Our contributors share a favorite travel-related experience from the past seven days.

Eva Holland

I visited the Robert Service Cabin in Dawson City, Yukon, last weekend—it’s a two-room log house where Service lived for three years writing poetry, now maintained as part of a National Historic Site—and I loved seeing an enthusiastic performer tell us about the life and work of the “Bard of the Yukon.” Here’s one of the poems I heard during the performance: Goodbye, Little Cabin, a farewell verse Service wrote before leaving Dawson for good in 1912, to serve as a war correspondent in Europe.

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Orignal From: What We Loved This Week: Cat Cafes, Robert Service and 'Transsiberian'

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In a new Poetry Foundation essay, Aram Saroyan looks back at his time with the Beats. “God, man, I rode around this country free as a bee,” he remembers Kerouac saying of his “On the Road” days. “We had more fun than five thousand Socony Gasoline Station attendants can have.” (Via The Book Bench)

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Orignal From: Kerouac: 'I Rode Around This Country Free as a Bee'

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Orignal From: Travel Song of the Day: 'Walkin' to New Orleans' by Fats Domino

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A man collects shells on Clifton Beach in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Orignal From: Photo We Love: Beach Day in Karachi

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Want a memorable pay-by-the-hour experience? Lisa Gay explains the ins and outs of a stay at the famous Japanese love nests.

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Orignal From: How to Stay at a Love Hotel in Japan

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It’s “basically adequate,” writes Scott McCartney. Not very comforting. The airline industry knows that, so last year it put together a panel of experts to recommend changes—changes that, of course, haven’t been implemented.

McCartney investigates further and does a good job explaining what we really need to worry about when it comes to air quality on planes. As one expert told him, “In general the air on an airplane is not too bad, but when things go wrong, they can get really bad. And it happens in a hurry.”

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Orignal From: How Bad is the Air Quality in the Air?

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I’m not a comic book reader, but I found this list at the Architects’ Journal compelling—and the artwork amazing. Among the cityscapes included: Tintin’s Inca city and Chris Ware’s Chicago.

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Orignal From: The Top 10 Comic Book Cities

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Grim news from the Indonesian capital, where a pair of apparent suicide bombers attacked the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels last night. According to the BBC, nine people are confirmed dead, and around 50 injured.

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Orignal From: Bombs Hit Two Jakarta Hotels

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The famed Los Angeles architectural photographer died yesterday at his home in Laurel Canyon at the age of 98. Among his most iconic photographs: a shot of Pierre Koenig’ Case Study House #22—the photo within the photo here.

Dwell magazine put it well: “His photography helped define mid-century modernism and no one can claim more credit for documenting, and in some ways inventing, what post-war California cool looked and felt like.”

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Orignal From: R.I.P. Julius Shulman

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A man collects shells on Clifton Beach in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Orignal From: Photo We Love: Beach Day in Karachi

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It’s “basically adequate,” writes Scott McCartney. Not very comforting. The airline industry knows that, so last year it put together a panel of experts to recommend changes—changes that, of course, haven’t been implemented.

McCartney investigates further and does a good job explaining what we really need to worry about when it comes to air quality on planes. As one expert told him, “In general the air on an airplane is not too bad, but when things go wrong, they can get really bad. And it happens in a hurry.”

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Orignal From: How Bad is the Air Quality in the Air?

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Want a memorable pay-by-the-hour experience? Lisa Gay explains the ins and outs of a stay at the famous Japanese love nests.

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Orignal From: How to Stay at a Love Hotel in Japan

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I’m not a comic book reader, but I found this list at the Architects’ Journal compelling—and the artwork amazing. Among the cityscapes included: Tintin’s Inca city and Chris Ware’s Chicago.

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Orignal From: The Top 10 Comic Book Cities

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matrixsynth.blogspot.com Video sent my way via Pete of http Thanks Pete!

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Orignal From: YMO Day Tripper Live

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Grim news from the Indonesian capital, where a pair of apparent suicide bombers attacked the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels last night. According to the BBC, nine people are confirmed dead, and around 50 injured.

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Orignal From: Bombs Hit Two Jakarta Hotels

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The famed Los Angeles architectural photographer died yesterday at his home in Laurel Canyon at the age of 98. Among his most iconic photographs: a shot of Pierre Koenig’ Case Study House #22—the photo within the photo here.

Dwell magazine put it well: “His photography helped define mid-century modernism and no one can claim more credit for documenting, and in some ways inventing, what post-war California cool looked and felt like.”

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Orignal From: R.I.P. Julius Shulman

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The Economist has a great chart on parking fees around the globe. Among the highlights from its report: “European cities have some of the highest daily parking rates, with Amsterdam and London coming out on top. Tokyo is the most expensive place to leave your car outside Europe.”

Cheap travel tip: You’ll find great rates in Chennai, India. Um, road trip!

