Just throwing out a few ideas...

Value World Tours is offering discounts of $500 a person on its 11-night cruise on Ukraine's Dnieper River, starting in Kiev and ending in Odessa. Which means fares now range from $1,199 to $1,698.

The Caribbean island of Dominica is hosting its 15th annual Dive Fest July 11-20.

If you want to travel a little closer to home, Fort Myers has some deals. The Wynstar Inn & Suites is offereing Summer Golf and Summer Spa packages of three-night stays for, respectively, $490.83 and $391.43. And Homewood Suites by Hilton has an Edison & Ford Winter Estates Package for $129 a night plus tax (based on availability).

If you prefer traveling vicariously, the Tower Theater on Calle Ocho in Little Havana is showing classic Italian films in its Cinema Italia program running the third weekends of May and June. Luchino Visconti's Ossessione starts things off this evening. Phone 305-642-1264.

And get ready for the 12th Brazilian Film Festival of Miami, with films screening throughout South Beach May 30-June 7.