Green Earth Travel Newsletter
Green Earth Travel (March 17, 2003)
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Greetings!

Hello and good day from Green Earth Travel! This month we are featuring culinary adventures. Cooking and the culinary arts are a wonderful way to practice mind, and internal body health. What you put into your body is so important, we wanted to highlight some of out most uniques trips to bring you closer to experiencing this feeling for yourself.


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in this issue
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* Vegan Awakening in New Mexico
* The Splendor of Italy
* Running with the Nudes. Pamplona Spain July 2003
* Vegetarian Europe Guide by Alex Bourke
* L'Atelier-A vegan guesthouse in Spain


Vegan Awakening in New Mexico
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Join Chef Al Chase, Founder and Culinary Director of The Institute for Culinary Awakening in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico for an exciting, enlivening and delicious journey into the world of Organic, Plant-based Cuisine,
May 25 - June 7, 2003! Santa Fe is not only a
breathtaking place to visit, it is fast becoming
a "foodie" mecca. I.C.A. puts on its own special twist by providing the best in gourmet vegan teaching, food preparation and presentation. This training is perfect for anyone wanting to expand their repertoire in healthy gourmet cuisine, skills and recipes. Whether your are new to healthy eating, or a long time vegetarian or vegan desiring to get some fresh ideas and kitchen skills this training is for you. Everyone gains information and skills that can enhance well-being, overall vitality and energy.

The 12 Day Vegan Culinary Arts Program is mostly
hands-on in the kitchen with Chef Al (Culinary Institute of America Graduate 1979). Learn fun and easy ways to provide yourself, friends and family with creative dishes that lift your spirits and your health (both raw and cooked). There are two days off in between the 12 days of training to rest, visit the sites of Santa Fe and connect with the amazing "City Different". Santa Fe is at 7000' and provides the soul and eyes a feast of colors, views and beauty. Sunshine graces us 320+ days of the year! Bring a friend with you and double the fun! Tuition is $1650.00 per person (see listing under
Packages for more details).

Call or e-mail Donna at Green Earth Travel to book your Santa Fe Culinary Adventure! You will enter with curiousity and leave with a lifetime of skills and knowledge!

I.C.A. ~ Where healthy meets gourmet!

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The Splendor of Italy
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Live passionately: Eat, drink, laugh, learn,
and make lifelong friends.
Join our small group escorted wine and culinary tours in Italy; combining cooking classes, tastings of artisan food products, dining in private homes, shopping, and guided cultural visits. A wonderful way to relax and experience the splendors of Italy.

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Running with the Nudes. Pamplona Spain July 2003
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Every year, thousands of visitors from around the world arrive in Pamplona, Spain, to join in the annual spectacle of the "Running of the Bulls." But tourists are appalled to see the terrified animals racing through streets crawling with drinking, brawling people. The bulls' hooves slip on the pavement as they race frantically, trying to escape the chaos. Sometimes, in their confusion, they bash into doors or the sides of buildings, breaking horns or legs. Human runners and spectators gouge them with sticks or pull their tails, and they, too, are sometimes injured, gored, or trampled by bulls desperate to escape.

Many tourists never return-once is more than enough.
But every year, a new crop of visitors come, keeping the ugly tradition alive. That is, until now! This July, help us show the mayor of Pamplona and the House of Mercy, which organizes the Running of the Bulls, and all Spaniards and visitors that there is a win-win
alternative to having a stampede of terrified animals who end up being tormented and slaughtered in the bullring

The "Human Race," scheduled for two days before the first of the bull runs, will bring compassionate and fun-loving people from around the world to the streets of Pamplona. Last year, our very first Human Race was a wild success and showed Pamplona that dumping cruelty doesn't mean losing out on tourist dollars.

July 2, 2003: Flight departs JFK airport and arrives in Madrid on the morning of the 3rd. In the afternoon, a bus will depart Madrid to Pamplona.

July 4, 2003: Spend the day sightseeing or mingling with fellow animal rights activists. We will meet in the evening to discuss the "Human Race."

July 5, 2003: On your mark, get set, go! The Human Race begins at 1 p.m. sharp. Wear your best whites-or nothing at all. After the run, a big celebration will be held in the streets in honor of everyone who participated in the Human Race and helped call attention to the suffering of the bulls.

July 6, 2003: A bus departs Pamplona to Madrid. Flights leave Madrid for JFK in the afternoon on the 7th.
July 7, 2003: For those of you who want to stay on and protest at the "Running of the Bulls," rise and shine. We'll meet along the route at 5:30 (yes, that's a.m.) to get a good place to show our posters: "Leave the Bulls in Peace," "Join the Human Race," and "Stop
the Bloody Bullfight."

July 8, 2003: For those who stayed the extra day to protest the Running of the Bulls, you will need to find you way back to Madrid. The flight will leave on July 9 for JFK.

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Vegetarian Europe Guide by Alex Bourke
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This is the most up-to-date and detailed veggie guide available and lists over 300 vegetarian restaurants in cities such as Berlin, Madrid, Moscow, Barcelona and Florence. 23 countries featuring Europe's top 40 destinations are featured. For those vegetarians planning a European trip but concerned about finding
suitable places to each, Bourke has eliminated the worry and the need for that emergency food stash with this handy guide. Now vegetarians can travel the continent safe in the knowledge that wherever they go, they can find a restaurant which will cater to them.

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L'Atelier-A vegan guesthouse in Spain
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Award-winning chef Jean-Claude Juston welcomes you to his exclusively veggie guesthouse and restaurant in the unspoilt village of Mecina, high in the Alpujarras mountains between Granada and the sun-drenched shores of Southern Spain.

Gourmet vegetarian/vegan meals with fresh organic
local produce Single, double and family rooms, most with en suite facilities Bed and breakfast or half board English, French, Spanish and Portuguese spoken Spectacular scenic walks far from noise and pollution Vegan/vegetarian cookery courses Facilities for groups [maximum 10 persons] Picturesque villages and historic Granada within easy reach Very reasonable rates
Discount for members of Vegetarian/Vegan Societies, e.g. IVU and AVE
A share of profits goes to help street children in Colombia (NGO AESCO) Restaurant, tea room, library, art gallery, cultural
activities

Vegetarian Restaurant
Best restaurant in La Taha de Pitres 2000
A warm welcome awaits you in our whitewashed village, a haven of peace and tranquillity.

Relax in spectacular surroundings and enjoy scenic walks in the Sierra Nevada with its abundant flora and fauna, sparkling streams and natural springs.

The traditional Berber house has just six rooms, so advance booking is essential. Come and enjoy the clean air, healthy food and meet the friendly, welcoming people of this unspoilt region.

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