We sold everything we owned to travel the world after the kids left home
9/30/2018, 6:14:31 AMWhen their sons left home, Janice Horton and her husband James, both 58, decided it was time to fulfil their dreams of giving it all up to go globe-trotting ✔ We’ve now been right around the whole world twice! The first time we circumnavigated the Earth it took us several years, but the second took us a little over six months ✔ You can read more about Janice’s adventures on her website, Thebackpackinghousewife.com
Actress Kim So-hyun hosts new travel show set in California
9/30/2018, 7:45:58 AMundefined ✔ Before then, I was mature for my age and tried to look like a grown up ✔ When asked about her favorite place in the U.S., Kim chose Warner Bros ✔ Because This is My First Twenty airs on Fridays at 5 p.m. via YouTube, Facebook and Naver TV and at 8 p.m. on the Lifetime channel
Sip Sip Hooray! Here's our pick of the 10 best travel cups
9/30/2018, 3:52:57 AMWe’d like to pretend it’s just because we’re eco warriors and we want to go green, but we also love a beautifully designed cup that we can carry on our commute with pride (or just stick in the car … ✔ Guaranteed to make your Monday mornings just that little bit cheerier… Hot stuff thermal mug – I don’t work here, Ban.do, £11 – Buy now Studio Note - Softly Graphic Travel Mug, Amazon, £12.99 – Buy now Tropical Palm Bamboo Travel Mug, RexLondon, £9.95 – Buy now Salvador Dali ceramic travel mug, Tate Shop, £15 – Buy now Hot stuff thermal mug – More coffee please, Ban.do, £14 – Buy now Thermal Mug - Make Mine a Double, Amara, £16 – Buy now Bumble bee ceramic boxed travel mug, Cath Kidston, £12 – Buy now Bonnie The Bunny Bamboo Travel Mug, RexLondon, £9.95 – Buy now Thermal Mug - Navy Stripe & Bee, Amara, £16 – Buy now Parrots thermal flask, Sara Miller London, £15 – Buy now Photography: Pixeleyesphotography.co.uk Stockists: Ban.do (Bando.com), Cath Kidston (Cathkidston.com), Sara Miller London (Saramiller.london)
Holidays: You have to do this annoying thing if you lose something at the airport
9/30/2018, 4:06:49 AMHOLIDAYS are a time when travellers pack all sorts of belongings with the fervent hope everything will make it back home in one piece - but happens if you lose something en route at the airport? ✔ Lost property is registered within 24 and 48 hours of being found at an airport ✔ The item is then kept for three months (90 days) before being discarded ✔ Earlier this year, a travel expert revealed the answer to never leaving anything behind while travelling
Tui hand luggage: How much baggage can be taken on the plane for free?
9/30/2018, 3:08:32 AMTUI, once known as Thomson Airways is one of the most popular airlines in the UK offering flights. But how much hand luggage can be taken onboard for free and what is the restriction for baggage? ✔ Tui: Only hand luggage is free for passengers on the airline, up to 5kg (Image: Getty) A small handbag or laptop bag must fit into the hand luggage suitcase and cannot be brought onboard separately ✔ British Airways and EasyJet, however, come out on top for free luggage in the cabin with weight limits of 23kg and unlimited kilograms, respectively
This purpose-built ski resort in La Plagne is the most exciting ride for kids
9/30/2018, 2:19:28 AMON paper, it makes no sense. Paying good money to be ferried up a hill, in the snow, so you can swoosh back down immediately after. And then you do it again. All day. But sometimes the crazy things… ✔ Once you are in a certain area, all the runs lead back to the same place, so getting lost isn’t such a problem ✔ But going on my experience, don’t be scared to leave it late either ✔ See today's best travel deals Get email alerts of the best deals straight to your inbox
Culture, tourism forum explores new BRI cooperation
9/30/2018, 2:03:33 AMundefined ✔ Other participants in the discussion included the heads of several international cultural and travel enterprises, such as The Walt Disney Co, Thomas Cook and Worldland ✔ Tourism provides opportunities for cultural exchange, as tourists can access the delights of local values, traditions and philosophy when they meet locals and explore the destination
All aboard in Ontario
9/30/2018, 3:58:05 AMMICHAEL KNOWLES learns to sail on a luxury cruiser in the Rideau Canal ✔ The lock system on Rideau Canal looking towards the Ottowa River (Image: Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images) I GENTLY decreased the speed of the boat and edged towards the middle of what seemed like a perilously narrow channel of water cutting through a line of trees ✔ It was one of the most breathtaking sights I had ever seen
Boeing 747: 50 years of the 'Jumbo Jet'
9/30/2018, 5:09:04 AMFifty years ago, Boeing unveiled the 747 for the first time. BBC Future looks at the career of the plane that shrank the world. ✔ With such a layout a 747-400 can carry around 416 passengers, but the absolute record for a 747 was in an operation carried out by the Israeli Air Force to airlift Ethiopian Jews in the early 1990s ✔ Boeing says it expect freight-carrying models to keep flying for at least another 20 years
Dragons Den's Peter Jones 'furious' after Holly Willoughby quit his brand Truly
9/30/2018, 6:42:11 AMHOLLY Willoughby reportedly left Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones “furious” after deciding to quit their lifestyle brand Truly just weeks before its launch. The mum-of-three admitted… ✔ Truly 6 Holly Willoughby told Peter Jones that she would be quitting lifestyle brand Truly this week Holly will then front Dancing on Ice again when it returns in January ✔ To launch a brand needs total dedication and at the moment, with so many other commitments, this is not something I feel I can do without it starting to affect my family time at home
No-deal Brexit would stall the NHS medical revolution | Jeremy Farrar
9/30/2018, 5:28:55 AMWellcome’s director offers a stark warning about the trust’s future in the UK ✔ Will he need to look to new territories, with huge regulatory changes, for new collaborations ✔ Listen / Walking the Brexit tightrope at Labour conference – Politics Weekly Sorry your browser does not support audio - but you can download hereand listen https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2018/09/26-51111-gdn.pol.180926.podcast.mp3 00:00 / 31:39 Sorry your browser does not support audio - but you can download hereand listen https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2018/09/26-51111-gdn.pol.180926.podcast.mp3
Does the law hear women?
