My husband and I have recently started to travel more extensively. We have always taken vacations, but we usually stick close to home. Now we have begun to be a bit more adventuresome in our travels. We have decided that we need to see more of the world that we live in. We [...]
The only way to really find the right tour operator is to meet them outside of their professional life. There are just too many things that can go wrong if you are taking a tour vacation with someone you do not know. I have heard bad stories from friends who have taken trips to [...]
When it comes to taking a trip to another country there’s one thing that can be even more confusing than the foreign language spoken there. Money exchange rates are baffling sometimes and unless you have a currency converter on hand, you may not have a clue how much your native money is worth in [...]
I have lived all over the country and in many parts of the world and I am convinced that there is not a major city anywhere on earth that doesn’t have at least one Irish pub. Irish pubs, as a matter of fact, are one of the only cultural symbols whose significance is universally [...]
Are you in search of that perfect job in that perfect place? Well, if this is true, then you should be surfing any number of helpful websites that can aid you in this tedious process. Try CareerBuilder.com or Monster.com for starters. These are outstanding search engines that will expose job openings in anything all [...]
Hey, how does a nice long vacation sound? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Your face just lit up with relief, didn’t it? That’s the typical response to this question. Because when it comes down to it, we’re all just worked too hard. Five days a week we burden ourselves with a 9-5 job. Working [...]
Perhaps I am just jaded, but I love the colors in Australian money. Our money in the United States definitely has it’s appeal, but it’s so green. There have been some slight shades of color introduced into our money for security reasons in recent years, but it cannot compare to the vibrant colors of [...]
There are many times when you won’t want to answer a phone call. You may be avoiding a clingy friend or you may not be in the mood to stay on the phone with your mom for three hours. Most of the time, the avoidance has to do with bad timing, and these are [...]
An embassy tends to roll along without anything newsworthy happening around it, with the exception of those caught up in conflicts, terrorism and spy stories. One of the more colorful has been the American Embassy situated in Grosvenor Square, London. It was the focal point for anti-Vietnam War protests in the 1960s. There were [...]
This might surprise you, but it is possible that you have had an allergic reaction without even knowing it at some point in your life. When most people think of allergic reactions, they picture allergy attacks. You know what I’m talking about. It’s the classic image of kids wheezing with stuffy noses and runny [...]
