spring travel

Everybody’s Polish on Dyngus Day

Dyngus Day is a holiday like no other and Buffalo is the absolute best place to celebrate it. No, that’s not me being biased — this really is the best place to celebrate (sorry Cleveland). For one day after the Lenten season, Polish-American communities get together for all-out revelry. There’s food, music, dancing, drinking, and …

Everybody’s Polish on Dyngus Day Read More »

Scenes from Semana Santa, Antigua Guatemala

By Becky / Travel Guides for International Destinations

Imagine being woken up at 5:30 in the morning because a marching band is outside your window, the sound of cymbals and sousaphones clanging in your ear. Only three and a half hours earlier, I had been outside, painstakingly helping my neighbors prepare an intricately designed alfombra, or “carpet” for the street. It was Semana Santa — …

Scenes from Semana Santa, Antigua Guatemala Read More »