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Sportstown America 2007-02-28 02:12:29 My Visit To Phoenix Ron Kapon There are 12 cities in the U.S.A. with professional teams in all four major league sports: basketball, football, baseball and hockey. One of those cities is the fifth largest in population (1.4 million). That city just hosted the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) football game ... America

CRUISING ?AMERICA?S GALAPAGOS?: Touching Whales in the Baja 2007-02-26 08:52:54 By Margaret Backenheimer & J.D. Brown When asked what single nature cruise is the most spectacular on Earth, we have a ready answer: a cruise of the Galapagos, located six hundred miles off the coast of Ecuador. But the Galapagos are far away, expensive to explore and congested with tour ... America

San Antonio stands tall in Texas! 2007-02-22 10:01:52 by Maxine Sommers In the heart of one of the most fascinating cities in the United States, San Antonio, Texas, stands tall while proudly displaying the spirit of the Southwest along with its historically rich culture. Make no mistake, this city is alive and well and living the good life. ... Texas

Croatia Holiday Photos 2007-02-21 01:03:40 Photos by Richard Grant With more than 1,100 islands that are dotted with beaches, quaint fishing villages, trendy resorts and towering fortresses, the coast of Croatia has become a hot tourism destination that lives up to its billing, "the Mediterranean as it used to be." It's possible to island-hop ...

On The Road Again: Long Beach, CA 2007-02-19 10:37:31 By Lloyd Carroll Long Beach, California has never received the glamor or due which its sister Southern California shore cities have. Because of the Pacific Ocean breaker walls installed by the US Navy in the 1940s which keep big waves from coming onto its shores, it was not immortalized in ...

Pageantry in Costume 2007-02-16 11:27:06 The New France Festival in Québec City by Carole Herdegen For five days every August, old Québec City returns to its French origins with story tellers, singers, dancers, parades zigzagging narrow, winding streets and citizenry dressed in finest 17th century costumes. Each year, the New France Festival, as it is ...

Hershey, Pennsylvania 2007-02-14 08:56:06 By Sheree Bykofsky Many might write off Hershey, PA as a children?s attraction, the birthplace of the famous chocolate bar and its corresponding amusement park. But adults can find much to entertain them in this scenic Pennsylvanian town, away from the hustle and bustle of Philadelphia. You?re more likely to ...

Following the Dracula Trail 2007-02-12 09:39:21 by Joyce Dalton Ever since Bram Stoker created his infamous Count in 1897, the fictional character and Romania?s real, and beautiful, province of Transylvania have been inexorably linked. Though Stoker selected the novel?s setting by research rather than first-hand view, the locales exist and Dracula enthusiasts can follow the Count?s ...

Curacao Readies for Tidal Wave of Tourists 2007-02-09 03:19:59 Story and photos by Bob Schulman Stanley Camelia, at 60 graying but still ruggedly handsome, has lived on this Dutch-accented island off the coast of Venezuela all of his life. He?s seen Curacao?s oil refinery - for years its main source of income - pass from the Shell Oil Co. ...

THE BEST CITY IN THE U.S.A. FOR FOOD AND WINE 2007-02-07 07:43:57 RON KAPON New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta and Los Angeles may be the finalists, but the winner is Las Vegas. There are 120 Master Sommeliers in the world (wine knowledge and blind tastings are part of the rigorous exam). 74 of them live in the USA; 13 of whom ...

A 21st Century Look at Niagara Falls 2007-02-01 11:48:00 The vacationland for everyone by Carole Herdegen While travel experts tell us we are not taking fewer holidays, they are quick to explain that for a variety of time-constraining reasons we have reduced our former one and two weeks vacation periods to now 3 and 4 day "getaways". Furthermore, the ...

Phood and Phun in Philadelphia: The Perfect Girls' Getaway 2007-01-29 11:24:16 By Sheree Bykofsky and Caroline Woods Philadelphia has way more to offer than colonial history, settings from the Rocky movies, and South Street. From anywhere in the mid-Atlantic, you can jet to Philadelphia for some fun shopping, dining, and luxury spa excursions. Philadelphia as an escape?who knew? The Westin is ...

Winter Photography 2007-01-26 10:04:07 Tis the season to talk about some winter photography tips and share some thoughts for making it a more enjoyable experience while you are "freezing" your moments in time. Winter is a great time to take photographs. The skies are crisp and blue, and in areas of the country ...

Canyons, Curveballs and Cornfields 2007-01-23 02:00:41 To mid-America and back ? by train. By Jim Loomis Amtrak?s Train #4, the daily Southwest Chief, departs Los Angeles on time at 6:45 p.m., beginning a two-day, 2,200 mile journey to Chicago. I?ll be leaving the train at Kansas City, however, to watch the Boston Red Sox in a ...

Island Hopping Along the Coast of Croatia 2007-01-18 02:15:58 By Rich Grant Many Americans were surprised in 2005 when Lonely Planet guidebook selected Croatia as the world?s number one dream vacation site. To geographically and historically challenged Americans, Croatia was a war zone, some far off Eastern European country. Even today, when Croatia has become one of the hottest ...