Travelers Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Amsterdam

  Amsterdam, Netherlands; flower market; city canals; diamonds; a working windmill.

• Anchorage

  Anchorage, Alaska; moose festival; wilderness train; sea planes.

• Athens

  Athens, Greece.

• Atlanta

  Atlanta; fried green tomatoes; military planes.

• Autumnfest: Woonsocket, Rhode Island

  Autumnfest; town-wide tug-of-war.

• Barcelona

  Barcelona; Montserrat.

• Bio-Bumba de Parintins Festival: Brazil

  Bio-Bumba folk festival.

• Boston

  Boston; St. Patrick's Day; Irish step dance; Italian recipes.

• Cairo

  Cairo, Egypt.

• Calaveras County Fair: California

  Calaveras County Fair; Jumping Frog Jubilee; panning for gold.

• The Calgary Stampede: Calgary, Canada

  The Calgary Stampede rodeo.

• Capetown

  Capetown, South Africa.

• Caracas

  Caracas, Venezuela; large snake; horse track; Miss Venezuela hopefuls.

• Caribou Carnival: Yellowknife Canada

  Caribou Carnival celebrates the coming of spring in the Northwest Territories.

• Carnival: Trinidad

  Carnival in Trinidad is a world-class party.

• Cashew Festival: Crooked Tree, Belize

  Nutty treats and games abound at a cashew festival in Belize.

• Cheung Chau Bun Festival: Hong Kong

  A Hong Kong festival celebrates the ending of a plague.

• Chicago

  Chicago; Wrigley Field; a blues club; Chicago River; Mercantile Exchange.

• Conch Republic Independence: Key West

  Key West, Fla.; parade; fashion show; battle re-enactment farce.

• Cuasimodo: Collina, Chile

  Chilean cowboys drive horses through the streets of Collina during the Cuasimodo festival.

• Dia De La Tradicion: Argentina

  Argentina's Day of Tradition; breaking a wild horse; lassoing a running target.

• Dia de los Muertos: Patzcuaro, Mexico

  Day of the Dead celebration; net fishing; dancing.

• Dia de San Juan: Asuncion, Paraguay

  Dia de San Juan; religious ceremonies; Paraguay.

• Dublin

  Dublin, Ireland.

• Feast of St. Anthony: Lisbon, Portugal

  Romantic customs of the feast of St. Anthony in Lisbon, Portugal.

• Feria de San Marcos: Aguascalientes, Mexico

  Aguascalientes, Mexico; matadors; traditional dancing.

• Festivals Acadiens: Lafayette, Louisiana

  The Festivals Acadiens; spicy food; zydeco music.

• Fetu Afahye: Africa

  Africa's Fetu Afahye celebration; ritual ceremonies; the Procession of Chiefs.

• Fiesta de Yamor: Otavalo, Ecuador

  Andes festival; corn beer; open-air markets.

• Fiestas Patronales de Loiza: Puerto Rico

  A nine-day carnival pays homage to St. James; salsa dancing; masquerades; parades.

• Fire Ant Festival: Marshall Texas
• Gathering of Nations: Albuquerque, New Mexico

  American Indian celebration; New Mexico.

• Gion Matsuri Festival: Japan

  Gion Matsuri; ancient rituals and costumes.

• Golden Shears/Arts Festival: New Zealand

  New Zealand: Wellington Arts Festival; sheep-shearing competition; country life.

• Haunted Happenings: Salem, Massachusetts

  Halloween celebration; psychics; historical sites; haunted houses; costume parties.

• Heritage Days: Beaufort, South Carolina

  Heritage Days on St. Helena Island; island culture; spirituals; dancing; Southern cooking.

• Highland Games: Grandfather Mountain, N.C.

  Telephone pole tossing; axe-throwing; the Highland Games; Scottish heritage.

• Hops Festival: Poperinge, Belgium

  Beer; parade; farm life.

• Ice Sculpting Festival: Fairbanks

  Ice sculptors use chain saws at the festival in Fairbanks, Alaska.

• International BBQ Festival: Kentucky

  Owensboro, Ky.; International Barbecue Festival.

• Iowa State Fair

  Iowa State Fair.

• Istanbul

  Istanbul, Turkey.

• Klondike Days Exposition: Alberta, Canada

  Gold digging; log pulling; canoe races; Edmonton's Klondike Days.

• La Tomatina: Bunol, Spain

  La Tomatina; food fights.

