Following in Dutch airline KLM’s footsteps, British owned Thomson Airways has announced that it is going green[er] by making use of used cooking oil for their flights to Mallorca, Spain. This hallmark change will take effect beginning the twenty eighth day of this month and comes as a surprise to many travelers accustomed to traditional fuel-run aircrafts. The flights will take off from Birmingham, United Kingdom and will run 50% on cooking oil, which has been known for years as being able to power cars and trucks. KLM has announced that it will begin using this blend of half cooking oil and half jet fuel in September 2011 for their Amsterdam fl... read more

It could take years to discover the many cultural treasures Budapest and there are many ways to see the sights of this city.  Budapest has a lot to offer even to those with limited time for exploring. ParliamentBudapest’s parliament hall is the largest on the continent, with 700 rooms and 12.5 miles of corridors, all richly adorned in gold leaf and statues of Hungarian kings. The exterior is equally impressive; the neo-Gothic building stretches for 300 yards along the bank of the Danube and the main dome rises 315 feet.  When Parliament is not in session, tours take visitors through the Congress, Assembly and Delegation ... read more

First of all, what is Travelgrove? It is a travel search engine that searches for cheap flights , travel deals, rental cars, cruises as well as hotel rooms and vacation packages and does this using a lot of different websites across the internet.  The booking process is pretty easy as you only have to introduce your departure and arrival city and dates once. Then they take you to a page where their meta-search collected and put into one single list all the offers of a dozen other websites. This means you don’t have to go through all travel sites to see their offers, but the whole thing is in front of you in one list.I found i... read more

Meninas Boutique Hotel, the hotel in the center of Madrid with less rooms, has developed some thematic Christmas works in its facade to celebrate Fifth AnniversaryIT IS ALREADY CHRISTMAS TIME IN MENINAS HOTEL FROM MADRID Meninas' team has decorated the front of the hotel in a very imaginative way The objective is incorporating the facade to everyday life as architectural downtown symbol  Barrio de Palacio's residents are very happy with the decorationThe symbol of Santa Claus, the most international Christmas icon, has already reached Meninas Boutique Hotel. A group of funny Santa Claus figures bring out its fa... read more

Pierre Le Guennec, a retired electrician in southern France, who previously worked for the artist, says he has 271 previously unknown pieces done by the artist. The collection of lithographs, cubist paintings, notebooks and watercolors is estimated at about 60 million euros. The 71-year-old Guennec said Pablo Picassso gave him the works as gifts, however the estate’s administrators filed a case for alleged illegal receipt of the works. Guennec installed burglar alarm systems at the artist’s numerous homes in France during the three years before Picasso passed away in 1973. In September, Guennec approached Picasso’s s... read more

During a training mission in Pachi Wagam district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, a gunman in Afghan police uniform opened fire and killed six NATO service members. The gunman was also killed in the incident and local officials believe the incident was not premeditated, but instead came from a misunderstanding; it is being investigated by joint Afghan and the International Security Assistance Forces (Isaf). Zemeri Bashary, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry, said the gunman was an actual member of the border police and not a fraud as Taliban insurgents have dressed as police to attack actual officers. The soldiers who wer... read more