Friday, April 2, 2010

PImail (Travel) for 4/2/2010

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A safari on Scotland's Isle of Arran
Arran, about an hour's ferry ride off Scotland's southwest coast, measures just 56 miles in circumference, earning the oft-repeated moniker "Scotland in Miniature."

Picturesque town makes you think of New Orleans, but smaller
Natchitoches, a picturesque town that provided the backdrop for the 1989 movie "Steel Magnolias," is a venerable jewel set in northwestern Louisiana, where the Deep South intersects with the colonial flavors and traditions.

Celebrating the end of winter in fine style -- with hearty starkbier
Munich is full of fascinating things to see. Starkbierzeit, or "strong beer time," the end-of-winter celebration that has mostly escaped the spotlight of tourism marketers and travel magazines, is a tasty way to experience the city.

The beauty of quiet explosions
Louisiana's Hodges Gardens State Park, an extensive horticultural garden and wildlife refuge, which civic leader Andrew Jackson Hodges Sr. opened to the public in 1956, has long been a destination for nature lovers.

Shaving costs of summer travel to Hawaii
Often daunting -- especially since the costs can't be split across several people the way renting a condo or car can -- airfares to Hawai'i from Northern California are showing a little more leeway in pricing this summer than last.

 

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