The autonomous polity of Mount Athos!
Mount Athos. In 1960, Greek shipping magnate Yannis Carras, aboard his three-mast 58-meter schooner yacht Carita (later renamed Argonaftis), decided to cruise north to the Mount Athos peninsula of the Halkidiki region of Greece to celebrate the 1,000 year anniversary of the establishment of monasteries around Mount Athos, I am instinctively intrigued by any…
BonVoyageurs: Our Travel Blog is Traveling!!!
Travel blog. Everyone deserves to travel to new destinations – including a blog. Lynn and I are thrilled to announce we have just launched a whole new website this week! Be sure to check all that the new BonVoyageurs.com website offers! For those of you who are not already on our email list, please come…
The Historic Coopmanhuijs Boutique Hotel & Spa
THE HISTORIC COOPMANHUIJS BOUTIQUE HOTEL & SPA In the heart of the historic town of Stellenbosch situated in the heart of South Africa’s spectacular Stellenbosch wine country is an historic gem of a hotel, Coopmanhuijs Boutique Hotel & Spa. Originally built in 1713 as one of the first manor homes in Stellenbosch, Coopmanhuijs underwent a…
TANGO: Learn to dance the tango in Buenos Aires!
TANGO : Learn to dance the tango in Buenos Aires! Read our previous posting “Safari Lodge : The Tarangire Safari Lodge in Tanzania!” Getting immersed in the fabulously nostalgic, romantic and captivating tango music and dance only requires a plane hop south to its roots in the Europeanesque city of Buenos Aires in Argentina. As…