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Legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen will play at the Waldbuhne in Berlin on August 18th. The man who famously sang "first we take Manhattan, then we

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And the Ravinia Festival decided to stay on a roll with Patti LuPone, who will star in a lavish staged concert-style production of Irving Berlin's “Annie

Stylish hotels, old landmarks and world-class concerts: Six things you must do ...

Stylish hotels, old landmarks and world-class concerts: Six things you must do ...

I also took in spectacular views of Berlin from the Panoramapunkt at the top of the 25-storey Kollhoff-Tower in Potsdamer Platz, speeding up in Europe's

Weekly Travel Scorecard [05.23.10]

The elements that make for a good travel story are the very same that make any sort of story good: character development, a narrative arc and a few surprises. Almost all of the stories in this week’s sections fit the bill, making for one of the best weeks in travel writing we’ve had for awhile. Despite the fact that both the LA Times and the Washington Post focused their sections on South Africa, in anticipation of the World Cup early next month, I don’t think I’ve ever said “hunh, who knew?” or laughed out loud to myself so many times during a Sunday newspaper-reading session.

First up, New York Times’ Frugal Traveler columnist Matt Gross deserves a pat on the back and a giant cold beer for managing to pull off, hands-down, the hardest assignment in travel writing: a story that is service-oriented and budget conscious and yet still narrative. He begins his tale of walking from Austria to Hungary by explaining why on earth he’d choose to undertake such a task: He’s following in the footsteps of the great English travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor.

Источник: The Faster Times

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