Walkscore ranks the best neighborhoods in the largest 40 cities in the US. Today’s post features the top ten cities (and neighborhoods in parenthesis). To see the rest of the most walkable cities in America, head over to Walkscore City Rankings. What is your favorite city, or neighborhood, to walk in? 1. San Francisco (Chinatown, [...]
October 2, 2008
Erica Johansson
North America
TripAdvisor®, the largest travel community in the world, recently announced the top ten wine destinations in the world. Bordeaux, Napa Valley and Tuscany secured the top three spots, followed by Champagne-Ardenne and Australia’s Barossa Valley. “In addition to supplying some of the finest wines to the world, these destinations offer visitors outstanding hotels, restaurants and [...]
October 1, 2008
Erica Johansson
Food & Drink
This week’s photo from Comarca de San Blas, Panama, was taken by a Swedish photographer during the last night after three months in Central America. For more beautiful pictures, check out http://www.flickr.com/photos/engborg-travels/ [...]
September 29, 2008
Erica Johansson
Central America/Caribbean, Photography
This week’s photography captures the peaceful sight of Amsterdam’s canal and Zuiderkerk by night. [...]
September 22, 2008
Erica Johansson
Europe, Photography
Travel Blissful recently got in touch with David Stanley, the author of Moon Handbooks South Pacific, Moon Fiji, and Moon Tahiti, published by Avalon Travel Publishing of Berkeley, California. Today, David shares his experiences on guidebooks, travels, the future of tourism in the South Pacific, and tips for aspiring guidebook writers. [...]
September 17, 2008
Erica Johansson
Australia/Pacific, Interviews
Top student and athlete Christopher McCandleness (Emile Hirsch) graduated from Emory University in 1992. In pursuit of freedom and no obligations, he gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, abandoned his possessions, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. The movie is, at best, breathtaking and Eddie Vedder’s score truly pushes this [...]
September 16, 2008
Erica Johansson
Video & Film
Cheryl Marie Cordeiro visits the glamorous French Riviera in the heat of summer. [...]
September 8, 2008
Erica Johansson
Europe
This week’s photographs include two different sights of one of the most loved cities in Italy. [...]
September 8, 2008
Erica Johansson
Europe, Photography
Valerie Mellema on what you can do on the exotic island off the shore of Tanzania. [...]
September 3, 2008
Erica Johansson
Africa
PC Magazine recently featured the Top 100 Undiscovered Web sites of 2008. The categories in the list include Apps and Services, Fun and Games, Health and Science, Info, Search, and Reference, Lifestyle, Money and Real Estate, Music, News, Photo, Shopping, Social Networking, Technology, and, of course, Travel. PCMAG.COM has also done a Top 100 Classic [...]
September 2, 2008
Erica Johansson
Travel Advice & News