Kick back at the Flederhaus
Cool hammocks are more associated with Caribbean beaches and backyard swimming pools than they are the stuff of urban northern European. Yet it is in the middle of Vienna, in the Austrian capital's Museum Quarter, that you'll find the Flederhaus. The five-story public structure is like a sort ...
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Koh Panyee’s unusual floating field
Spot Cool Stuff first visited Koh Panyee on a trip to Thailand a few years after the story of the YouTube video below takes place. "Koh" in Thai means "island." But Koh Panyee is an island more in name than reality. The place is more accurately be described ...
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Colosseum vistas from the Hotel Gladiatori Palazzo Manfredi
There's no more iconic sight in Rome than that of the Colosseum. And there's no hotel with better room views of the Colosseum than the Gladiatori Palazzo Manfredi.
At this five star boutique hotel, you can literally gaze out upon the Colosseum while laying in bed or while brushing ...
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The lodge where the safari comes to you
You'd probably expect a lodge named "Giraffe Manor" to have some sort of African decor. You might even guess that a lodge with such a name would be in Africa and perhaps be located within the vague vicinity of where giraffes sometimes roam. But you'd never imagine this ...
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Massive cruise discounts, October 17th through 23rd
It's "The World's Largest Cruise Sale!" Or, at least it's billed so by the Cruise Lines International Association. For the past six years CLIA, the cruise line's trade association, has organized 24 hours of cruise discounts and promotions on one day in October. This year, they decided to ...
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B4YouBoard: Room service for the airport
You just hopped off of a two-hour flight that had no meal service. You are connecting to a four-hour flight, which, of course, doesn't provide meal service either. And you don't have much time during your layover.
In such a situation, how can you get a hot meal? As ...
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