The Traveling IQ vault is packed with travel photos that have never seen the light of day. They’re lonely and want to say hello. Here’s a little photo tour of East London, from my November 2011 visit. East London has undergone a dramatic change over the last decade. The once isolated area beyond the Tower … Continue reading Let’s Get Visual: East London
Let’s Get Visual: Valencia, Spain
The Traveling IQ vault is packed with travel photos that have never seen the light of day. They're lonely and want to say hello. Here's a little photo tour of Valencia, Spain, from my summer 2011 visit. Spain's third largest city beautifully blends the old and the new. On a short walk you can easily … Continue reading Let’s Get Visual: Valencia, Spain
IQ on Proud FM: Cologne, Germany
Cologne, Germany Ivan Quintanilla is the featured travel expert on Toronto’s Proud FM Radio “Your Morning With Richard & Chris.” Click on the link below to hear IQ and the boys talk about gay travel to Cologne, Germany: Ivan Quintanilla on Proud FM-Cologne (6 min.) To learn more about Germany's fourth largest city, and one … Continue reading IQ on Proud FM: Cologne, Germany
The Week in Travel (7/20/12)
The world of travel moves fast! Let’s keep up–together. This week, Traveling IQ curates recent travel stories on London, which you may have heard is hosting a sporting event of some kind, starting July 27. *Fasten your seat belt, it's going to be a taxing night. One enterprising London cabbie has transformed his black … Continue reading The Week in Travel (7/20/12)
A Lisbon Beach Day
Best way to visit the gay-popular beach in Lisbon.
IQ on Proud FM: Lisbon, Portugal
Travel Expert talks about Lisbon, Portugal
IQ in The New York Times: Soviet Architecture in Berlin
Eager to distance themselves from their imperialist past and embody the new ideals of the Soviet state, the architects of Communist Russia created avant-garde structures with a social purpose. Through July 9, the exhibition “Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935” at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin combines vintage photographs, period artwork and current images … Continue reading IQ in The New York Times: Soviet Architecture in Berlin
Gay Rugby Rumbles in Manchester
Photograph by Jess A. Bunshaft More than 1,000 pairs of thick, meaty, man legs from around the world will be tackling, sweating and piling on each other for three days when Manchester, England hosts the Bingham Cup, the world championship of gay and inclusive rugby teams. The Bingham Cup is a biennial event awarded by … Continue reading Gay Rugby Rumbles in Manchester
Vienna: Life Ball Celebrates 20 Years!
One of the most extravagant fundraisers in the world and Europe’s biggest HIV/AIDS benefit, the Life Ball shakes up the Viennese ball tradition, adds a modern twist, and serves an incomparable cocktail of glamor, fantasy, and philanthropy. Equal parts theatrical performance, fashion show, red carpet event, educational forum and celebration of life, the full fabulousness … Continue reading Vienna: Life Ball Celebrates 20 Years!
Amsterdam is for Cat Lovers
Amsterdam's Poezenboot (or Cat Boat) is a floating sanctuary for cats on the Singel Canal.