July 04, 2003
I'm taking off for Paris
There is a certain irony in maintaining a travel weblog: to regularly update it means, well, that you aren't really...Read this article
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Ernest Hemingway on Paris and memory
"There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from...Read this article
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July 02, 2003
Remembering the Hippie Trail
For independent travelers just now beginning to travel in Asia, the legendary overland "Hippie Trail" of the '60s and '70s...Read this article
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David Sedaris on his fear of French people
"My fear had nothing to do with the actual French people. What scared me was the idea of French people...Read this article
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July 01, 2003
No nation can stand alone
"Democrats once dreamed of societies whose political autonomy rested firmly on economic independence. The Athenians idealized what they called autarky,...Read this article
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Evelyn Waugh on the varied reputation of Paris
"The characteristic thing about Paris is not so much the extent -- though that is vast -- as the overwhelming...Read this article
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