Germany: Drachenfelser Laendchen

suedwestlich von Bad Godesberg (10min) - "Rheinische Toskana"
Rhein-Voreifel, Gemeinde Wachtberg
Trachytfelsen (genutzt fuer Koelner Dom)
Adendorf - Toepferort, Burg Muenchhausen
wandern, reiten
Naturpark Kuttenforst
Eitdorf (Wald) - Lars von Trier's Antichrist)

Paris

Cooking Classes:
at Palais de Tokyo museum, sponsored by Electrolux (www.art-home-electrolux.com), menus provencales starting at 27Euros

Atelier des Sens (Bastille et Beaubourg), tout les jours sauf dimanche, a partir de 34Euros, patisserie class (rhubarb-raspberry creme brulee, lavender peach trifle) etc.

La Cocotte (11ieme), bookstore et atelier

Stockholm

check National Geographic city guides online

Green Hotels:
all Scandic Hotels
Nordic Sea Hotel (Ice bar made of ice!)
Victory Hotel (for Michelin-starred restaurant Djuret)

San Francisco - Stanford

Ike's Place - fantastic sandwiches. 2 locations: one in the Castro, one at the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center on Stanford Campus

Painting

Paint Lab Santa Monica
2912 Main Street, between Ocean Park and Rose
www.paintlab.net

Thalasso therapy in France (Bretagne)

http://www.thalasso-roscoff.com/

per Laurence

Japan - Tokyo, Kyoto

Tokyo's hidden cocktail bars
check in particular: Bar Rage (drinks made w/ fresh fruit), Doulton Bar (Soiree de Ginza building), Bar High Five (White Lady) (details and addresses in article)

Oases of Calm in Rural Japan - Onsen in Hakone (from NY Times, no links, unfortunately)

Japan Rail - Maps, fares, Japan Rail Pass

Japan Guide - already with Autumn Color Reports!

Lonely Planet Japan (incl. Yakushima!!!)