Travel: Island Life Just Got Closer

Southwest Airlines, America’s go to discount airline, says ALOHA. Southwest Airlines just began selling flights to Oahu March 17th and has scheduled flights to go on sale for Maui (April 7), Kona (May 12) and soon Kauai too.

Southwest’s announcement page for the new Hawaii route details the experience with wifi service, free TV, the most legroom available in their fleet and bigger snack bags.

As of now, Southwest states that this fleet route also still includes the Boeing 737 Max 8. Currently, the Boeing 737 Max is grounded across the globe after two fatal flights within an 18-month period due to a defect in the MAX’s flight control system.

When you live in San Diego, it’s easy to forget that this is where everyone is saving up to visit. Instead of heading out for a quick jaunt out, we decided to stay in… town, that is. We were lucky enough to have an invitation to stay over at the Hotel Republic in Downtown San Diego, just outside of Little Italy. With so many events offered all year long, it was not hard to come up with something to do. 

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an administrative-limits area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and a 2015 population of 2,229,621. The city is a commune and department, and the capital-heart of the 12,012-square-kilometre (4,638-square-mile) Île-de-France region (colloquially known as the ‘Paris Region’), whose 12,142,802 2016 population represents roughly 18 percent of the population of France. By the 17th century, Paris had become one of Europe’s major centers of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts, a position that it retains still today. The Paris Region had a GDP of €649.6 billion (The US $763.4 billion) in 2014, accounting for 30.4 percent of the GDP of France. According to official estimates, in 2013-14 the Paris Region had the third-highest GDP in the world and the largest regional GDP in the EU.

The City of Paris’ administrative limits form a horizontal oval centered on its historical-heart Île de la Cité island; this island is near the peak of an arc of Seine river that divides the city into southern Rive Gauche (Left Bank) and northern Rive Droite regions.