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You can tell a lot about a country by the stand-in work it does for other countries. For example, my first exposure to Prague was when it stood in for Vienna in the movie Amadeus.
There is a lot of money to be made for lesser known countries to stand in for more expensive ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Red Corner: Balkan Location Scouts
You can tell a lot about a country by the stand-in work it does for other countries. For example, my first exposure to Prague was when it stood in for Vienna in the movie Amadeus.
There is a lot of money to be made for lesser known countries to stand in for more expensive ...Photo of the Day (5/16/2006)
For those seeking peace through pictures, Gadling Flickr contributor trentstrohm has got a wonderful photo of the glassy surface of Lake Bled in Slovenia that makes it to our Photo of the Day today. I was just thinking what a nice place this would be to sit and have a ...Photo of the Day (4/19/06)
I
love caves -- there are several on an island just offshore of my homeland of Trinidad -- so I couldn't resist posting
this one of the Skocjan Caves in Slovenia. Besides, the photographer, trentstrohm, says the shot was taken illegally, since photography
isn't ...Bratislava Parties - WP Video
It's
such a satisfying thing (as a video producer) to see so much more fine video making its way to the Web. Remember the
days when any documentary video you saw tended to be repurposed stuff from Television? Now, we're seeing so much more
quality story-telling coming out ...Word for the Travel Wise (02/24/06)
Before Neil joined our team here I never gave much thought to these distant, far eastern lands mentioned in his thorough and ongoing Red Corner series. Sure I've been to Budapest, checked out some of those old dusty (and rather interesting) Communist statues that once stood ...easyJet Weddings
Okay, we're a bit late on this one for Valentine's Day, but I think those of you who survived this holiday intact and are considering taking that next big step might appreciate this post nonetheless. Oh, and it will help if you live in England.
We posted last week on how ...Red Square: Hitched in Slovenia
"You can't spell Slovenia without 'love'" is one of the more lame reasons I've heard for choosing a wedding location.
Cheesy line aside, journalist Tim Walker has penned a nice piece for the Independent about turning your back on expensive weddings and tying the knot in ...Going to Ljubljana
We've mentioned how the east European town Ljubljana has been heralded as the new Prague, the newest town where American expatriates venture hoping to find the Paris of the 20s, the Prague in the 80s, where artists and writers gather at coffee houses to meditate and ruminate ...Olympic Torch Tour of Italy Begins
Earlier today in Rome, Stefano Baldini, the first torchbearer of the Olympic Relay, received the torch from Italian President Ciampi. The Flame now begins a 64-day journey through 600 towns, traveling over 7,000 miles, before reaching its destination in Torino on February ...Best Ethical Travel Destinations
While on the subject of responsible travel, I want to be sure to mention the fascinating report released this week by the Ethical Traveler. Executive Director Jeff Greenwald worked with Stanford University researchers to compile the World's Best Ethical Travel ...The Glory of Carniola
I'm especially excited about visiting Slovenia next year when I'm backpacking through Europe. For some unexplainable reason I'm really drawn to this tiny European nation. Maybe because it borders Italy, where all my ancestors are from? Or because I just keep reading such ...Cycling Laos
Last night over dinner a friend and I discussed which types of travel adventure trips we would and would not do. He mentioned that he had just read about a group who did a 19-day cycling trip through northwest Laos. We both agreed that this might not be the adventure we'd ...Eurail Announces New Options for 2006
For the first time ever, the company will introduce a single-country pass, the Eurail National Rail Pass. Travelers can choose to explore one country from three to 10 travel days (within one month or two) for these nine countries: Finland, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Norway, ...Ljubljana's Old-Style Euro Appeal
It's already been heralded as the new Prague, the place where American expatriates can go to leave behind the trappings of the modern world and find a place resembling Paris in the 20s and Prague in the 80s, where artists and writers congregate at coffee houses and the ...Top Places for 2005
This nice New York Times interactive narrated by Times' Travel Editor Stuart Emmrich lists the top places to go this year. Bhutan is near the top of the list, and is recommended in part (aside from being amazingly beautiful) because the country restricts the number of people ...
