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...most interesting things that’s happened in my academic lifetime is that world literature used to be just, to be comparativist meant you had to have a really good accent in two or three western European languages that were French, German, English, maybe Italian, maybe Russian—but that’s about it. Now it’s become this completely globalized thing. So for me, a lot of this eccentric stuff I just happened to have fallen in love with, they didn’t know what to do with 30 years...
...SUNDAY: Start the morning slowly with Italian coffee and a breakfast panini at Grocer & Grind delicatessen, tel: (62-361) 730 418. Once you're awake, peruse the grocery aisle for locally made artisanal palm sugars, sea salt and coffee to take home as gifts and souvenirs. Or you can step around the corner to Jalan Oberoi and go gift-hunting in its fashion boutiques and design shops. Next, hop in a taxi and head west about 20 minutes to Echo Beach, a popular surf spot. Work up an appetite for lunch by putting the previous day's surfing lesson into...
...After checking in at one of the many luxury villas available in the area (see a selection at www.elitehavensbali.com), catch the sunset at Zanzibar Restaurant, tel: (62-361) 733 527. The restaurant, with an open terrace overlooking the beach, takes its Mediterranean décor to heart, offering an Italian-themed menu with a focus on fresh fish and locally grown vegetables. Try the salad of roast pumpkin, feta cheese and poached egg followed by the tuna carpaccio with avocado. After dinner, head for the Mannekepis bar, tel: (62-61) 847 5784, which pumps out Belgian beer and great live...
...just for horse-racing fans on the first Saturday in May but also for art aficionados all year round. Along the roofline of the late 18th century former tobacco warehouse is a row of winsome gargoyles in the form of 4-ft. (1.2 m) red-plastic penguins by the Italian collective Cracking Art. Inside, you don't have to check in to get a vast sampling of new art: the 9,000-sq.-ft. (836 sq m) exhibition space is free, open 24/7 and stuffed with wonders such as Text Rain, an installation by Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv, where...
...Alabama was coming to port in Kenya, pirates off Somalia hijacked yet another ship, a tugboat flying under an Italian flag. Sixteen crew were aboard, and ten were Italians...