Travel and Leisure

Luxembourg to Paris: A Winter Adventure and Road Tour

It was winter: one of the coldest winters of the decade. The frost was powdered all over Europe, yet the Netherlands suffered from the harshest winter that year. In spite of the freeze, our travel plan was there waiting to be realized. The touring draft was sketched accordingly: from Wageni Read More

15 of the Weirdest Places in the World You Must See

Are you interested in visiting some of the weirdest places on earth? The world is a vast place, and it does not matter if you have traveled a lot or you have never left your hometown, our planet will astound you. There are thousands of weird and fascinating places you may have never seen, not to men Read More

Salinas de Rio Maior: Portugal's Living Salt Museum

Imagine a place that is nestled in the valleys and really creates the feeling of a living museum. Such a location can be found in Salinas de Rio Maior – A hidden gem in Portugal that is essential to add to your Portugal bucket list. Salinas de Rio Maior is located at the foot of Serra dos Cand Read More

Istanbul, Turkey: Facts, Travel, and Points of Interest

If traveling many centuries back in time is on your agenda, then Istanbul is just the place for you. Being more than 2500 years old, the name of this city was changed twice; from Byzantium to Constantinople to the current Istanbul. Set across the Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul was a much-coveted city th Read More

Yosemite: Early History Of The Valley

In the wild gold years of 1849 and '50, the Indian tribes along thus western Sierra foothills became alarmed at the sudden invasion of their acorn orchard and game fields by miners, and soon began to make war upon them, in their usual murdering, plundering style. This continued until the United Read More

The Wine of Portugal

Portugal’s heritage as a wine growing country dates back four thousand years and ever since this time, the country has been producing some of the best wines available on the global market. Portugal primarily produces its own grapes that are meant to be used for wine production and as Read More