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    Adventures in Passport Renewal

    By ExperiencePlus! Customer Steve Johnson Wednesday, September 1, 2010 8 PM With less than 24 hours until a scheduled departure to join one of  ExperiencePlus! partner tours (TourzPlus!) to bicycle in Croatia, I started to check-in online for the Lufthansa… Read full article

  • Beet and Feta Salad with Honey-Oregano Vinaigrette

    Beet and Feta Salad with Honey-Oregano Vinaigrette This month Paola invites her colleague, Ellen Brinks, to share her beet recipe. “Beet and Feta Salad works well as a side dish, but easily serves as a main-dish summer salad when accompanied… Read full article

  • An ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tour customer atop Mt Ventoux

    Why I Bike: Episode 8

    Scott Cooley (ExperiencePlus! Customer) It makes me feel like a kid again.  Remember what it was like when you first learned to ride a bike?  It wasn’t only about expanding the size of your world, it was about the feeling… Read full article

  • An ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tour customer atop Mt Ventoux

    Why I Bike: Episode 7

    Dave Forester (ExperiencePlus! Customer): Given my poor golf scores, it is a better use of my time to spend a few hours biking the local byways than searching for small white balls in tall grass. More exercise, less frustration, and… Read full article

  • Keep Your Sunscreen Out This Winter

    Join ExperiencePlus! in Costa Rica Now is the time to plan your escape from cold winter temperatures that are, unfortunately, lurking just around the corner. Costa Rica offers you sunshine, great bicycle rides, tropical rainforests, white-sand beaches, active volcanoes, hot… Read full article

  • Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents

    by Jim Maluso – Reviewed by Monica Malpezzi Price In “Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents,” author Jim Maluso sets himself up as an anti-hero who, instead of aspiring to climb to the highest points on… Read full article

  • Joe Friel’s Health Benefits of Cycling

    by Joe Friel It can be difficult to keep up an exercise program, especially if you don’t see results right away in the mirror or on the scales. After all, the No. 1 reason most people workout is to look… Read full article

  • Discovering Northern Argentina with Javier Lardone

    When I was asked to write about our Discover Northern Argentina bike tours, the first thing that came to my mind was: how do I begin to describe this place? If I could only use one word, undoubtedly it would… Read full article

  • Would You Like a Western Movie with that Spaghetti?

    What do Clint Eastwood, Andalucia in southern Spain, the Italian island of Sardinia and Italian composer Ennio Morricone have in common?  Surely you’ve heard of “spaghetti westerns” – “A Fistful of Dollars,” “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,” “Once… Read full article

  • Summer Couscous with Seafood

    This recipe comes from the kitchen of Paola’s nephew, Claudio Malpezzi and the staff at the Titon Restaurant in Cesenatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Some of you may be interested in the Malpezzi family background to this recipe. Claudio is the youngest… Read full article

  • ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours and Bicycles 4 Humanity

    New Partnership Brings Mobility to Africa In Africa, girls are 70 percent more likely to attend school if their family owns a bike. Healthcare workers can visit up to four times as many patients if they have a bike and… Read full article

  • Cycling and Eating through the Piedmont Region of Italy

    When people ask me what my favorite bike tour in Italy is, I always say Venice to Florence or Venice to Pisa because I think it is such a great introduction to Italy. But, if you were to ask me… Read full article

  • Tour Sustainability and Performance Plan

    ExperiencePlus! strives to consider the environmental and social impact of what we do. Travel is a powerful tool to connect people to new cultures and environments, however if folks are not responsible travelers, we know it can also negatively impact… Read full article

  • Why I Bike – Episode 1

    ExperiencePlus! employees are passionate about bicycling so we thought we’d query them and find out exactly why they ride. Our first responses come from owners, Maria Elena and Monica. If you’d like to share why you bike we’d love to… Read full article

  • A Brief Introduction to Cycling Lingo

    There is no need to buy a plane ticket to experience a new world  –  just take up a new sport. Consider cycling for example:  Ever been to the pain cave? Bombed down a gnarly, technical section full of babyheads?… Read full article

  • Tips on Purchasing a New Bike

    Maybe you were the kid who got a tricycle at age 3 and crashed it 84 times outside your house. Or maybe you were more the type of kid who doodled little bicycles with lopsided wheels when you should have… Read full article

  • Spring Training in Europe’s Stunning Countryside

    Spring Train in Europe’s Countryside Pedal up Mount Venoux or through the beautiful hills of Assisi   Long winters welcome active springs and there is no better motivation for staying in shape during the cold months than planning a spring… Read full article

  • Galileo’s Daughter: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel

    Galileo’s Daughter: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel I read this fascinating book during the last two weeks I spent at my families’ farm in Italy this summer, and I must agree with the editor’s assessment… Read full article