1. Aruba
Granted, there’s not much of a connection between Thanksgiving and this Dutch-owned Caribbean isle, but it’s certain that giving thanks for all of life’s little pleasures is made infinitely more effortless when kicking back on the turquoise shores of tropical paradise. Boasting glorious weather nearly year round (Aruba is safely situated south of the [...]
10. Harry Lime and Anna Schmidt from The Third Man
The Third Man is not a movie you would probably ever think to watch on Valentine’s Day. It’s defiantly not a “chick flick”. The Third Man is essentially a film noir. You have an American writer(Joseph Cotten) chasing down his old friend and black market profiteer, [...]
No. 1: Vienna, Austria
Mercer score: 108.6*
2008 rank: 2
GDP: $325 billion (2008 est.)**
Population: 1,664,146 (total city); 8,210,281 (total country)
Life expectancy: 79.5
No. 2: Zurich, Switzerland
Mercer score: 108
2008 rank: 1
GDP: 309.9 billion (2008 est.)
Population: 1,307,567 (total city); 7,604,467 (total country)
Life expectancy: 80.85
No. 3: Geneva, Switzerland
Mercer score: 107.9
2008 rank: 2
GDP: $309.9 billion (2008 est.)
Population: 438,177 (total city); 7,604,467 (total [...]
Best time to go: Rainy season is from November to March around Rio.
Rio was described by Darwin as ‘more magnificent than anything any European has ever seen in his country of origin’.
It is certainly blessed with an idyllic setting, lying on Brazil’s Atlantic coast close to the Tropic of Capricorn, with more than 80 kilometres [...]