Word: amsterdams
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...unpretentious haven") and Krakow ("filled with joie de vivre"). If your itinerary will only take you to the capitals of culture, try the STYLE CITY books from Thames and Hudson ($24 each), which supply the scoop on - and gorgeous photos of - Barcelona, London, New York and Paris. Amsterdam and San Francisco are next. The guides' writers convey the "vibrant and idiosyncratic experience" of each city, and they take the reader off the beaten path. Craving chocolate in the Catalonian capital? Try Cacao Sampaka, a "beautifully spare shop interior full of dark chocolate-colored wood." Dare to venture beyond Manhattan? Fuel...
...backpackers’ pub crawl” I heard the gorgeous sound of travel stories being exchanged in various accents—“We’ve just been in London,” “We’re heading to Amsterdam,” “Have you seen the Irish countryside?” It made me want to keep travelling forever...
...Just how it might do so left investors and civil-aviation experts scratching their heads. Air France CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta and KLM chief Leo van Wijk said the two firms won't cut staff and will operate as before from their hubs, Charles de Gaulle in Paris and Amsterdam's Schiphol. And to retain KLM's international traffic rights, they've had to create a holding company that will own all the shares of both companies but control only 49% of KLM's votes. (Two foundations and the Dutch government will retain the rest for three years.) Any savings...
...arrived in Paris only yesterday, hours after wrapping up my Let’s Go itinerary in Amsterdam, so the packing to be done back at my friend Neasa’s apartment was minimal. Still, I needed her help, because I couldn’t get my fingers to move...
...made a surprise guest appearance at breakfast in Quincy last week. Woods has spent her nine consecutive semesters off “finding herself” in various ways, including suckling orphaned Orangutan babes in Indonesia, working the concession stand at a sex show in Amsterdam and undertaking an 87-day “vision quest” in the Mojave Desert. When asked if she would finally be making her return to the list of enrolled students, Woods replied, “no, I’m just here for breakfast.” Woods will spend the coming...