by Beth Holmes | Apr 18, 2023 | International, News, Places On Our Bucket List
River Seine may finally see real progress in a major cleanup as the 2024 Olympics approach, making outdoor swim races a possibility for the first time there in over a century. River Seine, in its course through Paris, is one of the most famous, painted, and...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 10, 2023 | Places On Our Bucket List, Politics, Travel
A tourist tax is being considered in Hawaii, to offset the impact of millions of visitors a year. According to Hawaii governor Josh Green, between nine and ten million tourists come to the islands every year, many times the meager 1.4 million population of the state....
by Beth Holmes | Apr 4, 2023 | International, News, Places On Our Bucket List, Politics
Louvre staff are blocking tourists from entering, closing the museum as a part of the wave of French protests against government pension reform. In March, the French government forced a bill through Parliament without a vote, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 13, 2023 | Art & Culture, International, Places On Our Bucket List
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris should reopen to visitors at the end of 2024, six years after being ravaged by fire. In the afternoon of April 15, 2019, fire broke out in the timbers below the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral, above the vaulted stone ceiling within....
by Beth Holmes | Feb 27, 2023 | International, Places On Our Bucket List
Venice canals are drying up as oddly low tides continue, damaging the tourist trade and causing obstructions. Central Venice is car-less, with only pedestrian plazas and an intricate grid-work of canals for transportation. Even emergency services in this area are...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 22, 2023 | International, Places On Our Bucket List, Politics, Travel tips
Machu Picchu is open again to visitors, after the Peruvian government reaches an agreement with political protesters. For over two months, protests demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and much of Peru’s Congress have paralyzed the region,...
