Archive for Category: "France & Belgium"
What’s New in Paris in 2012: A Girls’ Guide to the City
Paris remains an eternally popular destination and for good reason. To find out what’s new in the city of light, Peter sat down with GirlsGuideToParis founder Doni Belau. Peter Greenberg: I know that you’ve lived in Paris. It’s always such word of mouth when people are going to Paris. Everybody has their favorite restaurant, their favorite [...]
Voluntourism Spotlight: Restore French Castles
Each Thursday we highlight an new experience from our extensive listings of volunteer travel (a.k.a voluntourism) opportunities. Check back each week for a new voluntourism spotlight and tune into Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio this weekend to hear even more about this opportunity. If you want to preserve France’s history and architecture, then La Sabranenque, a non-profit [...]
Video Travel Tip: Cell Phone Etiquette
Will you be the subject of angry glares if you answer you cell phone? If you’re in a foreign city, it’s entirely possible. A study by the University of Surrey compared cell phone users in Madrid, London, and Paris. It found very different cell phone usages in all three of those cities. Turns out Parisians [...]
Video Travel Tip: Olympic Planning
The Summer Olympics 2012 in London are just around the corner, and it’s already time to start planning if you want to go to the prestigious games. It’s not always easy to book rooms, airfare or tickets to these events, but we have some suggestions to help make the whole process a little bit easier. [...]
Video Travel Tip: Paris Museums
Although many Americans automatically think of the Louvre when preparing for a visit to Paris, there are so many other museums and galleries with amazing culture and imagery to last you days in the City of Lights. Start your tour right across from the Louvre on ‘Quai Malaquais’ where you will find dozens of independent [...]
Video Travel Tip: Rollerblading Through Paris
For visitors to Paris, a stop by the Eiffel Tower is a mandatory excursion. But what many visitors don’t know is that there is more than one way to experience Paris’ most famous icon, like seeing the glittering lights of Paris… on wheels. Peter shares a unique Eiffel Tower experience that is sure to go [...]
Radio Guest List–Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome–October 29, 2011
Just in time for Halloween, Cruise Critic‘s Carolyn Spencer Brown shares something really spooky. Forget ghost stories. For a real fright, imagine the scariest things that have happen to cruises out at sea. On Saturday, October 29, Peter sits down with travel experts as well as Parisian guests as he broadcasts his radio show live [...]
International Travel Gadget Reviews: Phones, Wi-Fi, GPS
Mixing a vacation with field-testing technology can be a risky proposition, but our gadget guy Phil Baker braves the dead-zones to offer his pick for the new phones, GPS and other devices worthy of being included in your carry-on. I just returned from a vacation to France, where I accompanied my wife who performed in [...]
