Taking a deep breath, I feel the warm onshore breeze gently whisking through my hair. For a second, I almost forget I’m not alone. I am shaken back to reality by the joyful laughter. Who knew people from different corners of the world could have so much in common, yet be so different all at the same time?

Some travelers are beach people, wanting the sand-and-water experience under palm trees. Others are city travelers, preferring the excitement and diversity of entertainment that a metropolitan vacation offers.

Context, organiser of critically acclaimed walking tours, expands its program in Budapest with Politics, Conflict, Culture: Contemporary Budapest in Context, a new, topical Tour in the Public Interest that offers visitors and locals alike the chance to understand more about Hungary’s current political situation.

April 7. 2014
Maybe the last dance of Miss Aurora this season... Beautiful and clear sky, and colours of sunset and auroras, at Roksøyfjord, Sortland in Vesterålen, Norway. The last pictures of aurora last year was exactly at the same date of this year.

One of my favorite restaurants in Grand Rapids is part of the Gilmore Collection, called the Blue Water Grill. It’s in a lovely setting, on Versluis Lake on North Beltline.

There are over 11,000 ‘beaches’ in Australia - that is approximately 2,000 Aussies per beach but if you weed out the ones that don’t swim, those who don’t like sand, those for whom it is too hot, or those for whom the water is too cold, and those who can’t be bothered, why there is a bloody good chance that if you turn up early in the morning, you

Paris is an amazing city to be in. The food is great, the smells are (usually) great, and the sights are unparalleled. But when you find yourself on the metro in need of something to take your mind off of the mass of bodies that threatens the safety of your personal bubble, I recommend turning your music up and your consciousness of the hordes around you ‘off’.

Florida Culture for the Week of April 7 By Josh Garrick

Now through April 27 – The TRUE Story of Three Little Pigs

The National Cherry Blossom Festival started in Washington, D.C. this year from March 20. My friends and I were excited to enjoy the spirit of spring brought by the blossoming trees.

We had a nice day, two days ago. These pictures were taken 80 meters behind my house, where I live in Hognfjorden, Sortland, Northern Norway. There was a calm sea in the fjord, and great sunshine over the mountains. This led to excellent reflections on the water.