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POPSBunking with Scientists PORTAL, ARIZ. Southwestern Research Station of the American Museum of Natural History Scientists at this field station in eastern Arizona study native Mexican birds and hummingbirds. The three cabins sleep up to 15 people each, and meals are served in the dining hall. "Everyone sits family-style, so guests can get to know the staff," says director Dawn Wilson. 520/558-2396, research.amnh.org, $75 with meals, open spring and fall. CHURCHILL, MANITOBA Churchill Northern Studies Centre Up to six people can stay for free at the remote station if they volunteer to plant trees and collect data. Staff researchers give lectures on the region's subarctic climate and lead regular hikes to the habitats of arctic foxes, snowy owls, and polar bears. The facility also has a 300-species herbarium and an observation dome for viewing the aurora borealis in the winter. 204/675-2307, churchillscience.ca, open year-round.
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POPSLiterary Classics: Travel and Adventure Without Leaving Home The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton This one is sharp and witty, with a great story and brilliant psychological insight into what it means to be a woman in a consumer culture—which is something that hasn't changed all that much since Wharton's day. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini A startling work of self-justification and score settling, this autobiography has all the action and romance you'd find in a gripping historical novel. Renaissance artist, friend of Michelangelo, favorite of popes, and rival to cardinals, Cellini was also a street fighter, a philanderer, an egoist, and quite possibly a murderer. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy This is a big sweeping novel about a lot of very important things, like social class, politics, and agriculture. But it's also a great, compelling romance. Just don't read it on a train. You'll have to read it to find out why.
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POPSA new Swiss park for feeding the bears Until the debut of BearPark, Pedro and Tana can be seen in their more modest open-air enclosure every day from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the summer, during which time they accept gifts of bear food that are available for purchase from bear guards. Bern's relationship to bears can be traced back to the city's birth: The city founder, Berchtold V von Zãhringen, is said to have killed a bear on the peninsula where the city now stands. The capital's name comes from Bãr, which is German for bear, and the animal graces the Bern's coat of arms.
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POPSDo you still send postcards? I love to send postcards. I think it's a more personal way to stay-in-touch with friends and family than email. I choose cards that best fit a persons personality: quirky cards for my best friend, nature images for my brother. I buy cards for myself such as photographic cards that surpass my skills in that area. I especially love cards made by artists.
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POPSReactivating Forgotten Languages: How to Catch Up Vis-Ed (www.vis-ed.com) compiles its sets of flashcards from word frequency lists and includes sample phrases for usage. I begin flashcards after three or four days in-country. The sooner you decide to reactivate languages when needed, instead of maintaining them for an unspecified time in the future, the more leisure time you will have and the less diluted your language abilities will be when you need them. Don't fear losing languages if you've attained real fluency. They're just in temporary storage with the covers pulled over them.
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POPSAbout the London Review of Breakfasts The "full English" refers not to our technological, cultural or military achievements. No: we live in a country where the 'full us' proudly refers to the first meal of the day. And yet here, in that country's capital, there seem to be (far) more bad breakfast opportunities than good ones: Cafe Euro Med in Kentish Town, the Bishop in East Dulwich and Mac Bar in Camden, to name but a few recent crying failures. And so we bring you a new champion: the London Review of Breakfasts. Because we've had enoeuf. Malcolm Eggs, Site Editor August 2005
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POPSSergio Pessolano: Astounding Travel Photography The thumbnails won't take you to the site or open any images. I clipped them to display the quality and depth of this astounding travel photography website: 4,500 Images Displayed Online. 20,000 Images on File.
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POPSTravel Photography: What to take in your kit? • Tripod - I tend not to travel with a tripod or monopod these days ...Instead if shooting in low light I tend to find fence posts, use my camera bag or find other stationary objects along the way to support the weight of the camera. Some use the mini tripods that are all the rage these days, but they tend to be best with lighter point and shoot cameras than larger and heavier DSLRs. • Point and Shoot - some DSLR users back a compact point and shoot camera as well. This is for those nights when they hit the town and don’t want to haul all their gear around with them but want to record the night. This is a bit of a luxury and indulgence really but if you’ve got the camera and want the flexibility - why not?
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POPSTravel Photography: Considering Which Lenses to Take Other factors will include the type of shots you tend to take (ie if you are into macro shots you might want to invest in a macro specific lens, if you’re going to sporting events you might want something with extra length etc). This rest of the article is Canon user centered in the author's lens recommendations.
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POPSAudio Tour: iWalk Dublin I clipped to the limit. The Guinness iWalk is available in Italian, French, Spanish and German. Go to the site to download maps and brochures. Clicking on the mp3 download link automatically opens the file. Enjoy!
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POPSEnglish Baby! American English Lessons For visitors to the U.S., improve your usage of American English style and slang. English Baby is part school, part social networking: music, movies, slang Thursday, streaming lessons, vocab quizzes forums. This ain't yo daddy's language site.
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POPSLearn to speak Italian I practiced along with this podcast in preparation for a trip to Italy. I am not yet fluent, however, learning key phrases helped me to communicate with Italians whom I found were very forgiving when I mangled their language. In fact, my attempts were often appreciated. The podcast hosts are native Italians.
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POPSGustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900 Marking 2008 as the city's year as European Capital of Culture, Tate Liverpool is opening Britain's first comprehensive exhibition of the work of Gustav Klimt. Featuring many of his typically opulent portraits, the exhibition highlights Klimt's position as the founder and leader of the Viennese Sezession, a progressive group of artists and artisans. Klimt opens on May 30. The quote in the final image, Nuda Veritas is from Schiller. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiller
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POPSWhat Can Be Learned From a Vacation The article is family centered, but the suggestions would work for singles or childless couples. the Maeght Foundation has almost 9,000 artworks, including some by Calder and Giacometti, and a maze in the sculpture garden designed by Miró.
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POPSPractical Travel Advice: Help! My Credit Card is Lost or Stolen 5) Ask your bank for an extra client card. If the first is taken, you still have the second one to withdraw cash with If you take cash be sure that the bills are crisp and new. My experience in developing nations is that currency exchangers don't accept old, torn or folded U.S. dollars. Perhaps the same is true for the British Pound and the Euro. Exchanging at a bank is an option, but problematic on weekends and bank holidays. Chase does not replace credit or bank cards internationally.
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POPSOne Bag: Learn to Travel Light I used pack way too many bags and suffered for it in terms of time, energy and frustration. Travel is even more of joy now that I've learn how to live out of one bag.
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