Bucharest: Feisty city, rich history
BUCHAREST, Romania – On a Sunday morning in Bucharest, I knew just what I wanted to do: I wanted to go to church. I also wanted to go down to the Old City, visit a few museums and buy a warm pretzel from a sidewalk stand. But mostly I wanted to go to church.
A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be no cost to eligible passengers, who would no longer have to remove their shoes and belts before they board flights.
Sea-Tac’s Alaska Airlines is adding two cities and subtracting one from its repertoire of East Coast cities it serves from the Puget Sound area.
ISTANBUL — The sea of Marmara shimmered to my right, a pod of dolphins played improbably in the ferry- and tankers-choked Bosporus strait, and minarets pierced my jet-lag fog on my first Istanbul evening.
QUALITO ISLAND, Fiji — We were dozing on the sand at the edge of the bluest lagoon I’d ever seen when suddenly I remembered. The snorkel trip. Grabbing our masks we rushed to the dive shack, catching the skiff as it was pulling out for the ride to the far side of the lagoon.
Elbe business owners can stop holding their breath. And travelers passing through the small community 17 miles from the main entrance of Mount Rainier National Park can stop holding their bladders.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Gene Autry I wasn’t. Barely an hour into an all-day trail ride, my hiking boots felt like ovens and my baseball cap barely shaded my face.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Virtual visitors to Mount Rushmore can now explore more remote areas of the memorial than some who see it in person.
The eighth-annual beer-tasting festival attracts brewers and beer lovers from across the Northwest.
HOBART, Tasmania – Last March, I embarked on a mini-road trip around Tasmania, the island off the southeast corner of Australia that is about the size of West Virginia.
PASADENA, Calif. – It’s 1922, and nothing much is up in Pasadena. Not among the orange groves, not along the leafy streets. Just as the little old ladies like it.
1. Pick the right program. You want a relationship with the airline that offers you the most convenient flights. Generally, it’s best to pick the largest carrier at your hometown airport.
Come Christmastime on Kauai, Auntie Josie Chansky and her husband, Joe, turned their home into a beacon of Mele Kalikimaka spirit.
LOS ANGELES — You know them as the folks who make you take off your shoes and bark at you about liquids and gels. But Tuesday, the TSA Chorus made hearts light at Terminal 4’s American Airlines gates as they performed for passengers caught up in the extra madness of holiday travel at Los Angeles International Airport.
NEW YORK – Before you board a flight this holiday season, think twice about stuffing that carry-on full of gifts to avoid a checked bag fee. You might get charged anyway.
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