Word: winterizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact, it is precisely because so much of the tourist industry slows down during the winter that so many travelers are attracted to the off-season. The low season is a blessed chance to eavesdrop on real life in a spirit of calm and privacy. Even the cities lose their summer affectations. "People get a better feel for Parisian life," says Nicole Roques-Lagier, press attache for the Paris Tourist Office. "They see people going about their daily business, much more so than in the summer, when the French themselves are on vacation." It is easier to get a table...
...those in search of festivity, the off-season is one long calendar of celebrations. There are rituals of planting and harvesting, the autumn wine festivals in Burgundy, the pre-Lenten carnivals of Venice and Portugal, the Vienna winter balls. In most countries, while summer is reserved for rest and recreation, the main cultural and social season runs from fall to spring. Vienna's opera and symphony seasons open with daily performances in September and last until June, while La Scala in Milan runs from December through June. The London theater season offers some of its freshest performances and premieres...
...risks of the off-season occasionally yield an unexpected reward. Travelers are well advised to pack an umbrella and waterproof shoes -- but it may just turn out that they aren't needed after all. There are few pleasures greater than Indian summer in November or a pale, warm winter week after Christmas in which to savor the sights that in summer are all too often lost...
TRAVEL: For many Americans, Europe is a winter' s tale...
...crowds and crush of summer, more Americans than ever are savoring Europe' s low season, when highways are passable, museums unpopulated, the natives more restful, and the cultural season is in full swing. For cost- conscious travelers in search of peace, privacy and a glimpse of real life, the winter months are the time...