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Spanair ceases operations
Mon, Jan 30 2012 15:04
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Spanair went belly up yesterday, leaving more than 20,000 people stranded. The Spanish airline was known for providing inexpensive shuttle flights within Spain, between cities like Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville, as well as flights between Spain and some of the popular Spanish islands.
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Spanair went belly up yesterday, leaving more than 20,000 people stranded. The Spanish airline was known for providing inexpensive shuttle flights within Spain, between cities like Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville, as well as flights between Spain and some of the popular Spanish islands.
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Travel Thought for the Week
Mon, Jan 30 2012 10:57
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Travel Thought for the Week
Mon, Jan 23 2012 09:43
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What's new about old in Europe
Thu, Jan 19 2012 08:51
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Restoration work on the Colosseum in Rome is set to begin in March, but the $33 million project is creating controversy. Members of the Restorers Association of Italy are unhappy about the plans, which they believe has sidelined them in favor of non-specialist restorers and which "run the risk of causing irreparable damage to the monument." The funds are coming from Italian luxury brand Tod's in exchange for advertising rights, which has also caused some rumblings among purists.
Also in Rome, the tomb of the Scipios, one of ancient Rome's most famous families, has re-opened to the public after being closed for more than 20 years. The family included two men nicknamed Africanus, the Elder, who defeated Hannibal, and the Younger, his adopted grandson, who destroyed Carthage.
And more from Rome: The Palazzo Farnese, designed in part by Michelangelo and with an Annabale Caracci painted ceiling that rivals the Sistine Chapel, has long been off limits to the general public. It has functioned as the French Embassy since the late 1800's. Last year the Embassy began offering tours in French and Italian which have been very popular, so now they are also available in English.
Near Peterborough, about 80 miles north of London, archaeologists have found the remains of a 2nd century AD Roman villa.
The Humana health insurance company has decided to return to Italy two Roman statues it bought from a New York gallery in 1984. The statues were likely smuggled from Italy before making their appearance in the gallery, and Humana has decided that the proper thing to do is send them home.
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Restoration work on the Colosseum in Rome is set to begin in March, but the $33 million project is creating controversy. Members of the Restorers Association of Italy are unhappy about the plans, which they believe has sidelined them in favor of non-specialist restorers and which "run the risk of causing irreparable damage to the monument." The funds are coming from Italian luxury brand Tod's in exchange for advertising rights, which has also caused some rumblings among purists.
Also in Rome, the tomb of the Scipios, one of ancient Rome's most famous families, has re-opened to the public after being closed for more than 20 years. The family included two men nicknamed Africanus, the Elder, who defeated Hannibal, and the Younger, his adopted grandson, who destroyed Carthage.
And more from Rome: The Palazzo Farnese, designed in part by Michelangelo and with an Annabale Caracci painted ceiling that rivals the Sistine Chapel, has long been off limits to the general public. It has functioned as the French Embassy since the late 1800's. Last year the Embassy began offering tours in French and Italian which have been very popular, so now they are also available in English.
Near Peterborough, about 80 miles north of London, archaeologists have found the remains of a 2nd century AD Roman villa.
The Humana health insurance company has decided to return to Italy two Roman statues it bought from a New York gallery in 1984. The statues were likely smuggled from Italy before making their appearance in the gallery, and Humana has decided that the proper thing to do is send them home.
Travel Thought for the Week
Mon, Jan 16 2012 09:17
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“Most of us abandoned the idea of a life full of travel and adventure sometime between puberty and our first job. Our dreams died under the dark weight of responsibility. Occasionally the old urge surfaces, and we label it with names that suggest psychological aberrations: the big chill, mid-life crisis.”
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“Most of us abandoned the idea of a life full of travel and adventure sometime between puberty and our first job. Our dreams died under the dark weight of responsibility. Occasionally the old urge surfaces, and we label it with names that suggest psychological aberrations: the big chill, mid-life crisis.”
-- Tim Cahill, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh (1987)
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