The festival of fire in Valencia, Spain
Holidaymakers heading to Spain next Spring should check out the popular Las Fallas Festival in Valencia.
Running in March, between the 15th and 19th, this massive tribute to Saint Joseph, patron Saint of the carpenters’ guild, where, it is said, the tradition arose from, results in millions of people flocking to the city to glimpse the famous [...]
Fun with chocolate in New Zealand
Saturday 11 July to Friday 17 July, 2009, Dunedin, New Zealand.
What else can you do with chocolate besides eat it?
Dunedin, New Zealand students come up with some bizarre solutions during the Cadbury Chocolate Carnival, running next July.
The festival offers a tasty range of events and activities. With everything from chocolate therapy, a chocolate cooking class, chocolate [...]
Festival d’Automne: a festival of art in Paris, France
The 38th Festival d’Automne à Paris [Paris Autumn Festival] will take place from 15 September 2009 to 19 December 2009.
Want to find out about the latest innovations in the world of the arts? Catch a flight to Paris and do just that at the annual Festival d’Automne.
Already underway, the event runs until December 19th and [...]
In Berlin a design celebration city-wide is about to start
The 7th edition of DMY International Design Festival “Same same, but different” will kick off in June and will last from 03 to 07 June 2009.
Showcasing works by internationally acclaimed designers as well as reveilling prototypes by the young talent the festival this year especially focuses on design that makes a difference. Presenting three huge [...]
The works of Robert Mapplethorpe on display
Robert Mapplethorpe is often associated with the sexually-charged images featured in his controversial exhibit, “The Perfect Moment” nearly 20 years ago.
The photographer, who died in 1989 at age 42, is best known for the frank eroticism of his middle period, which sparked debate about the public funding of art. But much of Mapplethorpe’s photography was [...]
New flights linking the UK with the rest of Europe announced
Airlines announce new services from the UK
Budget airline easyJet is launching 14 new routes throughout the spring and summer, including Newcastle to Malta, Bristol to Corfu and Bastia, Liverpool to Dubrovnik, Naples and Bordeaux, plus Manchester to Corfu, Athens and Bastia.
Travelers in Europe will also be able to board new flights from Geneva and Berlin [...]
Scotland’s Homecoming Year
Scotland’s Homecoming year, created to mark the 250th anniversary of the country’s national poet, Robert Burns, opens with a weekend of celebration throughout the nation on January 23-25.
The village of Alloway, Burns’ birthplace in east central Scotland, becomes a focal point for the celebrations beginning January 24 with Iconic Burns, a visual tribute in [...]
Dashing through the snow at White Turf, Switzerland
As the sound of thundering hooves approached, I could see the freezing breath of the snorting horse that was galloping towards me. A racehorse going at full speed reaches around 50km an hour, and chunks of ice and snow were flying off his hooves and into the face of the man being dragged along behind. [...]
New York City’s restaurant week
Sunday, 18 January through Friday, 30 January > Lunch and Dinner > New York City’s restaurant week
NYC’s Winter Restaurant Week kicks off on Sunday as more than 250 restaurants offer three-course lunches and dinners [$24.07 and $35, respectively]. Not surprisingly, the best deals and meals are usually found at the most expensive top-tier restaurants, [...]
European street festivals
The Tamborrada, San Sebastian, Spain, 20 to 21 January
This beautiful seaside city in the Basque country explodes into life on midnight of 20 January, and the party goes on for 24 hours. Locals dress as Napoleonic troops or chefs, and march through the streets bashing drums. Legend has it a Napoleonic invasion force was [...]
