In many ways, Egypt is one big museum featuring numerous sites of religious, cultural and historical importance. Gay vacations to Egypt can include everything from browsing open-air souks, cruising down the Nile, visiting old-world temples, exploring ancient cities, trekking across the desert on a camel and standing in awe of the Great Pyramids of Giza, to shopping in modern, cosmopolitan cities and lounging on white sand beaches. From the burial...more
Visitors to Spain will find a high level of acceptance and a welcoming atmosphere nearly anywhere you travel in the country. This is due in part to the legal equality granted to the LGBT community in Spain, including the right to marry, the right to adopt children and the promise of equal legal treatment on a level that America's LGBT community continues to struggle for. Because of this welcoming environment, Spain is a top pick for gay...more
Traveling has always been a love of mine. My father was an airline pilot so luckily I had the good fortune of flying for free for much of my youth. In fact, up until I turned 23 (the age when most airlines restrict non-revenue fliers like myself I spent pretty much every weekend in a new city. Most trips were spontaneous, but a few were planned. Most of all, I just loved getting out across the country and seeing places I'd never seen before. And if I could stay with someone at my destination, a friend or someone I new, it was all the better for the budget. Here are a few trips that stand out in my mind as being particularly wonderful.Right after I was married, my sister in law and I wanted to explore a region of the country we'd never visited; the South. So we planned a trip to Charleston, South Carolina and set off on a weekend of walking and discovery. I loved that city-it was so historically rich in so many wonderfully old places to visit. We spent some time trying out the good food and wearing holes in our shoes walking the city. We even took a tour of a local plantation complete with a boat ride around an old rice field. It was a very interesting and entertaining...more
Germany is well-known for its thriving LGBT culture and for having large communities in each of its larger cities. One of the many reasons that gay vacations to top LGBT hotspots like Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg and Cologne are favorites with tourists from all over the world. As home to many world-famous Pride festivals, particularly in...more
A list of the Great American Novels and good bar stool reading that everyone should read if they consider themselves a true American. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee never again gained as much praise and success as she did than with the publication of “To Kill a Mockingbird” and its successful Oscar-winning film from 1962. Based...more
A list of the Great American Novels and good reading for bar stools that everyone should read if they consider themselves a true American. Gravity’s Rainbow One of the toughest Great American Novels, and the longest, “Gravity’s Rainbow” is the elusive, dense, and mysterious opus from the strange and clandestine writer Thomas Pynchon. The book is a weaving, epic, postmodern tale that touches on so many different themes and characters that it is often hard to keep track of them all. At its core, “Gravity’s Rainbow” is about the production of V-2 rockets by the German military and a mysterious device called the “Schwarzgerat.” It is not an easy read, and many have found it to be “overwritten and obscene”, making it one of the more controversial books in the canon of Great American Novels. Pynchon came out of hiding in 2006 to publish another epic novel entitled “Against the Day” which many readers have praised just as highly as “Gravity’s Rainbow.” The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow is one of the lesser read authors in this list of Great American Novels and their creators. Bellow’s classic, “The Adventures of Augie March” is...more
A list of the Great American Novels and good bar stool reading that everyone should read if they consider themselves a true American. The Catcher in the Rye You can’t say you have lived until you’ve read J.D. Salinger’s “The...more
A list of the Great American Novels and good bar stool reading that everyone should read if they consider themselves a true American. The Grapes of Wrath Another novel about America’s Great Depression, “The Grapes of Wrath”...more
Each year the University of Kentucky entices thousands of visitors to Lexington for school sponsored sports, shows, and cultural entertainment. Many visitors grab a front row seat to the action when they visit Lexington Universitys own Wildcats. ...more
Welcome to the web site of Camping Planik - Camping Croatia in oasis of untouched nature and peace of century old pines. Photos and words will lead you through Razanac area and help you feeling a little of original nature beauty and...more
Thailand is a tropical country in southeast Asia, located southeast of Burma and bordering the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea. Thailand is known for its delicious food, culture, temples, and beaches, which makes it a desirable vacation spot. In...more
As you can probably already see by visits to your local mall, everyone is beginning to prepare for the Christmas season (although Halloween has not yet passed). Whether this you find this an egregious travesty or find it convenient to begin preparing...more