Rising to a height of 49 feet from the center of Lanzarote — fourth largest of Spain's Canary Islands — is a unique sculpture that is part of the island's Casa-Museo del Campesino y Monumento a la Fecundidad (House-Museum of the Farmer and the Monument to Fertility). Attractions include a museum of local handcrafts and a restaurant inside an underground volcanic cave.
Dear Globetrotter:
Welcome to the 535th issue of your monthly foreign-travel magazine.
The closing of borders worldwide due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic led to the canceling and postponing of countless travel plans. ...
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Following is an excerpt from DL Shearer's letter.
"Along with my sister and her grandson (his first cruise), I was scheduled to depart on a 7-day cruise with Holland America Line (Seattle, WA; 877/932-4259, hollandamerica.com), round trip out of San Diego and visiting Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta, on Saturday, March 14. ..."
In this issue, we continue our series of reader-submitted On-the-Road Travel Tips (each followed by my own comments) that make the travel experience work better for you while actually traveling. Have one to share? Write it up in no more than 125 words (OK, the rules can be broken once in a while) and send it in. See the end of this column for where to write.
At press time, active COVID-19 infections had been confirmed in 188 countries and territories, with more than 26.5 million cases and, out of those, more than 872,000 deaths. The country with the most confirmed cases was the US, with 6.2 million. It was followed by Brazil (4.1 million), India (3.9 million) and Russia (one million).
An explosion that occurred at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 4 killed at least 220 people and injured thousands more. The explosion damaged and destroyed buildings throughout the city, leaving nearly 300,000 people homeless. It also destroyed the country’s largest grain silo, wiping out most of its food stores.
