Tripaddiction Travel Blog

Dinner with Friends in Buenos Aires.

We think that private home dinners are a great way to live like a local, if only for a night. In Buenos Aires, Dan Perlman, an American expat, and his partner Henry Tapia will prepare a five-course tasting menu for you in their Recoleta apartment.

Michael Palin Explores Eastern Europe.

We think John Cleese is the funniest man in the world.  In an interview a couple of years ago, they asked him what one thing he would want if he were stranded on a desert island.  His answer?  Fellow Monty Python member, Michael Palin.

Palin’s BBC travel series – Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Himalaya, and Sahara – confirm Cleese’s good taste.  Palin is a charming, insightful guide with a delicious sense of humor and an inveterate sprit of adventure.

Roundtrip Air to Europe from $398.

Aer Lingus is having a sale. You’ll need to act fast – tickets must be purchased by 11:59PM ET on January 29, 2008 – for travel between February 1 and March or April, depending on the gateway.

Mid-week fares from the east coast start at $199 each way. From the west coast, they’re $239. Add $15 per segment for weekend travel.

Rule 240 -- Insider Secret or Over-Hyped Hooey?

This month and next, Fine Living is broadcasting "Top 20 Travel Tips." Coming in at number two is Rule 240, a secret, get-out-of-jail-free card that travel insiders use to make their troubles disappear.

Or is it?

Bird's Eye View of Belfast.

For the past couple of years, Dublin has been everyone's darling.  A big infusion of Euros made the formally gloomy capital glamorous.  But Belfast – 100 miles to the north – is really coming into its own.

Those who equate the city with violence and unrest will be pleasantly surprised.  Even the British Army has withdrawn (after 38 years).  Readers of the Guardian and Observer voted Edinburgh their Favorite City in the U.K.