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Love letters from fans bundled with a ribbon. A Giovanni Boldini painting worth more than $2 million. Hairbrushes caked in 70 years' worth of dust. All sitting right where the owner left them during World War II.
According to the Daily Mail, a time capsule ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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WWII-Era Parisian Apartment Found Stopped In Time
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Love letters from fans bundled with a ribbon. A Giovanni Boldini painting worth more than $2 million. Hairbrushes caked in 70 years' worth of dust. All sitting right where the owner left them during World War II.
According to the Daily Mail, a time capsule ...Plane Crash Memorialized In The Deep Sahara
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In a lonely corner the Sahara Desert, Google Earth shows what looks like a tattoo on the sun-parched sands: a dark graphic blot amid the vast remoteness of Niger's Tenere region. The negative space in the center of the dot forms the shape of a DC-10 jet plane. ...The Late Night, Free Cultural Event Extravaganza: European Night Of Museums 2013
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Budget traveling night owl alert: if you're in Europe right now you don't want to miss out on the ninth annual European Night of Museums this Saturday, May 18.
The idea is simple: open up museums way past their general closing hours, cut ...Mayotte's Zam-Zam: Restaurant And Launchpad
Last month I visited Mayotte, an island located between Madagascar and Mozambique in the Mozambique Channel. Mayotte is part of the Comoros archipelago, but unlike the rest of the Comoros, it is part of France.
In 1975, when the rest of the Comoros became independent, ...Airline Hopes To Avoid Volcanic Ash Clouds With New Technology
Volcanic ash is something commercial airliners want nothing to do with. When Alaska's Cleveland volcano erupted not long ago, shooting low levels of ash into the atmosphere, many airlines were concerned. Another blast could send ash higher, directly into their flight path ...Napoleonic Wars Refought In Spain
The second of May is a date that every Spaniard knows. In 1808 on that date, the Spanish people rose up against Napoleon and started a long struggle to kick his troops out of the country. They'd been occupied the year before when Spain's weak king had foolishly allowed ...Postcards From Carcassonne: Exploring A Medieval French Village
While on a film production in southern France (no really, for this), we were cruising along the autoroute between Toulouse and Narbonne. I was in the driver's seat, which, for the record, is not the spot you want to be in while driving through this part of France. You ...In Praise Of Travel Lists
Travel lists get a lot of grief. I've overheard many fellow travel writers offer the opinion that lists of various sorts are deeply inferior to any and all narrative travel writing. Others have suggested that lists are slowly crowding out real travel writing entirely.
...#OnTheRoad On Instagram: Paris, France
Paris is one of those iconic travel destinations that everyone seems to have on their travel list at one point or another. It's romantic. It's beautiful. It's chaotic. It's French.
I came three months ago, with the excuse of needing a month to focus on a couple of ...April In Paris At The Bagatelle
April in Paris is about spring buds, blossoms, lovers and delicate sunshine – everyone knows that. Just because the temperatures are often in the 30s or 40s Fahrenheit, branches still barren, makes no difference at all. So it was with a light heart and step that I ...Eurostar Revamps Services In A Bid To Lure Fliers
Long-distance train travel is making a comeback with Eurostar announcing plans to expand its services. The high-speed train, which primarily serves London, Brussels and Paris, has its sights set on new destinations across the European continent.
Eurostar says its ...Photo Of The Day: Seeing Mona Lisa
Nearly every visitor to Paris' Louvre Museum will tell you that, once they fight through the crowds to see her, it is surprising how small the famous "Mona Lisa" painting is in person. Today's Photo of the Day shows both the crowds of tourists eager to photograph her, ...Louvre Shut Due To Violent Gang Of Pickpockets
The Louvre temporarily closed on Wednesday due to a strike protesting trouble with violent pickpockets.
The Guardian reports more than a hundred staff walked out on Wednesday in protest over "increasingly aggressive" gangs of pickpockets that harass both visitors and ...Paris Redux: Classic Parisian Neighborhoods As Seen Through Typography
Design geeks and French lovers beware: this video was made for you.
Using some of Paris' most iconic neighborhoods and coming up with simple visual representations of them, the video was made as a holiday greeting card by global design agency Havas Worldwide.
My ...Roger Ebert, Travel Writer
Last week, the world lost one of the all-time great film critics, when Roger Ebert passed away at age 70. He was mostly known for his love of movies and long career reviewing them at the Chicago Sun-Times, as well as his witty and wide-reaching Twitter feed. Roger was first ...Love French Wine? You'll Love the French Wine Metro Map
There's something about the design of subway maps, and not just for plotting metro lines across cities.
For those looking to master French wine regions, look no further. Combining the simplicity of the Paris metro map and the complexity of France's numerous wine ...Video Of The Day: Quiet Time In France
The words "city" and "quiet" don't usually go hand in hand. Cities are, by their very nature, synonymous with hustle and bustle. But in the short film above, Andrew Julian challenges this notion. He offers a glimpse of Paris that shows the exact opposite of a metropolis ...
Forget Paris, Try Lyon
It was nighttime when I first pulled into France's second-largest city, by car, and the lights were on – a wash of royal blue shining up onto orderly rows of stately Renaissance buildings in ochre hues and reflecting in the river that bisects the city. Handsome was ...International Adventure Guide 2013: Paris, France
An adventure guide to Paris? Yes.
At first glance, Paris probably isn't the go-to city for outdoor enthusiasts. Metros, brasseries and the Champs Elysées don't really make the top of the list of an adventurer's itinerary. But being the diverse and ever-changing ...Exclusive Gadling Playlist: Tropical Beats And Rhythms Even If You're Not On Spring Break
Once a month we put together an exclusive Gadling playlist – a little something to bring you sounds from around the world.
Every month we choose a theme paired with one of our #ontheroad Instagram locations and choose some of our favorite tracks, giving you a ...