• Las Vegas

  Las Vegas; Cirque du Soleil; drive-through wedding chapel; UFOs.

• Loggers' Jubilee: Morton, Washington

  Log rolling; Mount Rainier; the annual Loggers' Jubilee.

• London

  London; moped tour of the city; the Tower of London; Globe Theater.

• Los Angeles

  Los Angeles: the Academy Awards; Ferrari.

• Marrakech

  Marrakech, Morocco.

• Merengue Festival: Dominican Republic

  Annual Merengue Festival; Santo Domingo.

• Merry Monarch Festival: Hilo, Hawaii

  Hula-dancing championships; traditional volcano sacrifice.

• Mexico City

  Mexico City; Temple of the Sun; floating gardens.

• Miami

  Miami; fashion; entertainment; cigars.

• Midsummer Festival: Seurasaari, Finland

  Finland's Midsummer Night; Seurasaari Island.

• Minneapolis

  Minneapolis; polka band; state fair.

• Montreal

  Montreal; maple syrup; cricket chow mein; fried grasshoppers; hockey.

• Moomba Festival: Melbourne, Australia

  Adelaide Fringe Festival; Port Fairy Folk Festival; the Moomba parade.

• Nashville

  Nashville, Tenn.

• New Orleans

  New Orleans; voodoo; zydeco dancing; alligators; Creole cuisine.

• New York

  Wells Jazz Club.

• New York City

  New York City; performance group Stomp; former Mayor Ed Koch; floating air/sea museum.

• Oktoberfest: Munich, Germany

  Germany's biggest party features Bavarian food, oompah bands and vast quantities of beer.

• Old West Days: Jackson Hole, Wyoming

  Jackson Hole, Wyo.; old-fashion rodeo; the Wild West.

• Onam & the Snakeboat Races: Kerala, India

  Festival of Onam; night dances; purification rituals; parades.

• Oyster Festival: Leonardtown, Maryland

  St. Mary's County Oyster Festival; oyster cook-off.

• Pahilyas: Philippines

  Pahilyas celebration; the Philippine Islands.

• Paris

  Paris; the Cordon Bleu Culinary School; bicycling; fencing.

• Philadelphia

  Philadelphia; Fairmount Park.

• Pineapple Festival: Eleuthra, Bahamas

  Island of Eleuthera; pineapple celebration.

• Pirate Festival: Cayman Islands

  Tropical island swashbuckling.

• Prague

  Prague, Czech Republic.

• Pumpkin Festival: Barnesville, Ohio

  A pumpkin motif overtakes an entire town.

• Rome

  Rome; wine festival; ancient ruins; candles.

• San Diego

  San Diego; surfing; shark diving; Tijuana.

• San Francisco

  San Francisco; chef Martin Yan; Wavy Gravy.

• San Jose

  San Jose, Costa Rica; ecotourism; active volcano; rain forests; the endangered macaw; witches.

• San Juan

  San Juan, Puerto Rico; Caribbean cruise ship; artist; caves of Camuy Park.

• Santiago

  Santiago, Chile; vineyards; skiing the Andes.

• Seattle

  Kayaking; Microsoft; salmon bake.

• Semana Santa: Ayacucho, Peru

  Holy Week in Peru.

• Seoul

  Seoul, South Korea; Buddhist ritual; wrestling champions; exotic cuisine.

• Seville

  Seville, Spain.

• St. Peter's Festival: Gloucester, Mass.

  Italian-American fishermen in Gloucester, Mass.; harbor fiesta of St. Peter.

• Stockholm

  Stockholm, Sweden.

• Stockholm

  Stockholm Water Festival.

• Sydney

  Sydney, Australia; Paddington Village; Bondi Beach.

• Tokyo

  Tokyo; sumo wrestlers; large department store; tuna auction.

• Toronto

  Toronto; Queen Street; Niagara Falls; canoe trip.

• Vancouver

  Vancouver, British Columbia.

• Vienna

  Vienna, Austria; traditional wine; the Viennese waltz; the Danube River.

• Virgin Islands Folklife Fest: St. Thomas

  The Virgin Islands; the Folklife Festival.

• Virgin of Urqupina: Quillacollo, Bolivia

  The Virgin of Urqupina celebration; Quillacollo, Bolivia; fortune-telling monkey; pan flutes.

• Washington, D.C.

  Washington, D.C.; monuments; FBI training facility; amphibious vehicle.