Cherry Blossoms, flickr copyright Kiuko
March 4-7: Mendoza, Argentina, bursts with color and music during the National Grape Harvest Festival. After the blessing of the grapes, gauchos in traditional dress parade down the street with colorful oxcarts. Evenings feature lively music performances enhanced by elaborate sets and spectacular light shows.
March 8: Fat Tuesday falls late this year, bringing hope that the weather in top northern Carnival destinations such as Venice, Cologne and Basel will be more favorable. Those seeking warmer climes should head to New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo or Salvador for the most popular celebrations.
March 12: In honor of the traditional cultures of the South Pacific, Auckland, New Zealand, hosts the Pasifika Festival, the biggest celebration of its kind. Attendees can sample traditional foods, shop for handicrafts and contemporary art and enjoy performances of Polynesian dance and music. Various events fill the week leading up to the festival.
.” His lean and lucid prose was instantly appealing, as were his charming memories of his boyhood in rural Portugal and Lisbon. This short book was so good, in fact, that I stayed up late into the night so I could finish it before I checked out in the morning.
which I’d never seen (or heard of, to be honest). I finally watched it the other night. What a pleasure — on many levels. This is the tale of a headstrong young woman, Joan Webster, flawlessly played by Dame Wendy Hiller, who knows from childhood exactly what she wants from life and how to achieve it. As the film begins, she tells her father over dinner that she is going on a trip to the Hebrides, where she is to be married on a remote island to an older, enormously wealthy industrialist. This is news to poor old Dad, who sputters, “You can’t marry Consolidated Chemical Industries!” to which she blithely replies, “Can’t I?” So off she goes on her perfectly arranged trip in a perfectly arranged train compartment with her perfectly packed luggage — including her bridal gown.
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