(Via the Idea of the Day blog)

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Orignal From: Parking Fees Around the World

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The Economist has a great chart on parking fees around the globe. Among the highlights from its report: “European cities have some of the highest daily parking rates, with Amsterdam and London coming out on top. Tokyo is the most expensive place to leave your car outside Europe.”

Cheap travel tip: You’ll find great rates in Chennai, India. Um, road trip!

(Via the Idea of the Day blog)

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Orignal From: Parking Fees Around the World

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Tomorrow is the day we move into our house. I am excited and nervous. Hopefully all will go well. The move out here had some major hiccups...not just one. I called the moving cordinator to make sure all was well and I think they thought I was crazy....

I just want to make sure all will go smoothly. You would think since these people do this for a living they could get it all straight. Only time will tell.

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Orignal From: Crossing My Fingers

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¿Entraríais a comprar en esta tienda?


Visto en Shimokitazawa

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Orignal From: Maniquies enmascarados

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En muchos templos es típico encontrarse con árboles sagrados protegidos por vallas y cuerdas “shimenawa”. A veces también hay rocas sagradas bastante grandes también protegidas, esta roca de la foto me llamó la atención por lo pequeña que es, si no te fijas parece que es un recinto cerrado sin nada dentro.


Piedra sagrada vista en [...]

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Orignal From: Piedra sagrada

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Long-time Frommers writer Michael Luongo’s “Gay Travels in the Muslim World” has become the first gay-focused English language book to be translated into Arabic. The only catch? Every instance of the word “gay” has been translated to read “pervert.” Luongo had planned a Middle Eastern promotional tour, but, as he told Page Six, “this has thrown a wrench into the plans. Imagine standing in front of a crowd declaring yourself a pervert. So far I have avoided real fatwas, though I’ve been told the Taliban produced a Web site condemning the book. But with this new title, who knows?” (Via The Book Bench)

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Orignal From: Gay Travel Book in Translation Trouble

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Times are tough for the booksellers along the Seine. Mildrade Cherfils writes in GlobalPost:

For centuries, used booksellers, with their unmistakable dark green boxes perched along the banks of the Seine River, have been charming and permanent fixtures of Parisian life.

Or as Christian Nabet put it, “we’re part of the scenery.” And that’s partly a problem, as he sees it.

“Look,” Nabet said, pointing toward a sizeable group of tourists who wandered past his stall with hardly a notice of the classic titles, which he has been selling in the same spot for about a decade. We’re “a little like the animals at the zoo.”

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Orignal From: The Plight of the Paris Bouquinistes

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Orignal From: Travel Song of the Day: 'Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim' by Fountains of Wayne

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Beginning today, Florida-based Pet Airways will fly your critters to and from New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles. The new airline promises that pets will be constantly attended to and treated as first-class “pawsengers,” with rates for one-way flights—for Fido only; you’ll have to book on a regular carrier—starting at $149. Representatives are confident that the high prices are well worth it, offering peace of mind against the “severe emotional and physical harm, even death” that can befall your pet traveling in the cargo hold on human-centric flights.

The airline has even started a blog featuring everything from the latest in-flight pet news to expert tips on keeping fit with your dog on the road.

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Orignal From: Pet Airways Begins Flights for Pampered Animals; Humans Still Out of Luck

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It’s that time of year again: The sixth installment in the world-dominating series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, hits theaters this week. The Telegraph has compiled a list of the best Harry Potter landmarks for fan pilgrimages, with mixed results. The specifics are fine—Alnwick Castle as Hogwarts, Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross and so on—but the list also includes whole countries merely mentioned, not visited, in the books. Are there really any Potter fans crazy enough to visit Norway just because it’s the natural habitat of the Norwegian Ridgeback dragon?

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Orignal From: How About a 'Harry Potter' Holiday?

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The Sicily Papers author Michelle Orange fields that question in a Q&A at The Virginia Quarterly Review. Here’s the last part of her answer:

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Orignal From: 'How Does Travel Inform Writing?'

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Peter Wortsman didn't mind peeling off his clothes at the banya. But he feared the worst when he revealed that he was American.

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Orignal From: Détente at the Russian Baths

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Good news for travelers on two wheels: New York City’s planning department has launched a series of cycling guides to lesser-visited areas of the five boroughs. The Times’ J. David Goodman took the first installment, “Queens Around the World,” for a test drive, and apart from a few logistical hitches he gives it a positive review. He wrote of his trip through Flushing, Corona and Jackson Heights: “Cruising this route by bike reveals how each community bleeds into the next, and does so at a speed that is quick enough to show the juxtapositions, but not so fast that each is lost in a blur.”

A guide to the Bronx is due out next.

