Travel Freak

The Italic citizens not renounce holidays. And indebitano for 300milioni euro since last year to now, while leaving for the agognate holidays. This is the portrait of a country according to the study of UniCredit Consumer Financing, as we refer colleagues from Soldiblog that for any reason in the world intends to waive at least a week summer possibly in hotel and travel by air.

The survey notes that from January 2007 to March 2008 expenditure exceeded 300 million euros and that the peak occurred in the three summer months of 2007, confirming months in August as the highlight for the holiday of Italians. But the debts were made also in the first quarter of 2008 +14.4% in loans for vacation according to data Assofin.

They wonder borrow money to pay first the hotel (over 25% with an average expenditure of 200 euros) and second place undue you for the purchase of air tickets of both companies flag, is low cost, for which spend on average 189 euros per strisciata, with a weight of the total of 24%, followed by travel agents, whose percentage is about 13% and whose payments reach the tip ‘high in July and August.

I have resisted throwing down this small post, linked to that of Sara on new World Heritage Sites, because the photographs of butterflies Danaus plexippus, which we ordinary mortals know as Monarch butterfly (mariposa stands for butterfly in Spanish) are really spectacular and why, have included the Mexican reserves of Mariposa Monarca, in the Mexican state of Michoacan, among the sites protected by UNESCO of humanity, makes me more tolerant toward gender homo sapiens.

If you think that exaggerating try to talk with the North Americans, as if Mexicans have protected one of the most important breeding areas, the Americans and Canadians should not be less given that (from wikipedia)

Monarch is the  insect national State dell’Alabama, Idaho, Illinois and Texas, and the national butterfly in Minnesota, Vermont and West Virginia. In 1989 she was named national insect” in the United States of America and insect national of Canada.

These butterflies do the incredible crossings from Canada and the United States up to these eastern highlands where Mexican breed during the winter period. The concentration of Mariupol’s in these areas is incredible if it is true that it is estimated that more than 14 million butterflies are reflected in all and half a hectare of surface. A set ideal for photographs or movies of its kind National Geographic.

Return the XI edition of Canalarte Serino (Avellino), the exhibition of street artists and local dell’artiginato annually held in stardine Channel, a fraction of Serino.

From July 18 to 20, 2008, will be twenty-three groups that will perform during the event, from afternoon until late in the night, attracting tourists from all over the Campanile region and beyond, for three days of folk music, food, art and folklore . In addition, as part of the exhibition Cartesian, will be held on 19 July, the competition of painting extemporaneous Alleys and glimpses of Channel and an exhibition of painting, The colors of Channel, edited by Giuseppe Pelosi.

From tomorrow 8 aircraft of the ATR-72 series aircraft dellacompagnia Cuban Airline Caribbeans farano the shuttle between Varadero, one of the most popular tourist destinations Cuban, and Punta Cana on the island of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic side, a good news for lovers of the seas Caribbean.

This ad is part of the strengthening of regional flights (where the region is that of the states and islands that insist on the Caribbean) by the Cuban, which end in June increased the frequency of flights to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, side poor on the island of Santo Domingo.

Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny & Gary Burton, Alicia Keys, Cassandra Wilson, Caetano Veloso, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Brad Mehldau, REM and Italian Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani, Paolo Fresu and Mario Biondi, are just some of names of those present to 35esima edition of Umbria Jazz, which will take place from ‘11 to 20 July in the historic centre of Perugia.

The scenarios are the Arena Santa Giuliano, outdoors, and the Teatro Morlacchi and the Teatro Pavone for purists of’ acoustic and jazz. With about 250 events, there will be fun!

For more information, visit the official website of the event, while, after the jump, you’ll find a video of ‘2007 edition!