Outside the door to one of the wine shops in our neighbourhood is a small inconspicuous box. Here you can put your cork stoppers for recycling. We do it. And many French people also, because France is the leading cork stopper recycler of the world with around 45 million stoppers handed in and recycled every
Month: December 2021
(CNN) — The first thing it resembles — this private, manmade island, straddling the Adriatic Sea and the Venetian lagoon — is a Bond villain’s lair. The second — as you dock at the private pontoon, walk past the Brutalist concrete façade, and into a “control room” where staff watch monitors tracking the waters around
Coffee is the essential fuel of any fire station, what with the long and unpredictable hours and the need to always stay alert. But, all too often, the coffee consumed at fire departments is less than inspiring. So, it makes sense that some enterprising firefighters/coffee enthusiasts would start businesses that satisfy their longings for better
New crystals from Irish company Waterford have joined over 2,000 sparkling triangles covering the ball that drops over New York’s Times Square every year, days before the countdown to 2022. “We’re here today replacing 192 of the Waterford crystal triangles on that ball behind me with a new design, ‘the Gift of Wisdom,'” said Jeffrey
A teaser trailer for a multi part series documenting the epic road trip adventure Louis and 14 heroes embarked on driving 9000 miles across the USA in a school bus in late 2011 These road trip videos are dedicated to our friend Marcus Hughes-Hallett who sadly drowned on a family holiday in 2012 Please Like/Fav/Subscribe
Editor’s Note — Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening and closing, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay, and other travel developments. (CNN) — Certain American citizens living or traveling abroad will be able to return to the
In this article JBLU AAL UAL Delta Airlines and an American Airlines planes taxi away from their gate ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 22, 2021. Brian Snyder | Reuters Airlines cancelled more than 300 flights Sunday as disruptions from the omicron variant of Covid-19 continued to
Photos Courtesy of Viking Cruises Debuting in January 2022, the new Viking Octantis will explore Antarctica and the Great Lakes, as Viking announced it has taken delivery of Viking Octantis®, the company’s first of two new purpose-built expedition ships. The delivery ceremony took place on a recent December morning, 2021, at Fincantieri’s VARD shipyard in Søviknes, Norway.
Your favorite bottle might be hard to find, but you can still pop the cork on New Year’s Eve (or any eve!) when you look to other regions If the current and predicted Champagne shortage has you reaching for your smelling salts (or CBD stress reliever), don’t despair: there are plenty of other options for
Editor’s Note — Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening and closing, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay, and other travel developments. (CNN) — Perhaps surprisingly, fewer than 10% of the 6,852 islands making up the Japanese archipelago
Kopi Kenangan has raised $96 million in a Series C funding round that valued the company at more than $1 billion. The round was led by Hong Kong’s Tybourne Capital Management, with participation from existing investors that included Li Ka-shing’s Horizons Ventures and Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital, among others. Kopi Kenangan said it plans to
(CNN) — It has been a tough few days for some air travelers here at the Christmas rush. As of 5:15 p.m. ET Monday, more than 2,800 flights were canceled as Covid cases surge around the world. Of those, roughly 1,000 were within, into or out of the United States, according to FlightAware. And that’s
The restrictions will lift on December 31 at 12:01 a.m. ET, the officials said. News of the lifted restrictions was first reported by Reuters. President Joe Biden ordered the restrictions in late November on the advice of his public health officials, cutting off most travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo | EPA | Bloomberg | Getty Images The federal government should consider requiring Covid-19 vaccines
(credit: Patrick J O’Brien) A stay on Kiawah Island combines South Carolina’s charm with an oasis of natural beauty along with five championship courses designed by the world’s leading golf course architects. The island is home to a per capita income of $168,369, the highest in South Carolina, as well as 10 miles of beaches
Champagne may be in short supply, but these pros says you can have your bottle and drink it, too! Some 22 months into a pandemic, you’re probably well-versed in and very tired of global supply chain issues from cars and computer ships to construction materials and IKEA parts (me, six months with the empty shell
Editor’s Note — Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening and closing, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. (CNN) — As Omicron grips the world, the only person enjoying frictionless global travel this Christmas
Iranian officials have signed an agreement with Sri Lanka which will enable the South Asian country to pay off its debt to Iran via tea exports. Iran’s deputy trade minister Alireza Peymanpak signed a memorandum of understanding on the proposal with the Sri Lankan plantations industries minister Navin Dissanayake earlier this week in the Sri
(CNN) — Ever since the movie “Moana” first hit theaters, 8-year-old Mathias Pascal from Cuxac-d’Aude, France, has dreamed of visiting the land of “Vaiana” — the name for the ebony-haired heroine of the 2016 Disney blockbuster in its French release. “He watched the film ever since he was little, and I’d tell him, sure, one
Start exploring Devon & Cornwall with Lonely Planet’s video guide to getting around, when to go and the top things to do while you’re there. For more travel tips, head to https://www.lonelyplanet.com/
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