 of These Cities Could Be the Gateway to Your Next Great Adventure

By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com Are you ready to plan an adventure? These five places provide the perfect base camp for exploration. Anchorage, Alaska It’s a gateway to everything Alaska has to offer. Start your trip in this urban outpost and ease into the state’s vast wilderness. Sample local parks and trails, watch the…


St. Augustine Rich With History, Style and a Robust Dining Scene

By Patti Nickell From Tribune News Service St. Augustine–Many agree that the most impressive way to arrive in St. Augustine is by crossing the Intracoastal Waterway on the Bridge of Lions. Looking toward the city, it’s easy to imagine that you are in Valencia or Barcelona as bell towers and colorful buildings with their lacy…


A Look at the Unique World of Argentinean Gastronomy

By Juan Antonio (Oso) Oseguera From TravelPulse Argentine cuisine has its origins in the culinary traditions of the pre-Columbian Andean and Guaraní civilizations, with later contributions from colonial gastronomy and significant influences from Italian and Spanish cuisine. Beef is the main protagonist of Argentine cuisine and is accompanied by various salads, potatoes and rice. Potatoes…


Stellar Design, Hospitality Elevate This RV Park on Oregon’s Southern Coast

By Gregory Scruggs From The Seattle Times Coos Bay–Wearing a sweatshirt against the seaside chill, I grilled fresh-caught red snapper then served my family of three at a picnic table. After dinner, I settled into an Adirondack chair around the campfire with a glass of local pinot noir before taking a hot shower and crawling…


Traveling in Style and Comfort: How to Choose the Best Luggage

Whoever said “You can’t take it with you” never saw the average traveler with a mountain of luggage. When traveling for business or vacation, where you go and how you get there are important, but it’s easy to overlook some critical details. One example is how we bring our clothes and other items. For some,…


Newport, Rhode Island Travel Guide

There are so many things to do and see in Newport, RI. A visit here is more than a city with miles of beautiful coastline. A visit to Newport is a step into history. A chance to see what it was like living like the rich and famous of the gilded age or dine in…


People and Places Bring Egypt to Life

Egypt is a land of pyramids and pharaohs, a rich millennia-long history and present-day life with one foot planted firmly in the past. In ancient times, Greek and Roman explorers went there to gawk at the magnificent man-made monuments. Later, Napoleon showed up and looted treasured artifacts that were transported back to France. Today visitors…


Alaska by Air: Flying Anchorage

This is a city of pilots, and I was riding with one of the best. In America’s last frontier, a state that you could fit Texas into twice and still have plenty of room left over, things aren’t often close at hand. So here in Anchorage, the easiest solution is often this: just fly. A…


Geneva: Exploring the Swiss City of Clocks and Chocolate

Geneva is known as a predominantly business city, home to trusted banks and headquarters of international organizations. But its reputation as a source for excellent cultural and culinary experiences is catching up. The “world’s smallest metropolis,” as Geneva is sometimes called, is a beautiful place on the shore of a crystal clear lake with the…