Vacation Dreams

Tag: September 2002

  • New Wine Trail Guide for the Heart of England

    Bet you didn’t know that England, yes, England
    as in the UK, produces wine!

    Heart of England Fine Foods and Heart of England Tourist
    Board have just produced a new brochure outlining vineyards to visit in
    Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

    Some 95 vineyards, located throughout the UK, are open
    to the public and a number of these are in the Heart of England region.

    ‘The Wine Trail' lists a number of
    vineyards at Astley, Frome Valley, Bodenham, Coddington, Halfpenny Green,
    Tiltridge, Lulham Court and Wroxetter.

    Many vineyards are in beautiful parts of the region,
    making it viable to tie in a visit to a vineyard with a trip to another
    attraction.

    For further information or a copy of the ‘The
    Wine Trail' contact HEFF on 01746 785185, Fax: 01746 785186, or E-mail:
    office@heff.co.uk

    Source: Britain
    Express

  • Globetrotter Travel Award

    Under 30?

    A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested
    in a £1,000 travel award?

    Know someone who is?

    We have £1,000 to award each year for five years
    for the best submitted independent travel plan.

    Interested?

    Then see our
    legacy page     on our Website, where you can apply with your plans for
    a totally independent travel trip and we'll take a look at it. Get
    those plans in!!

  • MEETING NEWS

    Meeting news from our branches around the world.

  • Welsh Language

    The other day, a group of London based Globetrotters
    started talking about slang and direct translations from one language
    into another. This lead to Olwen, a Welsh language student, telling one
    of us of a Welsh colloquialism that made us laugh.

    In Welsh, the word Microwave becomes a microdion, and
    an oven in Welsh slang is “Popty.” So guess what’s a microwave?

    It’s a “Popty Ping”

  • Have you got a tale to tell??

    If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell.
    Then why not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website
    and share it with the world. Travel Sized Bites

  • New York:

    A change of date….on October 19th,
    we have yet, another interesting guest speaker!! Liz Ferber will be doing
    a picture show and presentation about some of her favorite exotic locations,
    with an in-depth look at some of their most special features. Highlights
    will include: India, Peru, Africa, and Thailand, specifically: Northern
    India, the Andes mountains and Cusco area, Senegal and the Gambia in West
    Africa, and the Andaman Sea, food in Chiang Mai, and the best chicken
    in Thailand!

    Elizabeth Ferber is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The
    New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, and
    several other publications. She is the author of ten books, is a graduate
    of Barnard College and received her Master's Degree in Education from
    New York University. She is the President of Design Alternatives, a firm
    specializing in environmentally-sustainable interior design. She currently
    lives in Katonah, New York with her husband and two children. Together,
    they travel to the ends of the earth as often as possible.

    New York meetings are held at The Wings Theater, 154 Christopher
    Street (btw Greenwich St and Washington St), to the right of Crunch Fitness,
    in the Archive on the first Saturday of each month from 4pm -5:30pm. $8.00
    for members, $10.00 for non-members.

  • Mutual Aid

    Ben, from the US asks: does anyone have a good idea
    for a small, inexpensive hotel, apartment anywhere on the Riviera where
    I can stay for a few weeks in February 2003? I will be on the Costa del
    Sol during January and take the train to France. My plan is to fly to
    Paris early in January and return to USA sometime late in February. In
    between I will travel by train. To contact Ben, e-mail him on: BenDukes@msn.com

    John from Wales says he is planning his first trip to
    south west China. Can anyone tell him the best time to travel is in the
    Spring? Has anyone any experience they can share with John? If so, please
    e-mail John on jjd2428@hotmail.com

    Marie from France asks if anyone can help her find a
    website concerning accommodation in monasteries. If anyone can recommend
    any websites or other info and contacts, please contact Marie on: mariegus@club-internet.fr

    (Marie, the Beetle says as one suggestion, you search
    on Paradores in Spain as these hotels are often based in coverted old
    forts, castles, convents and monasteries.)

    Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a
    place or country – want to share something with us – why not visit our
    Mutual Aid section of the Website: Mutual Aid

  • Cheap anti-malaria drug 'closer'

    Doctors aiming to make a cheap and effective malaria
    drug available across Africa have been awarded a $1.5m grant by the Gates
    Malaria Partnership, based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
    Medicine, which was established with $40m from the Bill & Melinda
    Gates Foundation in 2000.

    Experts will look at the best way of using the anti-malarial
    drug Lapdap. Tom Kanyock, manager of product development for TDR, said:
    “It appears that Lapdap would offer a safe and effective low -cost
    alternative to the drugs currently available. Both drugs which make up
    Lapdap have been around for a long time, and used for other things”.

  • Ontario:

    On September 20, Bruce Weber & Hoang Nguyen will talk about: “Impressions
    of Vietnam” (with slides). Bruce, the first-time visitor and Hong
    returned after 15 years. We will also have some Visiting medical students
    talking about: “Secrets of Bavaria”

    For information on Ontario meetings, please contact: Svatka Hermanek:

    shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca
    or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259.

    Meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March, May,
    September and November. Usually at the Woodsworth Co-op, Penthouse, 133,
    Wilton Street in downtown Toronto at 8.00 p.m.

  • Sahara desert frontiers turn green

    Satellite pictures of northern Africa show that areas
    lost to the Sahara desert during decades of drought are turning green
    again. Analysis of images show deserts retreating in a broad band stretching
    from Mauritania to Eritrea, according to research in British magazine
    New Scientist. The driving force behind the retreat of the deserts is
    believed to be increased rainfall. This helping to transform thousands
    of hectares into productive fields – where nothing grew just a decade
    ago.