http://blog.thereareplaces.com Things Travelers Need To Know Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:35:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en France was hit by a 24-hour rail strike that has influenced system wide capacity, although the strike has not affected international traffic. See this source for more information if you will be travelling by train in France today. On another front, unionized janitors in Germany have gone on ... http://blog.thereareplaces.com/?p=289 Hurricane Rick appears to be headed in the direction of Los Cabos, a popular winter resort area on the southern tip of Mexico's Baja Peninsula. Rick may become one of the most powerful Pacific Ocean hurricanes in decades and is currently packing 175 MPH winds, although there is some ... http://blog.thereareplaces.com/?p=285 We have added a search bar to the maps on www.ThereArePlaces.com. As you may know, we overlay these detailed maps from Google with the locations of our recommended best places to visit around the world to help you plan your intinerary when traveling abroad. Recently, Google let us ... http://blog.thereareplaces.com/?p=269 A demonstration is scheduled to take place at the Serbian Embassy in Athens this evening at 6PM. The Serbian Embassy is located in the Ambelokipi neighborhood, near the United States Embassy. The demonstration is in response to the arrest of five political activists in Belgrade on September 4, ... http://blog.thereareplaces.com/?p=266 Over the last two days torrential rains have plagued Istanbul and north-west Turkey. Over 20 people have died and there has been significant damage as a result of flash flooding. Read more about the problem at the BBC. In addition, the flooding has made it difficult to reach ... http://blog.thereareplaces.com/?p=263 Today, the U.S. Department of State issued a travel advisory for the Baja Peninsula related to Hurricane Jimena, a storm that just keeps on going. The advice provided by State should be read by anyone considering travel to Baja in the next week. "September 04, 2009 The Department of State ... http://blog.thereareplaces.com/?p=260 Hurricane Jimena, packing 150 mph winds, is headed towards Mexico's Baja Peninsula. See this article from Bloomberg for more details. Many speculate that the storm will lose strength as it moves over the cold waters surrounding Cabo, but if it does not, it could be one of the strongest storms ... http://blog.thereareplaces.com/?p=257 Amsterdam attracts a lot of visitors and its popularity is reflected at ThereArePlaces by the incredible traffic that we have on our Amsterdam pages. Amsterdam is known to many as a party-town and one which caters to having fun, but if you are going there for tourism, you ... http://blog.thereareplaces.com/?p=252 As many of you know, ThereArePlaces recently added a new section to its website on the Best National Parks in the American Southwest. One of the parks mentioned is Carlsbad Caverns National Park. In our coverage we noted that there is a Bat Program at Carlsbad Caverns as ... http://blog.thereareplaces.com/?p=249 This evening we published the latest addition to our ThereArePlaces website. We have always enjoyed traveling the National Parks in the American Southwest and decided to share our wanderings and recommendations on the best parks to visit in this unique area. We cover Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon ... http://blog.thereareplaces.com/?p=242