tingilinde

locked up on a ship with a thousand other people

A note on the cruise ship industry and the challenge of a health issue.   No firm numbers, but bookings are off. 

 

52 places

The NYT's annual list of interesting places to visit.

 

 

japanese pizza toast

The piece is more than my lede suggests. 

a tip of the hat to Om

 

flygskam

Taking the train in Europe

I'll leave everyone to be the judge, but to first order no one is "green" 

 

 

if you want an idaho-themed vacation..

well ... potatoes

 

 

bicycles vs driverless cars

Major issues in the Netherlands.

General purpose driverless cars are hardly right around the corner.  Perhaps in very constrained systems, but there's too much hype.

 

 

 

crossing the country by amtrak

There must be thousands of 'crossing the US by train' stories.  This one in The New York Times is fun. 

snip

...

Kansas shares a border with Colorado. I never could have imagined that I would one day say this, and I know many people will be disconcerted by the statement. They will wonder if, this whole time, they have been reading an avant-garde work of science fiction, or perhaps a Mad Lib. “Is magical realism always this scary?” they will ask themselves. Some will claim I am lying. Many will assume I am wrong, demented or a clumsy typist.

To all of whom I respond: The truth of our nation’s internal demarcations is stranger than fiction — stranger than even the kind of brilliant avant-garde science fiction I am most likely capable of producing yet choose not to. But the unvarnished fact is Colorado has to start somewhere, and for whatever reason, that’s inside Kansas.

...

 

 

rt 50

America's loneliest road?  I don't know about that - I've been on a few desolate roads.  I've driven it a couple of times and recommend the scenery.

 

 

over-tourism

when tourists overrun a country or city

 

stair-step sales targets

The un-joy of being a car dealer these days.

a tip of the hat to Bertel