Calle de Cuchilleros, “street of the knife makers,” earned its name from the craftsmen who forged blades here for the butchers’ guild in Plaza Mayor above. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this corner of Madrid was a working landscape of meat warehouses,...
A Park as Big as a Small Country To understand how big Chobe is, picture this. It’s approximately the size of Northern Ireland or just over 4,500 square miles. Chobe National Park is the country’s first national park, officially established in 1968. Here, you'll find...
Kagga Kamma is unique in that it comprises an untouched Karoo-like wilderness – an arid area characterized by sparse, hardy vegetation, including small bushes, shrubs, and succulents. Pops of color from wildflowers dot the landscape. Large outcroppings of rocks...
Watermark Beach Resort is in a good location for everything you want to do in the area. Here are seven reasons why the whole family will love using it as a home base to explore Osoyoos and the surrounding region. Thank you to Watermark Beach Resort for hosting my...
The Ocean Club West is one of the best Turks and Caicos family resorts. The resort is a great option for family vacations. It’s the kind of place you’ll want to return to over and over again. Golfers will want to reserve at Ocean Club East. Bedroom in a One Bedroom...
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Located 20 minutes from downtown Victoria, the art gallery features a setting reminiscent of a park. With nearly 20,000 works of art, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria features the most extensive public collection in British Columbia...
Lobster Fishing Off Nova Scotia's South Shore The temperature at the dock was in the low 30s, but I wasn’t shivering. I dressed in several layers in anticipation of the colder offshore temperatures. I could barely bend my limbs because the bulk made navigating the...
Upon their arrival, the settlers found rocks rather than farmland. Although the immigrants weren’t mariners by the late 1800s, they made schooners and became fishermen. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, was a fishing village. Codfish was king in those days, and Lunenburg became...
Thousands of Wildebeest Make the Journey Each Year Giraffes on Tanzania's Northern Serengeti “We’re going to ignore the giraffes on the right,” Frances yelled over the roaring engines as we sped along the path at 40 clicks per hour. The heat poured down from the...
Chester Foc's'cle Restaurant in Chester, famous for Lobster Chowder Leaving Halifax, Nova Scotia’s oldest and capital city, my first stop down Nova Scotia's Lighthouse Route was the town of Chester, where wealthy 19th-century American families went for summer...
A Cocktail with Blue Curacao at the 360 Experience on the Discovery Princess Like every other foodie, I’m constantly searching for the next over-the-top experience. I look for events like cooking classes where we make fresh squid ink pasta, ocean-to-table lobster...
“Chocolate symbolizes, as does no other food, luxury, comfort, sensuality, gratification, and love.” ― Karl Petzke I get excited just thinking about World Chocolate Day and all the forms that chocolate can take. In addition to the standard all-American chocolate...
