June 12, 2009
Welcome to our June issue of
" Slow Travel for Women " Newsletter
Summer is just around the corner (depending where you live), and we, the
Co-directors of Slow Travel for Women,
are thrilled with our up-coming tours. We believe that inside each of us there is a "you" who occasionally needs time for herself to refresh and review her mind, spirit and body. So now is the opportunity you have been waiting for so why wait any longer. Sign up for the tour of your choice and join us on an unforgettable experience.
This newsletter is chockfull of news for you so make yourself comfortable with a glass of your favorite wine and read on.
We are pleased to give you some fantastic news regarding our good friend Barbara in the Sannio area, Italy, who is helping us organize our Sannio, Amalfi & Rome Tour scheduled for September 20th - 28th, 2009. Barbara's blog was listed on blog.com as one of the 10 Great Blogs on Exploring Italy. Congratulations Barbara!
As we have received requests for custom tours, we are pleased to inform our readers that we’re now offering
custom tours
tailored to your personal needs and traveling interests. You will have the possibility of exploring places privately with or without a guide with private transportation if requested.
Moreover, you will experience total flexibility to choose the destination of your choice as well as the time of the year you wish to travel. We can also arrange tours around a theme of your choice, (garden tours, theater, opera, museums, shopping, wine & culinary tours.
With the summer holidays in view we are planning to issue a combination July/August newsletter; however, rest assured that, as usual, all your enquiries, e-mails etc. will be promptly answered.
Regarding summer holidays, do have a look at our new holiday rentals page for some exceptionally beautiful properties in various locations including Lake Como, Tuscany, New York and the Aeolian Islands in Sicily.
The Co-Directors of Slow Travel for Women are pleased to inform all our readers that we are currently preparing a new web page where you can find helpful Travel Information and Services carefully selected by us. These categories will include travel magazines, cooking schools, language schools, holiday rentals, wine and olive oil producers, health spas, yacht and boat rentals, agriturism, boutique hotels, bed & breakfasts, traveling accessories to name a few.
We take this opportunity of wishing you a most pleasant summer wherever your destinations remembering our Slow Travel Philosophy.
We hope you will enjoy reading our updates below on our upcoming tours.
Upcoming Tours 2009
Along with perennial favorites, don’t forget
The Best of New York City
tour, August 2 to 7, 2009. Stay at the beautiful Marriott Marquis Times Square or similar. Enjoy lunch at the famous Tavern on the Green in Central Park. Discover NYC’s trendiest shopping neighborhoods, SoHo and quaint NoLita.
Let’s face it, we all want to save money. Take advantage of a visit at the Garment district for sample sales at incredible prices.
For further details check our website.
Based on a minimum of 10 passengers
Double Occupancy US$ 2.800,00
Single Occupancy US$ 3.600,00
Sannio, Amalfi & Rome
Discover an area of southern Italy that will remain in your heart forever. Join us for our
Sannio, Amalfi and Rome
tour on September 20 – 28, 2009. Few travelers are aware of the beauty, history, culture and culinary wealth hidden within the folds of the Apennine mountains between Rome and Naples.
The Sannio is as much a historical definition as a geographical one and defines the territory that, long before Rome, was the home of a proud tribe called the Samnites.
Directly inland from the wonders of Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii, Capri and the Amalfi coast, this region offers a kind of genuine experience that is fast disappearing along the better known and well worn tourist tracks of Italy. We take you off the beaten path to visit an unexploited Italy.
In the warm and friendly company of Barbara and Federico, specialists in the Sannio region, you can learn the secrets of Italian regional cooking, visit wine and olive oil estates, taste freshly made honey, visit ceramic and embroidery artisans, take a walking trek along the ‘tratturi’ (ancient mountain cattle tracks), or relax at natural volcanic spas.
The tour will end in Rome where you will spend two unforgettable nights.
Based on a minimum of 8 people.
DOUBLE OCCUPANCY Euro 2,600.00
Single Occupancy price on request.
Our amazing 10-day luxury
New England Fall Foliage
Tour, October 9 – 19, 2009, starts in Boston, Massachusetts one of the oldest cities in the U.S., rich in culture and history. Visit the New England states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. The “clou” of the trip will be a three-day stay at an exclusive resort in western Massachusetts where you will be pampered to your heart’s content!
Enjoy sightseeing the sites of Boston on land and on sea with the Boston Duck tour including the Public Garden’s, Boston Commons, Faneuil Hall Marketplace area, the State House and more. Dine on the 50th floor with a breathtaking view of the city.
Depart for the rugged coasts and seaside towns of Maine and learn how to make an authentic Maine Clam Bake. Drive through the Green Mountains of New Hampshire and enjoy the fall foliage, see covered bridges and babbling rivers. Continue to the state of Vermont and the famous Quechee Gorge before arriving in an exclusive resort & spa in Lenox, Massachusetts where you will wind down and relax for the last three nights. Enjoy the spa treatments as well as local museums and shops.
Based on a minimum of 12 particpants
Double Occupancy US$ 6,300.00
Single Occupancy US$ 7,900.00
See our website for more details and new upcoming tours and well as a preview for our 2010 tours.
Please contact us for a detailed day-by-day itinerary of our tours.
Be sure to complete our
“ 2009 Survey”
form so that we can have all of your preferred destinations.
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SLOW TRAVEL COOKBOOKS
We are proud to inform you that our “Slow Travel Holiday Cookbook” and a mini-version called “ Slow Travel Mini-Cookbook”. are now on sale on our Storefront .
Our subscribers continue to grow and we would like to thank all of our faithful readers for spreading the word. Feel free to forward the newsletter to your friends and encourage them to sign up for our monthly
Slow Travel for Women Newsletter.
Ann & Muriel
Slow-Travel-for-Women
Slow Cooking Recipe No. 10
SPINACH & PEAS TARTELLETTES
Submitted by Anna Breau, France
Ingredients for 4 people:
pastry dough for 8 small salty tarts
500 gr green peas
400 gr spinach
200 gr bacon
1 onion
1 glass white wine
1/4 tsp sugar
vegetable broth
butter
salt & pepper
Preparation:
Roll out pastry dough to make the tartellettes. Cook in 160°C oven for about 15 minutes.
Boil the peas and the spinach for 1 minute. Chop onion and bacon.
Put a knob of butter in a skillet and fry the onion and bacon slowly for 5 minutes. Don't let the onion burn. Stir frequently. Add the white wine and cook for another 5 minutes.
Add the peas and the spinach together with 1/4 tsp sugar and cook for a further 8 minutes mixing well. Add some vegetable broth if it becomes too dry. Salt & pepper to your liking. Distribute the spinach and pea mixture on the tartellettes and serve at room temperature. You may add grated parmesan/pecorino cheese on top if so desired.
An easy and delightful appetizer.
Wine pairing: A chilled white wine like a Chardonnay-Trebbiano or a Malvasia would pair nicely with the tartelettes.