Travel + Leisure’s May issue has a decent slideshow of the Best Airport Hot Spots. I was most struck by the amazing image of the Best New Terminal in Montevideo in Uruguay. T + L’s description is as follows: Inspired by the region’s characteristic cuchillas, or low hills, this terminal from New York–based, Uruguay-born architect [...]
Entries from April 19th, 2010
I Heart Great Airport Design
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Betty, Good design, Transportation bliss
Tags:airports·Kuala Lumpur·Uruguay
Fail ‘o’ the Day: Other Passengers
April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Fail 'o' the Day
I’d like to sing the praises of this Slate piece by John Dickerson, a child’s treasury of jackass flight passengers. Partly it’s because I was so ticked off with my fellow passengers on my last domestic flight–a.k.a. “the tragedy of the commons“–that I completely reversed my previously stated opinion about Spirit Airways charging for carry-on [...]
Coffee–and the Executive Lounge–Is for Closers
April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Novelty, Transportation bliss
A few weeks ago, I tried US Airway’s Club at the Philadelphia Airport. I want to report that it was a waste of money; that the people on the other side of those slidey-glass double doors are no more or less happy than we hoi polloi are; that there’s no discernible difference. I wanted to [...]
Tags:airports·Philadelphia·travel
Next Stop: Dutch Fluency!
April 27th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Dutch language school, Novelty, Obsessed with the Dutch
Hooray! My tax refund came yesterday, which means I’ll be booking my time at Dutch Princess School soon! It’s probably worth explaining why on earth I’m going to spend thousands of dollars to get to fluency in Dutch. And most importantly–why Dutch? Literally every time I mention that I’m trying to learn Dutch, the person [...]
Tags:Amsterdam·cultural exchange·Dutch·languages·Netherlands·Regina Coeli Language Institute·travel writing
Monday-Morning Eye-Candy Break
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Photo of the day
Did you have a nice weekend? Ready to ease into the weekly gently? If so, the Guardian has a cool new photo gallery related to travel. I’ve found they generally have good galleries, and this one by Raymon Depardon took my fancy. What’s interesting to me is that some of these places look like they [...]
Tags:photographers·photos
Fun with Volcanos, Part II
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia
I liked this infographic a lot–helps put the volcano in perspective, I think. And speaking of volcanos, so many people told me that they liked this previous video of newscasters scrambling how to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull, I thought you might want to see Jon Stewart & crew’s take on the same problem: Volcanolypse 2010 www.thedailyshow.com
Q&A: Is an iPhone a Good Idea for International Travel?
April 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Good design, Transportation bliss
Being of the techie sort–a girl who Google-maps out her trips–and the traveling kind, I often get emails from friends and friends of friends seeking advice where those two worlds overlap. Here was the question from a friend: You have an iPhone, don’t you? Have you used it internationally? I’m thinking of getting one, but [...]
Tags:iPhone·phone bills
Culture Shock: A Reality or a Fabrication?
April 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Blog posts by Betty, Wary of the advice of others
Culture shock. I’ve always been fascinated with this term. Before I experienced it, the phrase always struck me as seriously clichéd. As I’ve mentioned earlier, I spent some time in La Mosquitia in Honduras a few years ago. It’s remote, and requires major effort to explore. Before this trip, I had traveled a lot, but never in [...]
Everybody Loves Oahu (and Hurley)
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia
This winter, I was lucky enough to visit Oahu. As a die-hard Lost fan, I was perpetually thinking of the show when I’m there (it was my third visit). You can read all about my five favorite Lost sites. Because that blog post was right around when Lost returned from hiatus, there were a ton [...]
I ♥ New York
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Novelty, Recommended sights, Transportation bliss, Urban archipelagos
I had a fabulous long-weekend trip to New York. Recently, I overheard some Seattleites discussing how they hated New York–the crowds, the noise, the general dirtiness you feel in your hair and on your shoes at the end of the day. So here’s my passionate defense of the city as an awesome place for travelers to enjoy, and [...]
Tags:New York City