Carnival of Cities: Travel Tips and Destination Details

The Vacation Gals are happy to host this edition of the Carnival of Cities!  We have quite a
diverse collection of interesting posts this week. From travel tips to destination details, there’s bound to be something for everyone wanting to check out a new city. Got the travel bug? Well, read on…hopefully, at least one of these posts will spark your curiosity, and get you thinking about adding a metropolitan destination to your “I want to go to there” list.

Digerati Life presents Visiting The Russian River With Family and Friends posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thanks!” There are some really lovely photographs in this one, folks.

Sheila Scarborough presents Steps to revitalizing a downtown: thoughts from Huntsville, Texas posted at Sheila’s Guide To The Good Stuff, saying, “Here’s how one place in Texas handled a moribund downtown; one project at a time, and persistence.”

Ricki EnRoute presents You Don’t Have to Be a Museum Fan to Be an Art Fiend posted at Travel Blog – Tripbase, saying, “Some of New York’s greatest art is outside!” having lived in NYC for a number of years, I’d have to agree.

Alex Garmendia presents Southern College Town Review posted at The Good Life, saying, “Thanks for the inclusion last time!” Yeah, it’s not about one city in particular, but his research is admirable. I liked this one!

Zhu presents Old Beijing | Correr Es Mi Destino posted at Correr Es Mi Destino, saying, “Beijing thrives as the political and cultural capital of China but it also kept its roots and traditions.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents An Unmagical Night of Magic (a Las Vegas Limerick) posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog. I don’t think she liked the David Copperfield show…

Roger Elmore presents 10 Best Amusement Park Resorts posted at Hospitality Management Schools. True, it’s not about one city, but hey– 10 cities is even better, am I right?

GrrlScientist presents Purppura Päivänkakkaraa posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, “It’s amazing how one flower image can also provide a lesson in linguistics (and slang) as well as show how the Google Translate algorithm is programmed to cheat.”

Thailand Breeze presents Thai Festivals posted at Thailand Breeze.

Austin Morgan presents Interview with a Thai Twenty-Something Who Has Lived in Chicago, Yokohama, and Bangkok posted at Foreigners Finances, saying, “Chris who has lived in Yokohama and Chicago and now lives in Thai shares stories about growing up speaking 2 languages and traveling the world.”

Jack Norell presents Discover Tarragona’s Roman heritage posted at Eyeflare – Travel Articles and Tips, saying, “Looks can be deceiving. To the uninitiated, the town of Tarragona, on the coast of Catalonia in Spain, is little more than an everyday port neighboring the tourist resort of Salou and the famous Port Aventura theme park. Yet 2000 years ago this was the site of a Roman metropolis and the most strategically important urban center in the Western Roman Empire.”

Anne-Sophie Redisch presents Dubai’s Terminal 2 posted at Sophie’s World, saying, “Dubai Airport Terminal 2 – take-off point for the world’s hot-spots. Something exciting about that!”

Dominique King presents Restoring Warner Theater to former glory in Erie, Pennsylvania – Midwest Guest posted at Midwest Guest, saying, “The lovingly restored Warner Theater in Erie, Pennsylvania, is a gem of architectural and motion picture history.”

Juliemarg presents 7 Happy Hour Spots in San Francisco posted at Fun Things to Do, saying, “A fabulous guest post from my friend Annika Mattsson.” This is a post I’ll keep handy for the next time I’m up in San Francisco.

Jennifer presents Gulf Islands National Seashore posted at Two Kids and a Map. Her love of this US National Seashore is evident in this well-written post.

Mary T presents Teens Love Bostons Fenway Park posted at Travel With Teens and Tweens, saying, “You can’t visit Boston for long without getting a sense of the town’s pride for its sports teams. No where is this felt more strongly than at Boston’s Fenway Park which opened in 1912 and is still going strong as America’s oldest ballpark in active use. Get your tickets well ahead of time but don’t miss this American classic”

Tim Leffel presents Cheap Travel USA: Las Vegas posted at Tim Leffel’s Cheapest Destinations, saying, “Vegas is a better deal now than it’s been for close to a decade.”

Mary Jo Manzanares interviewed the props master for Cirque du Soleil‘s KOOZA, in Las Vegas and touring North America, for Planet Eye Traveler. He told her that his favorite tour stop so far was Santa Monica, California.

Mike presents Michael Wolf and the Architecture of Density | magical urbanism posted at magical urbanism, saying, “German-born photographer Michael Wolf documents the extreme densities of Hong Kong. His series ‘Architecture of Density’ rarely contain images of people, instead letting the extreme scale of the buildings remain as the focus. The images are stunning, though I’m not quite sure how to react. It’s overwhelming to view the scale and enormity of the buildings, and then realize that people live there. The post-modernist in me wants to decry the lack of humanity in the high rises. But these images aren’t hopeless. After all, we created those buildings, right?”

There you have it! Thanks for stopping by. Have your own travel tip or destination detail? Feel free to submit your own blog post to the next edition of the Carnival of Cities.