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Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 03:37 PM • eurocheapo.com
The scene is all too familiar: While packing your bags back home, you spot your laptop computer. It seems to be winking at you with an all-knowing, come-hither look.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 02:38 PM • blogs.nationalgeographic.com
Rainer Jenss and his family are currently on an around-the-world journey, and they’re blogging about their experiences for us at Intelligent Travel. Keep up with the Jensses by bookmarking their posts, and follow the boys’ Global Bros blog at National Geographic Kids.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 02:37 PM • worldhum.com
I was in Nashville to research a loosely conceived story about music and barbecued meat when a local friend asked whether I’d ever had hot chicken.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 01:38 PM • jaunted.com
Has the famous landmark-wrapping artist Christo gotten his hands on Hong Kong’s Museum of Art? Close, but no cigar; instead the reason for covering the museum in pulp fiction novel covers is in celebration of French fashion label Louis Vuitton and their long line of artist collaborators.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 01:38 PM • worldhum.com
Of course, I knew that a hotel restaurant—even one in India, and even one that served plenty of locals—wasn’t my most likely source for the hottest food I could stand. So when my friend Diana joined me in Mumbai, we dined in restaurants large and small and even in private homes. But still, no matter how I asked, I was unable to get anything spicy enough to create more than the sniffles that you’d get with a good head cold.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 12:38 PM • nerdseyeview.com
McMinnville has a darned cute downtown, with brick facades and those tschotke shops your mom likes, and, for some reason, a bronze statue of Ben Franklin - you can sit right next to him on the bench, button your shirt up, ladies, I hear Franklin was quite the lech, but even better, there’s some fine chow in that little town. We found ourselves passing in and out of there a few times on our recent exploration of the upper Willamette Valley and we dined, but good.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 12:38 PM • travel.nytimes.com
THE summer evening was autumnally cold and damp, the backless stone seats in the outdoor theater unforgiving. Many of the 8,000 spectators were irritable; most of us had shown for a rained-out performance the night before.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 11:38 AM • theglobaltraveller.blogspot.com
Why oh why do airlines cancel flights and not tell their customers? The other day I found out that 2 of my flights for next week were cancelled months ago. I found out only by checking my bookings on the internet, something I routinely do a couple of weeks before departure.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 11:37 AM • usatoday.com
VATICAN CITY — The faithful stream into St. Peter’s Square on Christianity’s holiest day, engulfing the Egyptian obelisk that centers the piazza so carefully planned by 17th-century sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Stern despite their colorful striped uniforms, members of the Swiss Guards direct those in the Easter crowd fortunate enough to procure free tickets to chairs, while others stand, waiting for a glimpse of papal pomp.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 10:38 AM • tripso.com
Last Friday we reported that Boeing received 25 Dreamliner cancellations. RBS Aviation Capital, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland, “is the customer that canceled its order for 25 787s, Airbus Executive VP-Programs Tom Williams confirmed to ATWOnline in Hamburg.â€
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 10:37 AM • nationalparkstraveler.com
Lighthouses are a popular attraction, and what better time to appreciate one than at night? Cape Hatteras National Seashore is offering the unusual opportunity to climb to the top of the venerable Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on a new nighttime tour.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 09:38 AM • nationalparkstraveler.com
A massive avalanche, one not seen in Glacier National Park in decades, roared down the “Garden Wall” that helps mark the Continental Divide and took out nearly 550 feet of stone retaining wall along the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 09:37 AM • guardian.co.uk
Whether you want to get your hands dirty by volunteering or prefer to enjoy the countryside from the comfort of a boutique barn, there’s a farm stay for you. We’ve dug up 15 of the best
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 08:38 AM • gofrance.about.com
Today’s Cannes Film Festival features in competition Bright Star, from the U.K. and Australia, and Bak-Jwi (Thirst) from South Korea.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 08:38 AM • timesonline.co.uk
Tasmania’s wildlife may be scary and its history brutal, but one visit is enough to fall for the island’s savage charm
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 07:38 AM • hotelchatter.com
Philly’s running a new ad campaign that is sorta like a collection of love letters signed, “With Love, Philadelphia.” The idea here sorta echoes an ad campaign from ‘97 — “Philadelphia: The Place That Loves You Back” — and apparently everyone likes love and people respond to love letters best in the tougher economic times.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 07:37 AM • gadling.com
We all love to hate the airlines, and on-time arrivals are among our largest gripes. There’s nothing worse (well, within reason) than seeing the toe-tapping that comes with the disgruntled looks of people waiting to pick you up … it’s not like they had to spend endless hours on the runway or circling LaGuardia. Well, in March, they weren’t as bad.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 06:38 AM • gadling.com
The Belgian city of Ghent, long famous for its well-preserved medieval architecture and excellent art museums, may soon become a favorite destination for vegetarians. According to the BBC, Ghent has become the first city in the world to have a designated “Vegetarian Day.” Public sector workers are asked to give up meat every Thursday, and in September schools will follow suit by serving vegetarian-only meals every Thursday in their cafeterias.
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 06:37 AM • worldhum.com
Boys fly a kite from a crumbling wall in Kabul
Submitted by Jackie, Made Popular: May 16, 2009 at 05:38 AM • hotelchatter.com
Straight from the HotelChatter mailbag, a lovely girlfriend wants to take her boyfriend to NYC for a mini-holiday. But no ordinary hotel room will do. No, she is looking for a room kitted out with mirrors or as she puts it “a decent size room that has mirrors above or around the bed. “
