Our favorite Prague Cafes !
The Viennese coffee house culture spread to all corners of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of the nineteenth century, including to Prague, then a provincial capital. Prague cafes ( coffee house or cafe is “kavarna” in Czech) later fell into disfavor during the Communist era but have bounced back strongly since 1989. Century-old cafes…
Which came first? The Delhi Belly, Montezuma’s Revenge or the Cairo Two-Step?
Which came first? The Delhi Belly, Montezuma’s Revenge or the Cairo Two-Step? As part of my research into Indian food for our upcoming trip to India and Nepal, I came across a recent newspaper article about the discovery by British researchers of a vaccine “against the curse of the Delhi Belly”. Apparently, researchers from the…
Dominican Republic : Tropical Beaches, Alpine Mountains, Colonial Cities!
Dominican Republic COUNTRY ROLL No 52 : Dominican Republic, a Caribbean country which has it all, tropical beaches, alpine mountains, colonial cities! Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, is not only the oldest city in the New World, dating back to the arrival of Christopher Colombus and the Spaniards in 1492, but also…
Lojel Luggage ~ Luxurious, Lightweight & State-of-the-Art
LOJEL LUGGAGE ~ LUXURIOUS, LIGHTWEIGHT & STATE-OF-THE-ART I never thought of luggage as cool or sexy or trustworthy before. And thanks to the “soft-side” revolution, I always thought that the wise choice for weight-conscious traveling was to avoid “hard-sided” luggage. But that was before I met Lojel Luggage. Simply the act of packing my hot…