Portugal produces the world’s only authentic port wines. In fact, the port is the most popular wine made and exported from Portugal. The modern culture of port wines makes most sense only when first looking at the past, as many historical events raised the Douro region and its grapes into the viticultural world and gave …
Nestled along the Douro river, on a hill across from Porto, Portugal’s city centre lie several port houses bursting with good wines and beautiful scenery. These houses are far removed from the vast, countryside vineyards also owned by these same companies. While the vineyards stretch for miles and miles, across hills and valleys, the port …
A quaint German village named Oberammergau lies nestled in the Bavarian region. Its people are skilled wood workers and artists. They produce some of the most beautiful wooden toys, trinkets and culinary pieces I have ever seen. There is also a monastery in a near by town that is attached to a brewery or visa …
The wind in your hair, the freedom of the open road, the sun on your shoulders. And all for under 25 Euros a day. Experience Greece like you never thought possible by renting an ATV. These little four-wheeled wonders will take you to all of the hidden nooks and cranny’s that the Greek Islands have to offer. …
Kingdom- Plantae Class- Lilliopsida Genus- Tulipa Common Name- TULIP The Tulip flower is a sign of spring. Once the snow melts away and the ground temperatures rise, these flowers are some of the first things we see. New life, new season, new beginning. The Tulip flower is a unique bulb that pops its head up …
High above, and outside the city of Rome there is a mansion of decadence where you can avoid information overload. From the park bench outside of the mansion you can look towards the octopus city of Rome that spreads with large tentacles. Here you can watch the sun set on the epicenter of the old …
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It is dark out and there is a man crouched under a nearby bush smoking crack. The further I plunge into the Bologna park the more movement I hear. There is a rustling of leaves there. A sniff and cough in front of me. The sound of footprints from behind me. A beautiful brick walkway …
Buying guns in Estonia is easy. No background checks, save proving that you are mentally sound. Just spit up the euros and you get your piece. Shooting guns is even easier. There are several companies in Tallinn, Estonia that offer gun shooting packages, ranging from a few pistols to the full monty (M4’s, AK’s, tactical …
“Too often, though, in the places where travelers or tourists stopped, I would hear men boast only of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen…for many years people were enthralled with distance covered not with country they had passed through or what they had seen.” – Louis L’Amour TRAVEL THE WORLD …
ADVENTURE TRAVEL Switching gears we harnessed up and traversed across inch wide metal pegs slammed into the gray and black streaked limestone. This traverse, called “Brett” is the most famous part of this hike. Looking over my shoulder I saw where we had entered. From this distance the entrance was invisible among small peaks that …
