Dec 15th, 2010 at 9:00AM: Traveling through Eastern Europe recently, what stood out to me the most (aside from ultra low prices and varying success with capitalism) is the extreme popularity of sushi. Particularly in Kiev and Warsaw, sushi restaurants are nearly as prolific as the national cuisine and if you find yourself in a fashionable restaurant, odds are raw fish will be on the menu.
My husband and I had differing ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The sushi invasion of Eastern Europe
Dec 15th, 2010 at 9:00AM: Traveling through Eastern Europe recently, what stood out to me the most (aside from ultra low prices and varying success with capitalism) is the extreme popularity of sushi. Particularly in Kiev and Warsaw, sushi restaurants are nearly as prolific as the national cuisine and if you find yourself in a fashionable restaurant, odds are raw fish will be on the menu.
My husband and I had differing ...Do you buy too much junk in third world countries?
Apr 15th, 2010 at 8:30AM: One of the biggest problems that I have when I'm traveling overseas is "strong dollar syndrome." With a rough approximation of the exchange rate in my head and the smell of foreign commerce, everything looks cheap and I buy trinkets and souvenirs with reckless abandon.
This has happened all over the place, from the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul to the artisan market in Ubud, Indonesia to the Old ...Dim Sum Dialogues: The Chungking Mansions
Jul 25th, 2009 at 8:30AM: This is Nadim. Nadim is originally from Pakistan. He came to Hong Kong seven years ago with his wife and two children to find a better life. He tells me that he never envisioned his better life to be what he has today, but he's happy, and enjoying moderate success selling mobile phones out of his shop. The shop is actually a small stall, at most ten feet wide and four feet deep, situated in a ...Susan Boyle: The Global Ambassador of Good Will
Apr 17th, 2009 at 3:00PM: If there ever was a Global Ambassador of Good Will, Susan Boyle, the woman who has wowed the world from her "Britain's Got Talent" performance is it.
Ever since I saw the video, I've been enamored. First, there's the song. Who hasn't dreamed a dream of days gone by? The first time I saw "Les Miserables" I was living in Singapore. That musical seemed to seep into my pores. Hearing Susan Boyle sing ...Sears Tower to be renamed "Willis Tower"
Mar 13th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Times have changed since Chicago's Sears Tower was first built. Upon its completion in 1973, this 110-story Chicago monolith was proclaimed a modern marvel - a building that planted a massive stake in the ground for Chicago's, and arguably America's, architectural and economic dominance. Though the Sears Tower remains an important symbol in 2009, its preeminence in the "World's Tallest Building" ...What the financial meltdown means for the future of globalization
Nov 20th, 2008 at 10:00PM: There's been a lot of chatter recently over what the global financial crisis and impending recession means for the future of globalization. You see, critics have latched onto the recent failures of markets as the perfect argument for why we need to curb international economic integration. Although many economists strongly argued for the impending dominance of emerging economies, I think the ...So what's up with Iceland's 'national bankruptcy'? A possible explanation
Nov 4th, 2008 at 10:30AM: Hidden far away in the North Atlantic, Iceland may seem like one of the last outposts for globalization to reach. One economist stressed that a century ago, Iceland was essentially Ghana in terms of economic development. And even as late as the 1970s, Iceland still remained one of the poorest countries in Western Europe, with a major portion of its economy reliant on fishing. Yet today, Iceland ...
Airplane safety: Is globalization a bad thing?
Mar 4th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Still catching up on the Sunday papers, I just stumbled onto a piece in the Washington Post's business section reporting that the U.S. Dept. of Transportation is taking the Federal Aviation Administration to task for using shoddy parts in some of today's biggest plane models. The folks over at Transportation are taking umbrage with the fact that many of these parts used to be made exclusively in ...Paris Raises $42 million to keep out McDonald's and other Pop Ilk
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Sep 8th, 2007 at 1:25PM: Every few months we revisit the "cultural invasion" theme here at Gadling. You know the one: an angry populace somewhere on the other side of the planet fighting against the arrival of a Starbucks or McDonald's and the subsequent death of local culture which will arise as a result. This week, we cruise on over to Paris, France (big surprise!) where local Parisians are battling the onslaught of ...Slums Are Home to Almost One Billion People
Aug 31st, 2007 at 9:30AM: I spent some time in London this week. The city has a special place in my heart and that's not only because the Tate Modern gallery is located there. Although it's a big part of it. This power-plant-turned museum can--perhaps like no other modern art museum--truly catch the Zeitgeist.
Fortunately, I was able to catch the very last day of the Global Cities exhibit; a fascinating expose of the ...
