Cuban visitors get to enjoy relax and sightseeing while on vacation, but they should not forget to try local foods.  If you study the history of Cuba you would find out that the Taìno-Arawack Indians introduced to the new settlers two of the island’s most found crops: corn and tobacco.

Another bountiful food product on the island is fish: red snapper, tuna and shrimp.  Having said this, the obvious statement that is trying to be made is that these are probably going to be the most likely ingrediants in a local dish.  Shrimp and other types of fish are something you’ll want to try along with boniatos (white sweet potatoes), malanga (pinkish beige yam), and hot chillis.  For fruits you may want to try papay, coconut, pineapple and guava (pomegranate).

There is a lot to love about Philadelphia.  Start with the awesome location : half way between New york and Washington, still close to the New Jersey shore.

Think soft pretzels with musturd,  italian ice, and of course Philly stake.

Don’t miss it for the 4th of July Independence Day, one of the best celebrations in USA.

Philadelphia offers a family fiendly historic district on the eastern side of center city.

The national constitution center, the Liberty bell pavillion, the Betty Ross house. The museum of art and the italian market.

You’ll find plenty of history here but nightlife as well. Philly people are among the most proud of their city and traditions.

Philly has a very peculiar appeal on family and adults, on Europeans and USA travelers.

This city has been splendid during the affirmation of the cult of Asklepio God of Medicine, in the IV century b.C.; it was also an important trading center between the V and the II century when decayed completely because of one long roman empire’s domination.

Anyway something precious remains to remember its gold age: if you walk into its ancient theatre, majestic monument able to accommodate 14,000 places, you can live a full immersion in the glorious past of Epidauros. It’s considered a symbol of theatricalism and still today in the summer weekends (July and August), you can listen concerts and view at shows of prose, representations of classical tragedies and a festival of ancient greek repertory.

The acoustic of the theatre is so perfect that from the top of the flight of steps it’s even possible to feel the breath of the actors. But your peculiar day in the ancient’s Greece atmosphere it’s not still at the end: you must absolutely go and visit the Sanctuaries of Asklepio: during tha antiquity they were very active and “miraculous” centers of cure, something between our modern Beauty farm or Wellness center where came prescribed therapeutic diets and an hospital because ill people went to sleep inside one of the temples waiting the recovery action of the god.

And now we also can recover ourselves going to a good restaurant to eat souvlakia, tzatziki, keftedes, melitzanosalada and tharamosalada and to have a good glass of wine (Krasi), the sacred drink of Dioniso and then we’ll go to find an hotel in the near Nauplia. But this is another story.

We all know Tokyo is a metropolis, a very large and populated city.
Tokyo is actually formed by 26 different cities, (go figure) plus (it does not end here) 5 towns and still 8 villages.
Imagine the contrast, the colors, the life of this crowded, big, busy, city.
Did you know Tokyo actually has two airports? But you need to try the trains! Even if you don’t plan to see other cities there is a big train line, going all around Tokyo, touching suburban areas and popular tourists destinations, connected to subways etc.
You’d need to try that. Trains are very fast, extremely clean and always on time.
And indeed there is so much to see and to do. If you are shopping for elettronics ( where better than here?) Akihabara is the place to go.
Talking about shopping…Prada has an “atelier” here. It is actually a six story building!
Shibuya if you’re up for culbs and nightlife.
Asakusa to immerge yourself in the atmosphere of the antique Tokyo.
From there there are so many temples to visit and markets on the street, museums and hot springs and spas.
Relax and take your time, Tokyo requires time but it’s unforgettable.

It is currently under construction the biggest hugest hotel ever. Where? Dubai.
It will count something like 29 000 rooms, which will accomodate about 10 millions of tourist each year.
They plan to open in 2010, this hotel will incorporate the current biggest hotel, it will loose the Guinness having only a mere 6500 rooms.
Don’t have a picture yet for this one. But I can’t wait to find one.