Month: May 2020

Broadway Q and A

Travel Article
Eliza

One of New York City’s top tourist activities is taking in a show at a Broadway theater. The Broadway scene is renowned as the undisputed best in America, and in the world rivaled only by London’s West End in terms of English language theater. With so many stellar options on offer in one small area, it can seem impossible to pick just one show to see.

How Do You Choose a Show?

Manhattan’s Theater District has more than 40 large theaters, not counting the smaller so-called “off-Broadway” venues, with all of them holding performances every evening Tuesday through Saturday, plus Wednesday and weekend matinees. Some shows, such as “The Phantom of the Opera” and “The Lion King”, have run continuously for decades, a definite sign of success. Others are revivals of older works that were hits in their day. For recommendations of newer shows, there are numerous online resources on …

Is It Better To Travel With Family Or Friends

Travelling Alone
Eliza
Is it Better to Travel with Friends or with Parents? - lauren on ...

I imagine that each of us have reasons why we desire to journey alone or in a group. I need to hear your opinions.

In much of the world, solo travellers – and single folks generally – are seen as unusual, even a bit unfortunate. But travelling alone, you might find yourself the recipient of generous invites to individuals’s homes for dinner. So do not feel bad – simply roll with it, and exhibit your free-agent status by providing to take a household’s photograph at a big sight, as an illustration, or sitting close to a chatty gang at a bar.

I’ve been talking to National Geographic about a documentary journey series format I’ve written that’s part cultural commentary, part social experiment. It may see me moving round Australia and then on to Berlin, Jaipur in India, rural Russia, to Northern Tanzania and beyond. It can be a wild and …