Get into the Yuletide spirit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston .  The annual MFA for the Holidays event will take place Wednesday, December 2-Sunday, December 6.  There will be musical performances each day, ranging from a concert by the delightful Boston Children’s Chorus (Wednesday, December...

Amsterdam’s 400 km (250 miles) bike lanes make the city cycle-friendly and safe. Bike lanes or fietspaden are easy to recognise because they are wine-red and run along the right side of the road. They are indicated by a sign of a bike painted on the path or by a traffic sign showing a bike Read...

Amsterdam is the city of antiques, diamonds, art and sex shops. A city sprinkled with specialist shops that sell anything from hand-made candles to mosquito nets. Amsterdam’s best shops are in charming canal houses and in pedestrianized streets. Quirky-named shops beg your custom. Eva Damave, 2e...

Pushing your way through crowds, catching your flights, driving in heavy traffic – all these are part of Thanksgiving travel. There’s another aspect of traveling during this holiday that everyone must pay attention to, though, and that’s staying healthy. It is flu season, and the H1N1 virus (a.k.a....

The Back Bay is one of Boston’s most exclusive neighborhoods  and one pretty fabulous place for  Christmas shopping. There’s something for everyone here,  from the swanky designer boutiques on  Newbury Street (Map) to the dozens of major chain stores that fill   Copley Place (2 Copley...

Wanna go alligator hunting? Then head for the Florida Everglades. If you are an outdoors type person and you enjoy the sport of hunting as I do, you should sign up for one of the alligator hunts that are available. These hunts will provide you with a full time, very experienced guide that has accumulated...