Word: holidaying
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...music," gushes Kissin. "For Verbier, I drop everything," agrees violinist Chang. So powerful is the attraction, the performers waive their usual fees - an artist of Chang's wattage can command upward of €20,000 for a single performance - and settle for what amounts to an expenses-paid working holiday. Not even their agents are complaining. Stephen Wright, managing director of IMG Artists U.K., says, "Verbier has an atmosphere of music making as it should be. Artists need that to keep going, as much as they need food and drink - and their big fees the rest of the year...
...enter as many raffles for free gear as is humanly possible. It is near impossible to leave such an event without at least one bag with a giant vendor logo filled to the brim with such items, which one can then distribute to friends and family as birthday and holiday gifts. If your significant other asks what the “3-Com” on the stainless steel coffee mug means, just tell them it’s your new pet name for them...
...German tabloid Bild, which suggested that Stefani had "spaghetti for brains" and challenged Schröder to "Nix Bella Italia." Playing to a German national pride that's taken a pounding during the endless economic slump, Schröder announced that he and his family would be enjoying their holiday ... at home. Grow up, guys. Europe's differences are supposed to be a source of strength. But all it takes is a couple of atavistic turns of phrase to remind everyone that petty prejudices live on - and that politicians and the press are still willing to exploit them. After Schr...
...Despite the difficulties of visiting the most Plutonic of all continents, nearly 15,000 people a year make the schlepp. Antarctica stands at the lofty apex of adventure travel; it is the loudest of holiday boasts. Ninety-seven percent of its visitors depart from the southernmost Argentine port of Ushuaia, where about 20 international tour operators sell cruises on 100-meter ice vessels, each carrying about 100 passengers. Other trips leave from Christchurch, New Zealand; Hobart, Tasmania; and South Africa's Cape Town. All offer a beguiling array of experiences from close-up views of mothballed whaling stations to courtesy...
...WRAP UP Brace yourself for Antarctic fun with a visit to this site, which gives real-time and historical weather data. Would you believe winds of 200km/h and temperatures as low as -80?C? Are you sure a beach holiday isn't more your thing...