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Orignal From: Pedaling Through New York's Neighborhoods

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As we’ve noted, AirTran has been leading the charge on in-flight Wi-Fi service—and now it’s pioneering in-flight internet protocol too. The airline’s new seat pocket guide, “Internetiquette: A Guide to Keeping Everyone in Line, While They’re Online,” is no dry list of rules, either. Take, for instance, Tip #10 on personal photo galleries:

SFF, or Suitable For Flights: family vacation photos, graduation photos, birthday party photos.

NSFF, or Not Suitable For Flights: the photos from Vegas. You know the ones.

Sometimes humor can be the best way to get a point across. Here’s hoping AirTran’s passengers take note, and that e-card jingles and musical MySpace pages are kept to a minimum on future wired flights.

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Orignal From: AirTran Presents 'Internetiquette'

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A worker walks on the bank of Huangpu River. Shanghai is getting a citywide facelift in advance of the 2010 World Expo.

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Orignal From: Photo We Love: On the Rocks in Shanghai

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I got a call a few weeks back from the executive secretary in our new ward. We are not even living in the Ward boundaries yet, so I figured I was pretty safe....you know what I mean. Anyway, he called to find out if we had a move in date, our old Ward's name, the Bishop's name and his phone number. That last one got me to thinking. I figured it must be something for Skip. I was wrong.

On the fourth, the call came from the Bishopric and they wanted to meet with me. I said, " Great, when?"I met with them the next day. After making sure we were for sure moving into the ward, I was extended a call to serve in the Primary Presidency.

I can tell you I was a little surprised. I really hadn't met a whole bunch of people yet and when I asked the name of the president, he told me. I had no idea who she was. I couldn't even pick her out in a line up. As I stood in church on Sunday to sustained, I looked around to see who I would be serving with. I smiled at each not knowing who they were or what I was in for.

We met in Primary and exchanged hellos. They seemed nice. I was subbing for Blakes class and ended up with two other classes to boot, so I really didn't have time to talk. We had an appointment after church and Jack's scout camp was heavy on my mind. I didn't really get to talk after church either. I was told we would be set apart on the next Sunday. I would have to wait to find out.

All week long I wondered how the next Sunday would play out. I got a call on Saturday asking if I would conduct Primary on Sunday. " Of course, not a problem." I said. I was a little intimidated since I really knew none of the children and didn't know how Primary had been handled in the past. I didn't want to step on anyones toes.

Sunday came. After Sacrament I rushed Claire to the bathroom and then to nursery. We have been staying with her for a few minutes every time because everything is so new. Sorry Claire, you are on your own I have to get to Primary. I did feel a little sad, because she looked a little sad.

I got up in front of the kids to start and I was bowled over with the Spirit. Every time I went to speak I got all choked up. This was just the welcoming part. I couldn't get past it. when the Pres did sharing time she too got all choked up. These kids must think we are a bunch of ninnies.

After Primary our family went into the Bishops office to witness the setting apart of our presidency. I must say that having the mantle of your calling being pronounced on you by someone with the proper authority is very moving.

I testify that callings do truly come from the Lord. The president didn't know me, but after fervent prayer I was the one who she felt would work out in this calling. The counselor in the Bishopric didn't know me, but the blessing he conferred upon me was exactly what I needed in my life. It was truly amazing and defiantly from the Spirit.  The blessings of the other women were also quite powerful. The Lord knows us, he knows what we need and where we need to be.

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Orignal From: Primary

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I have a confession. I've never had the pleasure of eating Blue Bell's Banana Pudding ice cream. I'm not sure why. After all, I love banana pudding and I love ice cream.

As you probably know, Blue...

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Orignal From: Banana pudding ice cream

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Este es el desodorante de moda este verano, es de Shiseido y se llama Ag+ porque lleva partículas de plata ionizadas que son muy efectivas eliminando microorganismos. Lo que más me llama la atención es lo simple que es el frasco (en Europa estamos acostumbrados a frascos de desodorantes mucho más “chulos”) y la abuela [...]

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Orignal From: Desodorante Ag+

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Al viajar por Japón os encontraréis con una gran variedad de templos Budistas o Shintoístas, con un poco de práctica es fácil diferenciarlos. Un método fácil para saber si es el templo es Budista es si tiene un cementerio al lado. El 99% de los cementerios en Japón son Budistas (La mayoría de las excepciones [...]

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Orignal From: Cementerio en Kioto

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Orignal From: Boogie (board) time

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Orignal From: Sand castles

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Orignal From: Dragonfly newborn

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Orignal From: Skaket Beach sunset (Cape Cod)

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Nancy puts a new twist on this Beatle's favourite.

