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Archive for March, 2005
Mideast & Mediterranean » Toledo to Capileira with a camera over my shoulder
(Part 6 of 6 on Spain) As the seven of us placed our suitcases in the 8-passenger van being driven by Don Lyon, chief guide and outfitter for Close-Up Expeditions, the weather cleared. Hopefully, this would be a positive sign for great days of photography during our drive from Toledo toward and into the mountains of [...]Focus on Archaeology » In search of Chinggis Khan
(Second of two parts) In January’s ITN, Julie explored remnants of Chinggis Khan’s empire. Naadam Festival The Naadam is Mongolia’s biggest holiday of the year. Held on July 11, 12 and 13, on the anniversary of the 1921 revolution when the Mongolians ousted the Chinese, Naadam originated in Chinggis Khan’s time when Mongolian warriors competed in three “manly” [...]Travel & Health » Economy Class Syndrome — not just for coach passengers
That cramped feeling you get from sitting in economy class could be a very real ailment. For the last couple of years, Economy Class Syndrome — known as ECS — has been featured on evening newscasts and in a variety of health journals. ECS is caused by Deep Vein Thrombosis, or DVT, which affects approximately two million [...]Cruising World » QM2 = WOW!
—The Cruising World is written by Lew Toulmin. We reclined comfortably, looking up at the thousands of brilliant stars overhead. The ship swayed slightly as she drove forward at 25 knots. Suddenly the stars shifted dramatically, galaxies appeared and great streaks of color covered the heavens. Harrison Ford whispered in our ear, saying, “And now we will [...]All Aboard » Palm Express
You’ve seen it dozens of times in movies and on TV: a bird’s-eye view of a red sports car screeching through hairpin curves one after another, racing down a precipitous granite mountain with a thousand-foot plunge below into inaccessible ravines. Don’t you wish you were driving the sports car? Now the camera zooms down onto the [...]Hired driver in Hungary
In need of a driver on our September ’04 trip that included Hungary, we were turned on to Gabor Stern (e-mail sabor.s@vivamail.hu, phone 0036-202238630) by the Hungarian National Tourist Office (e-mail info@gotohungary.com). A very pleasant man with acceptable English skills, Gabor picked us up at the train station in an air-conditioned car and delivered us to [...]Dining in Croatia
On a trip to Croatia in June ’04, we found three restaurants which were excellent. In Krk Town on the island of Krk, we recommend Konoba NONO (Krckih iseljenika 8, Krk, Croatia; phone +3 85 [0] 5 1222 221). It’s just outside the Old City and across a small inlet. The great-grandson of the founder was spinning [...]Florence repasts
I was in Florence, Italy, on a Christmas-in-Florence tour, Dec. 21-28, ’04, and found several good places to eat in the Centro Storico area. Both are on the street that is about one block from the famed Ponte Vecchio. • On Borgo Santi Apostoli is Il Boccale Ristorante (Borgo S.S. Apostoli, 33r; tel. 283384). I had [...]Milan trattoria
Travelers to Italy looking for a trattoria near the Milan train station can go with confidence to Trattoria La Baita (phone 02-6694173), just around the corner from the station at Via Lepetit 27, corner of Via Vitruvio. On the night we were there in October ’04 it was a cheerful, bustling place without any loud, [...]‘Guerrilla Travel Tactics’
In his review of “Guerrilla Travel Tactics” by Levinson and Brandt-Sarif (Nov. ’04, pg. 92), ITN Contributing Editor Chris Springer seems determined to criticize what may be the best book of its kind on the market right now. I’ve been going through my copy for about the fifth time. I’ve underlined key points and copied out [...]
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