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...something for everyone," says Clow. Coastal towns along the trail offer rustic pansiyon (guesthouse) accommodation, but for a real slice of local life, Clow recommends staying in village homes: many families keep a spare room for walkers. Ah, the exhilaration of watching the sunset over the Mediterranean from atop a marble sarcophagus in an ancient Lycian burial site - how very Indiana Jones. trekkingturkey.com

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Footsteps Of Alexander | 7/6/2006 | See Source »

...ferry astronauts and supplies to and from the space station. Then, to replace the shuttle, NASA is planning a new-generation, Apollo-style capsule capable of going on to the moon. Foam should not be an issue on the next-generation space ship because the crew capsule will sit atop the rocket rather than essentially hug the rockets as does the shuttle. If foam insulation is used, any debris will fall down and away from the capsule. The capsule also will come capped with an escape rocket that can blast the crew compartment away to safety in the event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shuttle Soap Opera: Only 17 More to Go | 7/5/2006 | See Source »

Long before before Jenna Bush flashed a fake ID or Amy Carter staged a sit-in, another rebellious First Daughter was grabbing the nation's attention by lounging atop the White House roof smoking cigarettes, placing bets with a bookie and toting a pet garter snake named Emily Spinach in her pocketbook. "I can be President of the United States or I can attend to Alice," Theodore Roosevelt once said when asked to discipline his headstrong eldest child. "I cannot possibly do both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alice Roosevelt Longworth: An American Princess | 7/3/2006 | See Source »

...Tower at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, Va., and Andrew Lappas, 5, seemed bored. "I thought, Uh-oh, one run and we're done?" his father, Chris Lappas, 40, recalls with a laugh. Before long they discovered the indoor water park's longer, steeper tunnel slides--they start atop a four-story staircase and snake in and out of the cavernous hall into a plunge pool below--and Andrew was hooked. "We proceeded to go down about 25 more times," Lappas says. "By the end of the day, the kid was toast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Splash Happy | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...spring of 1953, Crimson editors stole the Ibis from atop of the Lampoon castle. In retaliation, the Lampoon kidnapped Crimson President Michael Maccoby ’54 one night as he walked home...

Author: By Katherine M. Gray, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Updike Delves Into ‘Terrorist’ Mindset | 6/30/2006 | See Source »

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