Monday, November 19, 2012
British billionaire Richard Branson said his space tourism project keeps being pushed back and isn’t sure of an exact date for the first launch. He said it will be at least another 12 or 18 months before the Virgin Galactic venture can offer paid space travel to adventurers. …
Monday, November 19, 2012
Travel is fun once you reach your destination, but being away from home, getting through airport security and enduring long trips can be stressful. No wonder, then, when you ask, “What’s a good gift for travelers?” the answer …
Sunday, September 2, 2012
‘ I adore interesting statistics and the September issue of Conde Nast Traveler has a fascinating mega-display of international travel stats (pages 95-98). Would you believe New Hampshire made the display? Seems that while the number of Americans holding passports has tripled to almost 13 million, the percentage …
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Bud and I both have serious cases of electionitis avoidis gravis. In 2008, we spent much of the run-up to the national elections in Australia. It was delightfully free of political ads as well as fascinating to get the Aussie take on all the hoo-ha. This time around …