Gratitude at every latitude: Our year of traveling gratefully (USA Today) As we head into Thanksgiving Day during a year filled with travel nightmares record flight delays, appalling airport gridlock, endless flight cancellations the travel staff pauses to give thanks for things that went right in 2007....more...AirAsia?s inaugural Kuching-Macau flight today (The Borneo Post) KUCHING: AirAsia?s inaugural flight from Kuching to Macau is today and to mark the historic event Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) in Malaysia give each passenger at the Kuching International Airport a bag of souvenirs and tourism information on Macau....more... Preserving the hunt (The Fayetteville Observer) Boyce White still recalls the days of his childhood when he couldn?t wait for the sun to rise. He?d wake his father in the darkness, begging for a ride to the family?s woodlands where the boy would spend all day playing among tall pines and the cover of broomstraw, ferns and cattails....more... Escape the winter blues (Guardian Unlimited) Travel: From honeymooners to adventure seekers, our experts help readers find their perfect festive getaway...more... WHAT'S DOING - November 18, 2007 (Lancaster Online) TODAYOrgan concert, Daryl Hollinger, St. Peter's United Church of Christ, 816 Buchanan Ave., 2 p.m.; free. Call 397-8912.Concert, College and Community Orchestra, Leffler Chapel, Elizabethtown College, 3 p.m.......more... A few words about the romance of words with Elizabeth Little (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Elizabeth Little didn't have young siblings to play with. She had languages instead. "I had to amuse myself," she said. "Languages sort of became my hobby."...more... Eat before you board or bring your own (Pioneer Press) Airline food has gotten so bad that Padma Lakshmi, cookbook author and host of "Top Chef" on Bravo, often heads to the airport with a container full of spinach leaves and leftovers like grilled chicken, along with a separate container of dressing....more... Advice to the Hungry: Bring It Yourself (New York Times) New dining choices at the nation?s airports offer an alternative to the dried-out turkey sandwiches or unappetizing snack boxes the airlines sell on most domestic flights....more... Miami: stopover city (Daily Telegraph) Once little more than a trading station, this Florida port is now the major staging post for the Americas. Whether you want to laze or live it up, Paul Wade shows you how to make the most of the city....more... |