Snails' celebration

The Aplec del Caragol (Snail Jamboree) at the end of the month draws a line under the season with the most concentrated festive program of the year. Declared a Festival of National Tourist Interest and a National Festival of Traditional Interest, it is the festival that brings out the biggest crowds in the city and one of the largest leisure/culinary celebrations in Catalonia http://www.tour-life.com/p122/l1439/index.html

Wool village

Many of the landmarks of Mersham near Ashford in Kent – population 1,022 – have been knitted by members of the village's Afternoon Club since 1986.
Creations include the local primary school, the church, both pubs, the local shop, residents playing cricket, and even some of the local teenagers smoking a cigarette outside the bus shelter http://www.tour-life.com/p122/l1435/index.html

The best restaurant in the world

Spanish restaurant El Bulli was named the world's best restaurant for the fourth year in a row at a ceremony in London Monday, but its head chef dedicated the prize to his British runner-up http://www.tour-life.com/p122/l1431/index.html

The longest name

Spelling mistakes in signs to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster, Massachusetts will be corrected after years of complaints from locals, it has emerged http://www.tour-life.com/p122/l1419/index.html

Strong minded people cruise

How should the world commemorate the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster? At least one British company thinks that - yes - a cruise is in order http://www.tour-life.com/p122/l1416/index.html

The tombs of the doomed lovers Cleopatra and Mark Anthony may have been discovered in Egypt. Archaeologists will begin excavating three likely sites near the Mediterranean next week http://www.tour-life.com/p122/l1411/index.html

Premium class in decline

Global premium air travel fell for the ninth straight month in February as passengers felt the pinch of the economic downturn http://www.tour-life.com/p122/l1406/index.html