Vacation Dreams

Tag: August 2003

  • Mutual Aid

    Can you help David and his wife and two young children
    who are planning to travel to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the US, Canada
    and Africa. Can anyone give him some advice on work permits? David's
    wife is an occupational therapist. Also can anyone give David some advice
    on travelling with young children? If you can help, please contact David
    on: david.flower3@ntlworld.com

    The Beetle would like to hear from anyone who has dived
    at Madang, Tufi or Walinde as she is planning a trip there at Christmas.
    Please e-mail the Beetle: beetle@globetrotters.co.uk

    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

  • Meeting News from Ontario

    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.

  • I Want That Holiday – TV Show

    Are you a UK resident, going on holiday in October or
    November, but haven't decided where? Do you fancy letting us plan
    it for you?

    If you want a holiday with a difference then call us
    on 023 80 712568 or email us at iwthol@granadamedia.com
    for an application form.

  • BOLOGNA TOURIST DAY – September 27TH

    September 27th is World Tourism Day. Tourists lodging in
    Bologna will receive a passport listing all services and advantages: discounts
    to museums, restaurants, bars, pubs, local transportation and unusual
    guided tours. http://www.commune.bologna.it

  • Meeting News from Texas

    Globetrotters meeting on Saturday 13th September at 2pm

    The Texas Branch of the Globetrotters Club will meet Saturday Sept 13th,
    2003, 2pm at the New Braunfels Public Library 700 E. Common Street, New
    Braunfels, Texas 830-620-5482

    The September meeting will Feature a speaker from “Friendship
    Force International” for more information, see their website: http://www.friendshipforce.org/

    If you like independent, adventuresome, fun, daring, exciting, “off
    the beaten path” travel, this club is for you. Our meeting begins
    at 2 P.M. Come early so you won't be late! Enjoy handouts, travel
    talk time, and door prizes!

    Dates of future meetings: October 11th, November 8th
    – Mark your calendars.

    For more information about the Texas Branch or help Christina, please
    contact her by texas@globetrotters.co.uk
    or register for email updates at our website (click
    here) or call Christina at 830-620-5482

  • Free London Museums: Theatre Museum

    Five galleries illustrate the history of the performing
    arts in the UK. The collection includes displays on theatre, ballet, dance,
    circus, puppetry, opera, musicals, rock and pop. There's usually a
    daily workshop on performing arts subjects, such as pantomime and making
    a play.

    The museum is found in Russell Street, Covent Garden.

    Open: Tue-Sun, 10:00-18:00.
    Tube: Covent Garden
    Enquiries: 020 7943 4700
    Entrance: FREE admission for individuals.

  • Berlin National Holocaust Memorial

    Building work on a national Holocaust memorial in the German
    capital, Berlin, has begun. The memorial is being built in the centre
    of the city, close to the Brandenburg Gate and near the bunker where Adolf
    Hitler committed suicide in 1945. The monument should be completed by
    May 2005 – in time for the 60th anniversary of the end of the World War
    Two.

  • Write for the Globetrotters monthly e-newsletter

    If you enjoy writing, enjoy travelling, why not write for the free monthly
    Globetrotters e-newsletter! The Beetle would love to hear from you: your
    travel stories, anecdotes, jokes, questions, hints and tips, or your hometown
    or somewhere of special interest to you. Over 7,500 people subscribe to
    the Globetrotters e-news.

    To see your story in cyber print, e-mail the Beetle with your travel
    experiences, hints and tips or questions up to 750 words, together with
    a couple of sentences about yourself and a contact e-mail address to Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk

  • Say No to Flying Fox

    The Pacific island of Guam is known for very high rates
    of a degenerative disease that looks like motor neuron, Parkinson's
    and dementia, but cannot be firmly identified as any of them. Researchers
    believe that this higher than average incidence could be due to eating
    a bat, also known as a flying fox. The flying foxes feed on seed containing
    a chemical highly toxic to human brain cells. When humans eat the animals,
    high levels of the chemical, which had accumulated in the bat tissues,
    was passed on. Flying fox is a delicacy in many parts of the Pacific,
    including Tonga, Vanuatu, New Caledonia.

  • PALERMO'S TEATRO del SOLE FESTIVAL – until September 14TH

    Music, ballet, plays and recitals, comedy and children’s
    theatre and so much more! If you’re near Palermo the first 2 weeks of
    September, stop by and get a feel for the Sicilian summer! Enjoy an evening
    of entertainment in a magnificent piazza while savouring a cool gelato!
    http://www.commune.palermo.it