When I first visited Prague back in the early 1990s it still had a bit of that Eastern European feel to it. You could walk a few blocks away from the Charles Bridge and find a genuine communist cafeteria that served unidentifiable gruel for about 50 cents. It was kind of neat for westerners to experience life on the other side of the Iron Curtain in a city that is nothing short of beautiful.
Flash forward to today and you’ll have a hard time finding any evidence that Prague was once under the Soviet sphere. Seemingly every American who has ever dreamed of becoming a writer is there right now working on their first novel while they earn beer drinking money by being TEFL teachers. The old grungy charm has been replaced by a hip new attitude.
That isn’t to say that Prague is not worth visiting. It clearly is. The historic downtown is one of Europe’s jewels and a look at its famous castle should be high on anyone’s travel list. The prices have gone up, the crowds have poured in and the gruel is gone, but Prague is still very, very nice and when you can fly to Prague for cheap you should take advantage while you can.
If you are a child of a certain era and your parents were 
Isn’t it kind of funny that every year around the middle of March when St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated people start coming out of the woodwork claiming their Irish heritage? Ireland and its people have a good name in large parts of the United States and many a traveler has enjoyed warm visions of what it would be like to spend some time in Ireland.
A modern city, steeped in history, situated in a beautiful setting and replete with an awesome nightlife, Barcelona, Spain is a must-see for travelers of all ages and all interests. Modern Barcelona is Spain’s second largest city and arguably its best. The capital of Catalonia, Barcelona’s founding dates back two thousand years. Situated on the northeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the Mediterranean sea, Barcelona is a cosmopolitan city that has benefited from contact with global traders throughout the centuries.
With round-trip ticket prices from parts of the United States to London hovering around the $300 range, now is an excellent time to book yourself on a flight to the United Kingdom. Ticket prices generally start edging up in the spring and then they explode into the expensive atmosphere come summer.
In this mixed up, mumbled up, globalized world of ours, it only makes sense that an airline from India has the best deal on flights from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany. Air India is starting to become a player on the global air carrier scene and that is good news for bargain travelers. The airline currently is dishing out flights from the American heartland to the middle of Europe for less than what it costs to fly coast-to-coast in the United States.
There is a reason that Copenhagen is consistently named as one of the best cities to live in: it rocks. The city is super clean, super safe, super friendly and, well, just all around super. All of the charms that are so appealing to those who live there are also fully on display to travelers paying a visit to Denmark’s capital.
By its very nature travel is an intensely enriching experience. It challenges you to learn new things and it exposes you to different ways of life. Spending time in another culture often tells us more about ourselves than anything else. One of the best ways to experience the personal growth that comes with travel and to really get to know the people and culture you are visiting is to spend an extended time there and to become more than just a person with a backpack passing through.
People of a certain generation will undoubtedly remember the Brady Bunch episode where the whole family goes to Hawaii for a vacation and Greg wipes out while surfing because he was wearing a cursed idol around his neck. It is a legendarily cheesy episode and it is one that made me want to go to Hawaii when I was a little boy.
For an island that is merely 30 miles long and 10 miles wide and with the highest natural point a mere 15 meters above seas level, Cozumel has a lot to offer. The popular vacation destination located off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula has an incredible amount of biodiversity and some of the best scuba diving you can find anywhere in the world.