9/30/2018, 1:36:36 AMThe Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week illustrated America's need for big changes to our laws to better protect women, writes Diane Rosenfeld. ✔ MUST WATCH In 4 hours of testimony, Ford stuck to her story 03:46 Diane L ✔ This was, in fact, recognized by the Supreme Court as gender-based animus in violation of the Violence Against Women Act ✔ Tragically, he murdered the girls with a gun he purchased that night
Why it's time to start putting down our phones and putting pen to paper
9/30/2018, 3:28:45 AMTHINK about your day so far. A few texts from friends? A quick email to your boss? An extra item added to the shopping list on your phone? Yep, it’s all type, type, type. Digital communication is n… ✔ Despite a third of us saying we haven’t received a handwritten letter in the last 12 months*, putting our romantic feelings on paper is back on trend, even forming the main plot of the hugely successful Netflix Original To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before
Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden exit Gwyneth Paltrow wedding
9/30/2018, 7:21:22 AMThe 46-year-old actress looked exhausted as her 39-year-old rocker husband took the wheel while leaving the A-lister's mansion in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York. ✔ Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden led the star parade exiting Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk's wedding ✔ Cameron sported a white coat as Benji wore all black including bow-tie ✔ The catering truck that was seen on the grounds was Olivier Cheng from NYC ✔ Brad has two children - Brody and Isabella - with ex-wife Suzanne Falchuk, who he was wed to from 1994 until 2013
I Moved To China But Left After 90 Days
9/30/2018, 2:23:08 AM3 Sexual Assaults in 3 Months ✔ It was a cross between a muffled guttural scream and pleading for him to stop ✔ I went out with this man who claimed to be a professional snowboarder, which honestly should have already been a red flag ✔ This post was created by a member of BuzzFeed Community, where anyone can post awesome lists and creations
Brexit Meltdown: The Inside Story Of Theresa May's Desperate Fight To Save Her Chequers Plan (And Her Job)
9/30/2018, 2:23:07 AMThe Conservatives will promise “opportunity for all” at their annual conference this week, but in Downing Street the only real question is how to get their own MPs to back their hated Brexit plan. ✔ It was a Friday morning in late July, and the Conservative chief whip Julian Smith was in his North Yorkshire constituency meeting members of his local Tory association about Brexit ✔ Staffers were told by the chief-of-staff to expect that a deal with the European Union would be agreed at a special summit in mid-November, a person who was present at the meeting told BuzzFeed News
A graphic history of the rise of the Nazis
9/30/2018, 6:32:36 AMAs nationalism and antisemitism rise again, four graphic novels on pre-war and wartime Germany offer salutary lessons on how quickly politics can turn to poison. We spoke to their authors ✔ He knew almost nothing about the city beyond what the copywriter at this university press had to say about it ✔ Is this a coincidence or does it have a wider significance ✔ It is a reminder that we don’t live in a historic vacuum, that we carry these pasts in us even when we haven’t lived through them ourselves
She Paid A Lawyer Thousands Of Dollars To Apply For A Green Card. She Got A Deportation Order Instead.
9/30/2018, 6:13:38 AMEdith Duran fell victim to one of the most common and effective frauds that play off the hopes and fears of vulnerable undocumented immigrants: The “10-year law.” ✔ At 17, she got a tourist visa and traveled from her hometown, Zacapa, Guatemala, to New York City ✔ After arriving in the US in 2002, she decided to start a new life ✔ The Hechts prepared the asylum applications without regard to the truth or falsity of the information, the lawsuit said
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