There’s nothing like a good walk when you’re traveling to let you unwind and get to know a place. Of course, there are walks and then there are walks. Or, rather, hikes. Here is a…
Hiking Around the World: 10 Awesome Trails
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Crisis Mode: Should You Avoid the Eurozone?
If you’ve seen any newspaper, news website or news program this week you’ve surely seen the headline “Eurozone In Crisis.” These are tumultuous economic and political times in France, Greece and Spain and the repercussions…
This Week in Travel and Health
As much as we all love traveling and exploring the globe, sometimes it doesn’t always go quite as smoothly as we’d like. And these past few days have given us some prime examples of the…
The Franco Fen Phen
Those of us who were practicing medicine back in the mid 1990’s recall the amazing “miracle pill” Fen-Phen, a combination of two drugs called fenfluramine and phentermine, that resulted in rapid weight loss. Its popularity…
Travel Bulletin Southern Europe: Wave of Libyan Refugees May Wash Ashore
As a desperate power struggle unfolds in Libya, its neighbors fear hundreds of thousands may flee across the Mediterranean to seek asylum in Italy, Cyprus, France, Greece, Malta and Spain. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini…
Travel Bulletin France: Al-Qaida Threats and Crippling Strikes
Saudi Arabia warned France that it is the target of an imminent Al-Qaida attack, French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said on October 17th. Saudi intelligence reportedly informed the French government that “France in particular” is…
Trapped in Traffic: China Highway Spawns Mega Jams—No World Record, Yet
It’s back. That 60-mile long traffic jam on the road from Beijing to Mongolia, cleared by authorities two weeks ago, has reappeared. Latest reports put it at 75 miles long. The stated cause of the…
Bastille Day around the World
While Bastille Day is a decidedly French holiday, it is celebrated in many parts of the world. According to Wikipedia, Belgium, Hungary, South Africa and the UK all have events scheduled. Here in the United…
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