Gadling Take FIVE (Week of June 18 - June 24)

Heavens! The last weekend in July?! How can that be? Hopefully, those of you in the summer season are finding time to get out there, see the world--even if the world is not much further than the block next door and the weather is cooperating.

Here are five posts about new things in the travel scene.

• Sean's post on how e-mailing is getting easier in some parts of Africa due to a new fiber optic cable is good news for travelers and business people--and education.
• In keeping up with the trend for more environmentally friendly, safe travel, Antarctic tourism is following suit. Kraig's post tells how.
• People are smiling more in Paris, according to Scott. It's not that they have more to be happy about, it's that they've been told to. Find out why.
• As a Luddite, of sorts--so was Kurt Vonnegut, by the way, I'm befuddled by augmented reality. Jeremy has a handle on it though, so read his version. It's a wild way to see the world is all I can say.
• If you're looking for Sears Tower in Chicago, you won't find it anymore. You'll find Willis Tower. As Katie points out Willis Tower is really the Sears Tower. There's been a name change. It's true; money can buy you a very very tall building.

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