September 2011

Dinan

Exceptionally built on the hills overlooking the river Rance and not along its valley, Dinan is a French destination where the medieval is still alive through the architecture dating as far as the 12th century.

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Strasbourg

Known as the official seat of the European Parliament, its close bond to the neighbor country Germany, for historical residents like Napoleon Bonaparte or King Charles X of France, Strasbourg is a city where culture, history and innovation receive the highest marks.

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Ojai

Thanks to the First World War we now know the town of Nordhoff, California as the quaint village of Ojai that's just outside Santa Barbara and Oxnard, California. Ojai is quite small, just under 4 1/2 square miles--and only 15 miles inland from the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean.

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Chartres

Chartres is best known through its magnificent cathedral, a World Heritage Site and a monument special through its stained-glass windows but also for being a World War I veteran.

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South Pole

The winter wonderland takes a new dimension when you are referring to the South Pole, a unique spot where the immaculate beauty of the snow and the polar ice sheet are freezing down time and the warmth of the sun. Representing one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface, this one of a kind place is the Southernmost point on our planet and the coldest one.

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Thunder Over Louisville

Thunder over Louisville is a name associated to one of the largest annual fireworks display in North America.

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Reims

The traditional site for the crowning of the kings, Reims had a preeminent ceremonial role in the French monarchical history. Its cathedral, the Notre-Dame de Reims commonly associated to Westminster Abbey was severely damaged during World War I but after its reconstruction it became a honored UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Ross Island

Despite its small size, Ross Island, an island formed by four volcanoes is the 6th highest on Earth and the Southernmost island reachable by sea. Home to Erebus, the most active volcano on the ice continent Antarctica, the island features one of the five persistent lava lakes on Earth as well as a never melting ice sheet.

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Lille

Made famous through a legend and in the lyrics of ''Les Chatiments” by Victor Hugo, Lille is a picturesque city which played a major part in the horrific times of World War I. Celebrating its resistance through the Column of the Goddess, the war survivor developed into a great cultural destination and a top educational spot receiving the European Capital of Culture status in 2004.

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Coorg

Kodagu with its English version Coorg has one of the richest coffee agro-forestry systems in the world with almost 270 species of shaded trees. Nicknamed the ''cash crop”, coffee became a characteristic of the Coorg district ever since the 20th century.

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