Le Monde
Imagining yourself sipping a café crême in Paris? Then unfold a virtual copy of Le Monde, Le Figaro, or Libération to hide behind (you Francophone flâneur, you), and settle in.

Transitions Abroad
If you're here at the Café, we suspect you're not the typical tourist. In which case, you might be interested in what some call "alternative travel," which Transitions Abroad magazine defines as "meeting people, places and cultures on their own terms through active involvement as a guest in the host community rather than as a tourist." Their site offers thousands of listings to help you do just that.

Study Abroad Programs Directory
Thinking of going somewhere? Take Grace Slick's advice and "Remember what the Dormouse said: 'Feed your head.'" In other words, combine travel with education. For information on that score, visit the Study Abroad Programs Directory, with links to many relevant resources, slightly more specialized in this regard than the previous listing.

Foreca
You call this cold? You call this winter? You call that a blizzard? Stop your wussy whining and imagine what it's like to live where they invented the stuff. Pay a call to the curiously named Foreca for a weather report from Finland. Then ask our espresso master for an under-the-counter snort of the Finlandia vodka he keeps in the freezer (where it belongs), pull out your well-thumbed copy of The Kalevala (Finland's epic myth), clear your throat loudly, and hold us spellbound until the May thaw.