18 tips for eating like a local in Barcelona

  by Regina W Bryan From EuroCheapo.com Yogurt is not for breakfast. Omelets are for dinner. Espresso after meals. Napkins not in your lap… These, and many other customs, have been part of my Spain dining education over the past eight years. I’m still not an...

Gastronomy tour through Madrid

From the Madrid Visitors & Convention Bureau Nine of the best restaurants in Madrid, Spain, combine sophisticated and varied cuisine with pleasant surroundings. Here, in this gastronomy walk through the city, are presented restaurants worth stopping into for a...

7 of the world’s best islands to live

This is excerpted from InternationalLiving.com. Click through to the full story. When you ask folks who live on an island what drew them to life on a curio of clay, they tend to respond by saying things like, “I can live simply without much interference.” Or “Here I’m...

Why I STILL use a travel agent

by John Backus New Atlantic Ventures Blog Call me a dinousaur. I use a travel agent to book all of my flights, my hotels, and my car rentals. Not a travel agency. A real person. I have her email, her mobile number, and her work number. And she takes her job seriously....

Top 10 tips for flying with pets

Our friends at CheapFlights.com have focused on man’s best friend and his options when it comes to flight. Since cats and dogs can’t fly, they are forced to share some of the space that we humans have when we want to fly and bring them along. Dogs and cats...