Cultured Traveler: Seeing Johannesburg Through Artists’ Eyes

Public art is helping to revive urban Johannesburg, Africa's most visited city.

















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Check In: Hotel Review: Waldorf Astoria Panama in Panama City

This 36-story property, the first Waldorf Astoria in Latin America, opened last year in a neighborhood filled with trendy restaurants and nightclubs.

















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Bites: Restaurant Report: Peumayen in Santiago, Chile

Opened early last year, Peumayen celebrates native cuisines and offers an introduction to the vast array of Chilean ingredients.

















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36 Hours in Graz, Austria

The country’s second-largest city, built around an ancient hilltop castle, boasts rich design, art and culinary scenes.

















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Footsteps: Lawrence of Sardinia

D.H. Lawrence, that is. A trip to Sardinia retraces his memoir about visiting there in 1921.

















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My Brooklyn, Then and Now

A son of this vast borough surveys his home of 44 years, a place, he argues, you could happily visit for a week without setting foot on that island across the river.

















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Reading makes you a better person

Neural activity suggests reading can transport you into the body of a protagonist.



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London to New York in style

Richard Quest puts the big five transatlantic carriers to the test and finds out what it takes to be a London taxi driver.

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10 Things to Love About San Francisco

On a recent visit to San Francisco, I was fortunate to have Nat Geo photographer Catherine Karnow as a companion and guide. As we explored the city in her zippy convertible, we made a point to venture across the bridge to Marin County, where Catherine makes her home. Here's a list of ten of our favorite places experiences--on both sides of the bay.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/11/10-things-to-love-about-san-francisco/

In Transit Blog: A Hotel With Its Art on the Outside

The exterior of the new Beaumont hotel in London is a showcase for the sculpture by Antony Gormley called “Room.”





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T Magazine: Letter from Umbria | A Storied Ceramics Workshop Where Visiting Artists Can Get to Work

In the otherwise unremarkable town of Umbertide, Ceramiche Rometti, which has been manufacturing elegant tableware and sculpture since the 1920s and offers informal lessons to guests, is worth a visit.

















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4 reasons train travel is the best

People who ride trains are way more interesting than people who ride planes.



from Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/trips/4-reasons-train-travel-still-best/

Airport charges passengers for breathing clean air

Passengers are used to paying for check-in baggage or priority boarding but one airport in Venezuela is now charging for the ultimate hidden extra -- air.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/11/travel/venezuela-airport-air/index.html

The 23 best drunk foods in America

The merits of drunk food are entirely different from those of sober food.



from Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/nights/23-best-drunk-foods-america/