Posted on Aug 08, 2006 07:11 PM by kristin
It was a mixed bag of features this weekend: a few locales with troubled history, some ultra-peaceful escapes from any troubles currently in the making, hitchhiking in the unlikely destination of Japan, and the long-delayed opening of Dubai’s manmade palm-shaped island.
Serbia: ‘A style all of its own‘ (Guardian)
Bavaria: ‘Rising Above the Past’ (SF Chronicle)
Dubai: ‘Dubai’s palm island being readied for its first residents’ (USA Today)
Mt. Athos, Greece: ‘Of Monks and Men’ (Washington Post)
Ibiza: ‘Ibiza Gets in Touch With its Hippie-Chic Roots’ (NYT)
Romania: ‘The Danube’s green waltz’ (LA Times)
Hitchhiking: ‘One thumb up for Japan’ (Chicago Tribune)
