Showing posts with label Honeymoons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Honeymoons. Show all posts

Friday, May 2, 2008

Epicurean adventures

Question: Hi Kate, My fiance and I are thinking about doing a food-based trip for our honeymoon. Do you have any suggestions? Thnx

Answer:
Food Tourism is becoming increasingly popular and it is no surprise. One of the best parts of traveling abroad is enjoying the local cuisine. (I still fondly recall a raspberry pastry I ate in France almost a decade ago!). There are many different kinds of culinary adventures to choose from, but here is a quick list of options to get you started.

- Interested in going to India and/or Malaysia to taste a wide range of vegetarian foods? Check out the vegetarian culinary tours offered by Veg Voyages.

- Want to participate in a cooking workshop where you learn to prepare local delicacies? Consider a hands-on culinary adventure with The International Kitchen.

- Do you and your spouse want to go on a more activity-based trip, like skiing in Europe or cycling in England but want specialty diet foods along the way? Check out the vegetarian organic food vacations offered by Vegetarian Vacations.

- Want to stay closer to home? Why not try a culinary/yoga retreat with the Conscious Gourmet and learn to prepare vegetarian, low-carb, or raw foods - or sign up for a several day workshop in Colorado with A Cooks Kitchen.

You can also do what my husband and I did and find a one day workshop in almost any country or major city with the help of google. It is a nice way to spend a day of your vacation!

Monday, March 24, 2008

We are interested in taking a Volunteer Honeymoon but don't know where to start - help!

What a great thing to do! I hope this excerpt from my book helps:

Volunteer Vacation
While definitely not for everyone, a great way to make a difference while getting to travel abroad is to take a volunteer vacation (as an added bonus, most trips are either heavily subsidized or are tax deductible). Companies like Cross Cultural Solutions do not require any previous experience and offer 1 to 12 week programs working in clinics, homes for the elderly, schools and day care centers around the globe. For slightly pricier but extremely exciting trips, look at the Earth Watch Institute expeditions page, where you can search by date and continent to find a wide range of trips, from collecting butterfly data in Vietnam to documenting folk song sand dance in Russia. Along similar lines, the fair trade site Global Exchange offers reasonably priced educational “Reality Tours” to politically complex countries like Cuba, Brazil and China and, for the brave of heart, volatile areas like Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea. Finally, Cheap Tickets offers a number of Volunteer Vacation deals which you can view by clicking here :Cheaptickets Volunteer Vacations.