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Orignal From: Day Tripper - Nancy Sinatra

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Orignal From: Cape Cod windmill

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File this under “bizarre adventures in globalized media.” When Travelers’ Tales editor-in-chief Larry Habegger called out Toronto—currently enduring a garbage workers’ strike—as a place to avoid in his “World Travel Watch” column, I doubt he expected to become a player in the city’s local politics. But then CNN picked up the column, the Mayor’s political opponents got ahold of the story, and suddenly Habegger’s latest was being offered as proof that the Mayor is mishandling the strike—and “causing devastating damage to our city” to boot.

A San Francisco travel columnist wreaking havoc on Canadian municipal politics? It’s times like these I get the urge to start singing “It’s a small world after all…” (Via Adam Radwanski)

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Orignal From: The Strange Case of 'World Travel Watch' and Toronto

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Giles Turnbull carried his audio recorder to 10 spots around London to capture its audio portrait. The Morning News features 10 snippets, including the sound of Waterloo Station and outside Royal Festival Hall.

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Orignal From: The Sounds of London

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Eli Ellison

Guilty of writing superlative-laden tripe about Disney theme parks (hey, I had to pay the rent), I loved finally reading Carl Hiaasen’s wickedly funny book Team Rodent: How Disney Devours The World.

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Orignal From: What We Loved This Week: Grizzly Bears, 'Among the Thugs' and Matisyahu

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Our recent troubles with terrorists have wrought many changes, including the rise of American embassies designed with such a strong emphasis on security—at the expense of everything else—that they’ve become, as L.A. Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne puts it, “one-size-fits-all bunkers.”

But a new report issued this week entitled “Design for Diplomacy” from the American Institute of Architects suggests that, while security must be at the forefront of embassy design:

U.S. embassies can, and must, reflect American values and ideals. U.S. embassies should symbolize America’s vitality, enduring strength, decency, and innovation. These essential qualities contribute to the conduct of American diplomacy, encourage international commerce, and enhance cultural exchange.

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Orignal From: Embassy Architecture: Can the U.S. Build More Than Bunkers?

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Orignal From: Travel Song of the Day: 'California Stars' by Wilco

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If you can’t make it to Neverland Ranch to pay your respects to Michael Jackson, don’t fret: There’s a Chinese replica in the works near Shanghai. (Via @KelseyTimmerman)

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Orignal From: Coming Soon: Neverland China

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Whether in Burma, Naples or beyond, we’re fans of travel stories told in pictures—so it’s nice to see the travel book-as-graphic novel genre getting some love in this round-up from Perceptive Travel. Marie Javins writes: “Travel stories are charged with creating an atmosphere, their text inspiring imaginary visuals of foreign lands in the minds of the reader. Graphic novels are a natural fit.” Agreed.

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Orignal From: Travel Books and Graphic Novels: 'A Natural Fit'

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Oui, according to a survey of hotel owners. Why? The French come across “as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant.”

The best tourists, according to the survey? The Japanese.

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Orignal From: French Tourists: The Worst in the World?

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Eva Holland and Eli Ellison missed out on some prime tanning time to dig up the finest summer travel flicks

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Orignal From: 12 Great Summer Vacation Movies

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The site’s not-so-modest goal: To catalog “all of the singular, eccentric, bizarre, fantastical, and strange out-of-the-way places that get left out of traditional travel guidebooks and are ignored by the average tourist.”

Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras created the site, and they’ll be looking to travelers to help with the cataloging. (Via @jodikantor)

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Orignal From: Site to Watch: Atlas Obscura

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I know I sound like a broken record, but I love the ferry!!! I had to go over to Bainbridge today to pick up Jack from his week at scout camp. I was all alone. No kids to question me about everything under the sun or to worry about. I must say I am jealous that Skip gets to do this twice a day five days a week. The sun was shining, temp around 75, smell of the ocean, blue skies and blue water.
 I told him this today and I don't think he gets it. His response was about how much time it would take and the planning it would take, but Honey think of the sweet pay off...beautiful views for thirty minutes, time to breath and just enjoy Gods creations.....and catch up on e-mail if you must, take a quick cat nap to be ready for your wonderful family when you get home, read a good book...the possibilities are endless....scripture reading....
I was able to read in peace. I finished two WHOLE chapters....wow...I didn't have to reread anything. Amazing what a little quiet does for you.

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Here is my man at large. He seems happy. A little smelly, a little dirty and funny, this is what I left him wearing 7 days ago.....hmmmm.... After some probing questions, he has been wearing this all week? He has been sleeping in this ensemble all week? WHAT?....... The pants will be able to walk to the washing machine of their own accord. I am not going to touch them..ewwww!

More later.......

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Orignal From: A Broken Record

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Según este programa si quieres realmente asustar a un sospechoso que te ataca por la calle necesitas emitir un grito de más de 90 decibelios. En este vídeo se puede ver parte de un concurso de colegialas de un instituto que compiten para ver quien emite el mejor grito. Gana el grito más efectivo a [...]

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Orignal From: Concurso de gritos de colegialas

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