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  • Sipping and Supping at the Mercado de San Miguel in Madrid

    Sipping and Supping at the Mercado de San Miguel in Madrid

    Feb 04, 2010; Comments Off

    The tapas crawl is a nightly ritual in Madrid. Residents and tourists alike take to the streets, hopping from restaurant to restaurant sampling portions of tapas like jamon and cheese, along with glasses of wine and vermut. For those who want to stay... Read more »

  • Madrid’s Reina Sofia

    Madrid’s Reina Sofia

    Feb 03, 2010; 1 Comment

    The Reina Sofia is the most famous museum in Madrid, and one of Spain’s best museums. Four floors of modern, contemporary and post-impressionist art, it would require you to spend days inside to see it all. But most people come here for one thing ... Read more »

  • Tasting wine next to a volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii

    Tasting wine next to a volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii

    Jan 31, 2010; Comments Off

    Hawaii may be the last place you’d expect to find a winery, but on the Big Island, just a few minutes drive from Volcanoes National Park, that’s exactly what you’ll find. Volcano Winery offers wines made from both grapes and indigenous... Read more »

  • Diving with sharks in South Africa

    Diving with sharks in South Africa

    Jan 30, 2010; 1 Comment

    Gansbaai, about two hours east along the coast from Cape Town in South Africa, is considered the Great White shark capital of the world due to its high concentrations of the shark in the waters just off shore. There are dozens of companies that offer... Read more »

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