May 22nd, 2009 at 2:00PM: Welcome back. Here we are again for Gadling's weekly roundup of links from the independent travel experts at BootsnAll. This week's links are custom-made to get your wanderlust racing and put you in the right travel mindset. So pull that suitcase out of the closet and start clicking below:
Biggest Soccer Rivalries - soccer is a sport that tends to elicit groans of boredom from many Americans. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Gadling + BootsnAll - Picks of the Week (5.22.09)
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:00PM: Welcome back. Here we are again for Gadling's weekly roundup of links from the independent travel experts at BootsnAll. This week's links are custom-made to get your wanderlust racing and put you in the right travel mindset. So pull that suitcase out of the closet and start clicking below:
Biggest Soccer Rivalries - soccer is a sport that tends to elicit groans of boredom from many Americans. ...Photo of the day (4.21.09)
Apr 21st, 2009 at 8:00PM: I have fond memories of the DC subway system, a series of long, ovular tubes that ferry passengers through the nation's capital. In addition to being one of the deepest metro systems on earth, the sweeping brutalist architecture in each station is an awe inspiring sight to behold -- whether or not you're an everyday metro passenger. Today's photo of the day is from a POTD regular, ultraclay!. ...Do you collect souvenirs? Or "youvenirs?"
Feb 20th, 2009 at 10:00AM: Upon returning from many trips abroad, I find I am unable to part with what many would consider the "garbage" that accumulates during your travels. I'm not talking about banana peels or tissues - more like readily disposable items such as mass transit tickets, nightclub flyers and entrance passes to monuments. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/travel_places/Souvenirs_OR_youvenirs?'; For example, I ...Undiscovered New York: Going underground
Feb 18th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Welcome back to Undiscovered New York. If New York was a human body, with Times Square as the heart and Central Park as its lungs, the city's subway system would certainly be its veins and arteries - unnoticed yet vitally important. No public transportation system could possibly encompass as many hyperboles. The smelliest. The slowest. The dirtiest. The most confusing. The hottest in the summer ...Photo of the Day (07.22.08)
Jul 22nd, 2008 at 4:00PM:
Ah, the metro, where I've spent countless of my weekend hours toiling away underground, staring off into space, sitting on wooden benches and people watching. This photo, taken by Luke Robinson, was shot outside of the Parisian underground, where I have spent many hours commuting between my sister's apartment in the 17th and downtown Paris. If only all subway systems were as sprawling, clean ...Europe on a budget: Take public transportation
May 28th, 2008 at 5:00PM: It really shouldn't come as a surprise, but when you are trying to save those euros this summer, you are going to want to spend your time discovering cities by way of public transportation. Buses, street cars and metros are what the European continent is known for, and this article in the New York Times highlights how many good deals you can find aboard different forms of transportation. The ...Photo of the Day (02-12-08)
Feb 12th, 2008 at 10:01AM: Quick question: Is this escalator, which leads weary travellers to the deepest Metro station in the Paris transportation network, shot from the bottom looking up or the top looking down? With a bit of consideration, I realize it's taken from the top looking down, but it's almost like one of those optical illusions that can go either way. But that's only one of the aspects I like about this photo ...I'm on da E train. Where da Hell are You?
Sep 22nd, 2007 at 3:10PM: As if the New York subway system isn't loud enough. Now, the city is planning to get all the 277 stations wired for cell phones and Wi-Fi in the next six years. I know other cities in Europe and Asia with subway cell phone coverage, but New York?
On one hand, this could be good. The NYC subway is not the most reliable piece of public transportation known to man. It is not uncommon for trains to ...Best Underground Transit In the World Is...
Aug 9th, 2007 at 8:10AM: ...apparently London's, but this is a list compiled by Virgin, a British company, so go figure. Anyone who has ever spent more than two seconds in London's tube during rush hour must question their sanity.
Don't get me wrong, I think London has a great and extensive subway system but during rush hour it is a nightmare - packed and no air-con. Plus, it costs 4GBP (about $8) for a single ride, ...
