Entries from June 2008
June 29, 2008
Visiting Christo Rei
To visit the Christo Rei statue in Lisbon, the route requiring the least physical effort is to take a ferry to Cacilhas and then bus number 101 right up to the area on which the statue stands. If one takes the other route by bus from the Praca de Espanha and alights just after crossing [...]
June 27, 2008
The Highlights of Spain
Tenerife is home to Spain’s highest mountain, Teide. Towering at almost 4000 metres it dominates the island and is snow capped for most of the year, sometimes as late as May. It lies at the heart of the Teide National Park, Spain’s most visited park, and the surrounding scenery is breathtaking. Huge sunken craters and [...]
June 21, 2008
Bean town, done that in Boston
Tourist Services: Contact the Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2 Copley Pl., #105 (617-536-4100 or 888-733-2678), for general information and maps of Boston and its environs. For a virtual tour, you can see the city on the internet at www.boston.com.
Accommodations: Cheap accommodations are hard to find in Boston. In September, the city fills with parents [...]
June 19, 2008
Tropics – Stay Cool!
In the tropics, carry a wet face cloth in a plastic bag – it is very refreshing to wipe the sweat and dust off your face and neck.
June 15, 2008
Vietnam’s land of a thousand waterfalls
Roughly 120 miles northwest of Saigon (also called Ho Chi Minh City, but not by anyone who knows better), the city of Dalat is a famous destination for South Vietnamese honeymooners. For travelers making the arduous south-to-north trek by bus or car, Dalat is a fantastic point to stop and collect one?s strength before setting [...]
June 14, 2008
Bars in London
In London these days, drinking is the new dancing, and bars are the new nightclubs. An explosion of club-bars has invaded the previously forgotten zone between pubs and clubs, offering seriously stylish surroundings and top-flight DJs together with plentiful lounging space and a wide selection of Bourbon whiskey (the current “in” drink). Often incorporating both [...]
June 10, 2008
Choosing a Rail Pass – A primer
The knee-jerk reaction of most budget travelers heading abroad is to gobble up a Eurail pass: get your plane ticket, stuff your backpack, send away for a rail pass. Many guidebooks, on the other hand, stress the importance of comparing the overall costs of single-fare train tickets and railpasses. While sitting down with a calculator [...]
June 7, 2008
Great Court
Things are getting better, though. The opening of the Great Court in Dec. 2000—the largest covered square in Europe—finally restored to the museum its focal point. For the past 150 years used as the book stacks of the British Library, the courtyard remains dominated by the enormous rotunda of the Reading Room. The blue chairs [...]
