Chris, Flickr
It will officially be summer in just a few days, and who doesn't associate long, hot days with ice cream? Or, depending upon your preferences, lactose-digesting capabilities, and what part of the world you're in, gelato, sorbet, paletas, kulfi, faloodeh, bur ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Got Granita? Savoring A Summertime Sweet In Italy
Chris, Flickr
It will officially be summer in just a few days, and who doesn't associate long, hot days with ice cream? Or, depending upon your preferences, lactose-digesting capabilities, and what part of the world you're in, gelato, sorbet, paletas, kulfi, faloodeh, bur ...10 Random Observations About Slovenia
Sean McLachlan
Now that I'm wrapping up my series on Slovenia, there are a few bits and pieces that are worth sharing but didn't fit in any articles. While these observations won't be surprising to anyone familiar with the country, they were amusing to this first-time ...Thieves Steal 200-Pound, Hot-Pink Bulldog In West Hollywood
@tedlieu, Twitter
West Hollywood is searching for a lost dog: a 10-foot-tall, 200-pound, hot-pink bulldog, to be more specific. The Los Angeles Times reports the dog sculpture was stationed along Santa Monica Boulevard as part of an art installation put in place in advance ...Bikers In Paris: Artcrank Poster Show Comes To The City Of Light
Adam Turman/Artcrank
Love bicycles? Love good graphic design? Love transportation-inspired art? You'll love Artcrank.
The point of Artcrank is simple: get artists that have a love of bicycles to produce unique posters for shows in bike capitals around the world. The ...Keeneland: Thoroughbred Horses, Free Coffee And Kentucky's Best Cheap Breakfast
It was a rainy Monday, just after 7 a.m., when I pulled into the parking lot at Keeneland, one of the nation's most venerable thoroughbred racetracks. I had read that watching the horses morning workout was one of the best free things to do in Lexington, Kentucky, but on a ...Augmented Reality App Shows Rome's Colosseum, In All Of Its Glory
Public Domain
Augmented Reality apps on our smartphones and tablets can do some pretty amazing things. The basic premise is that these apps use our device's camera to show us the world around us while also overlaying information that may be of interest. For example, AR apps ...UNESCO Reports Damage To Timbuktu Worse Than Previously Reported
Emilio Labrador
A team from UNESCO has visited Timbuktu in Mali to make its first on-the-ground assessment of the damage caused by last year's occupation by the Islamist group Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith).
The group took over Timbuktu in April 2012 and imposed a ...A Kid Friendly Midwest Getaway: See The Freaks At Circus World In Baraboo
Five years ago, when my wife and I had our first child, our lives as travelers changed. We still hit the road just as often as before, but now we find ourselves seeking out zoos and playgrounds and children's museums and a host of other kid friendly attractions that we never ...Video: Inner City Surfing, The Latest Urban Adventure Craze
Germany and China don't immediately call to mind hanging 10, but that's about to change. The latest urban extreme sport pastime in these cities is urban surfing the big waves on their river systems. As reported by CNN, Munich's Eisbach River and Hangzhou's Qiantang River are ...
Yoko Ono Retrospective Exhibition Opens In Denmark
Marcela Cataldi Cipolla
Yoko Ono turned 80 earlier this year and to celebrate, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark, has opened a retrospective covering more than half a century of her work.
"Yoko Ono Half-A-Wind" looks back at Yoko Ono's ...Ljubljana: Why Slovenia's Cool Capital Needs To Be On Your Bucket List
Sean McLachlan
Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, has been trumpeted by travel writers for a good 10 years now, yet this artsy little city of 270,000 still doesn't get overrun with tourists. Perhaps it's because it's surrounded by better-known countries like Italy and ...The Drive-In Movie Theater Photography Project
Copyright Craig Deman
Today we have an interview with a very interesting travel photographer. Craig Deman has done a number of photography projects, including The Drive-In Project, a look at abandoned drive-in movie theaters across America. Since today is the 80th ...Artist Crams Entire Amusement Park Into Cube
The Glue Society, Facebook
Amusement parks are typically sprawling, open-air places filled with the adrenaline rush of rides, the smell of fair food and the promise of laughter. But what happens when you take out all the fun and games and reduce a park down to just its ...Nina Katchadourian: Aviation Artiste
Courtesy of Nina Katchadourian
Gadling has reported on the quirky photographs of frequent flier Nina Katchadourian before. Best known for her toilet-seat-cover self-portraits (really), the California-born photographer was first inspired on a 2010 flight from New York to ...Video Of The Day: Sleep No More NYC
It's not every day that I hop onto Gadling in an effort to persuade our readers to go out and purchase tickets for an event that will make a place come to life in a new way, the kind of way that enhances travel and the cultural experiences that come with it, but when I do, ...
Planning The Perfect Picnic (Food Poisoning Not Included)
Trey Ratcliff, Flickr
The solstice may be a few weeks off yet, but let's not kid ourselves: summer has begun. A favorite warm weather pastime the world over is dining al fresco. I first discovered the joys of the picnic, in particular, when I was 10, and my family spent the ...Vienna, Paris And Now Greece: Why Travelers Will Relate To 'Before Midnight'
If you've ever approached a good-looking stranger on a train, or kicked yourself for not doing so, you probably love Richard Linklater's trilogy of films - "Before Sunrise," "Before Sunset" and "Before Midnight" – about a pair of travelers who met on a train bound for ...Largest Lincoln Exhibit Ever Opens In California
Kevin Trotman, Flickr
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library just debuted a new exhibit on the most famous Republican. A. Lincoln: From Railsplitter to Rushmore opened Saturday and will run through September 31. With 250 items culled from major collectors, ...My (Failed) Attempt At Conquering The Bend Ale Trail
There must be someone in Bend, Oregon, who drinks Coors or Bud Light. But I imagine that this mythical, mass produced beer loving android keeps a very low profile so as not to be shunned, like an alcoholic Amish swinger, in what must be America's best craft beer town. Bend ...An Interview With Romy Natalia Goldberg, Author Of 'Other Places Travel Guide, Paraguay'
Courtesy of Romy Natalia Goldberg
Since April, I've been writing about my adventures in Paraguay. Gadling sent me there for the exact reason most of you are reading this post: because few people, especially Norte Americanos, know anything about this mysterious country. The ...
