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Italian Greyhound

The grace and hunting instincts of a greyhound… in a smaller size. The Italian greyhound is the smallest of the sight hounds. Historians believe that the breed developed more than two thousand years ago in the Mediterranean basin. Likely sites for the breed’s origin include Greece and Turkey. The miniature greyhounds appear in art and architecture dating back at least two thousand years. The breed became prominent in the sixteenth century. Across southern Europe, miniature breeds rose in popularity with the upper classes — the greyhound’s popularity in Italy earned the breed its name. English, Italian, Prussian, Russian, and Danish … Continue reading →

When Was the Last Time You Rode a Greyhound?

Okay, I’ll go first. It was 1990. I was in college traveling to my aunt and uncle’s for Thanksgiving and the ride that would have taken 2 hours by car took almost 5 hours by bus. But, that wasn’t the worst part. The most horrific part of the trip had nothing to do with the ride itself; rather it was the 30 minute wait at the bug infested Greyhound bus terminal that made me turn to my school’s ride board for subsequent out-of-town trips. Yup, I ditched the dog after that trip. And really it wasn’t just the bugs, the … Continue reading →

Wild Rides

And you thought your last flight was memorable… Adventure seekers looking to take the ride of their lives have reason to celebrate today. VirtualTourist.com just released its Top 10 list of Unique Rides. Forget about jet planes, massive ocean liners and pimped out cars, the following modes of transport are wilder than anything you have ever boarded. Take a look: KENYA Ostrich rides are all the rage in Nairobi, Kenya. The big birds recently knocked the elephant off the list of most popular rides. According to tour operators, the ostrich is the animal equivalent of a unicycle and riders might … Continue reading →

Saving on Summer Travel: Take the Bus

Not just any bus… How would you like to travel from New York to Washington — and back — for less than the cost of a candy bar and a can of soda? Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well, brace yourselves budget conscious travelers—-it’s the real deal. A new company called BoltBus is offering tickets from the Big Apple to D.C. for as low as a $1 each way. The super cheap price is an attempt to lure summer travelers away from trains, planes and their own automobiles. I guess I should inform you that there is … Continue reading →